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Marian Catholic Fine Arts Department Achievements and Accolades

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Chicago Heights, Ill. (March 11, 2021) – Marian Catholic High School students started 2021 with a bang. With a Fine Arts Department known for success, both the Marian Catholic Band and Marian Catholic Speech Team competed in state-wide tournaments already this year. Ten students were named all-state musicians by the Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA). […]

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Third Week of Lent 2021

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“Jesus went up to Jerusalem. He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, as well as the money changers seated there. He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area…” John 2: 13-15 For this third week of Lent, the Scripture readings center

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Feeding Hungers: A Catholic Sisters Week Reflection

Leave a Comment / Anti-racism, Care for Creation, Cor Unum, Featured, Healing the World, Justice & Peace, Mission & Outreach, News / Sister Beth Murphy, OP

“If you can’t breathe nothing else matters” says a friend of the Dominican Sisters who is a respiratory therapist. Other physiological needs are equally important. If you can’t breathe, if you are physically hungry, if you are cold, tired, and without shelter, there is little else you can be attentive to. When needs for safety,

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A Prayer for Pope Francis’ Trip to Iraq

Leave a Comment / Featured, Global Peace, News / Sister Beth Murphy, OP

Download a PDF. Lord our God, Grant Pope Francis health and safety to carry out successfully this eagerly awaited visit. Bless his effort to promote dialogue, enhance fraternal reconciliation, build confidence, consolidate peace values and human dignity, especially for us Iraqis who have been through painful “events” that affected our lives. Lord, our Creator, enlighten

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Dominican Women at the United Nations: Changing the Narrative One Story at a Time

1 Comment / Featured, Global Peace, Healing the World, Justice & Peace, News / Sister Beth Murphy, OP

For many years the world-wide Dominican Family has had representatives at the United Nations, in New York and Geneva, to amplify the voices of the people we accompany in every corner of the globe. Later this month, at the end of the two-week annual UN assembly of the Commission on the Status of Women, the

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Pope Francis Visits Iraq:
March 5-8, 2021

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School faculty in Qaraqosh, Iraq, 2018. It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of Pope Francis’ visit to Iraq, planned for March 5-8, 2021. A prayer composed for the occasion asks for blessings on Pope Francis’ efforts to promote dialogue, reconciliation, peace, and human dignity. To this end, during the 3-day journey visits are scheduled

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32 Ways to Live Less Violently

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This article was originally published in the Winter 2020-2021 Edition of JUST Words. Recognizing our interconnectedness in the cosmos, we have embraced the common call toward communion with God and all creation. Non-violence is an integral part of that journey—a journey which is both inward and outward. Awareness motivates behavior; behavior strengthens one’s internal orientation.

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images of sunrise over the snow in Oglala, SD

Adjustments to COVID and Cold: News from Our Lady of the Sioux Parish

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In a February newsletter to friends and supporters, Sister Barbara Ann Bogenschutz reflected on the challenges of the past year since the COVID lockdown began on Pine Ridge Reservation where she is pastoral associate at Our Lady of the Sioux Parish, Oglala, SD. “Some new healthy patterns have begun,” she said. “The vaccine does give

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Step away from the Noise at “Sound Scape” A BIG READ
event at Jubilee Farm

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New Berlin, Ill.—Listen to the sounds of creation, enjoy fresh air, and get a respite from the noise and frenetic pace of life during “Sound Scape,” at Jubilee Farm, 10:00-11:00 Saturday, April 24, 2021. The free public event is offered by Jubilee Farm, a ministry of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield in partnership with the

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Second Week of Lent 2021

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“Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was transfigured before them…” Mark 9: 2-3 In the readings for the second Sunday of Lent, we hear the challenging story of Abraham’s near sacrifice of Isaac, followed by the story of Jesus’ transfiguration before three disciples

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First Week of Lent 2021

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“The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert, and he remained in the desert for forty days…” Mark 1: 12 In this first week of Lent, we invite you to reflect on two stories of transformative encounters from the Gospels: the story of Jesus’ baptism and the parable of the Good Samaritan. The first story

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A Little St. Valentine’s Day Love from Sacred Heart Convent

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For Valentine’s Day we asked two couples who work at our motherhouse to share what they most love about each other and about working with us at the convent. Their sweet replies are enough to melt your little chocolate heart! Lisa Grant I love Dave’s good sense of humor! He’s a great dad for his

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Service in the Community: A Reflection on Service from Current SHG Students

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For a number of years the sisters at Sacred Heart Convent and the students and faculty “across the blacktop” at Sacred Heart-Griffin High School have enjoyed a wonderful mutuality. Students are allowed to give one study hall period a week in service at the convent, where they come to read to sisters, or write letters

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Holding Space for Young Adult Women as Pandemic Drags On

1 Comment / Cor Unum, Featured, News, Religious Life, Teaching & Preaching / Sister Beth Murphy, OP

A new initiative of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield is meant to hold a space for young adult women to find encouragement, companionship, and the “space and grace” to meet themselves and uncover the purpose of their lives. What is Cor Unum? Cor Unum House is both a physical space in an historic Springfield, Illinois,

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Active Nonviolence: To Celebrate, Contemplate, and Live

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This article was originally published in the Winter 2020-2021 Edition of JUST Words. Susan M. Hickman is a Springfield Dominican associate and a member of the sisters’ Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation Committee. Recently I was privileged to participate in a Pax Christi United Kingdom workshop on nonviolence. The sessions took place over five

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Marian Catholic Fine Arts Department Achievements and Accolades

Third Week of Lent 2021

Feeding Hungers: A Catholic Sisters Week Reflection

A Prayer for Pope Francis’ Trip to Iraq

Dominican Women at the United Nations: Changing the Narrative One Story at a Time

Pope Francis Visits Iraq:
March 5-8, 2021

32 Ways to Live Less Violently

Adjustments to COVID and Cold: News from Our Lady of the Sioux Parish

Step away from the Noise at “Sound Scape” A BIG READ
event at Jubilee Farm

Second Week of Lent 2021

First Week of Lent 2021

A Little St. Valentine’s Day Love from Sacred Heart Convent

Service in the Community: A Reflection on Service from Current SHG Students

Holding Space for Young Adult Women as Pandemic Drags On

Active Nonviolence: To Celebrate, Contemplate, and Live

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