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How to Avoid the Paralysis Trap:
What to do when you think
You can’t do anything

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This is one of life’s challenges: When we realize the magnitude of danger facing humanity and Earth because of climate change, it seems sensible to hide under the covers rather than get out of bed. When we notice our values and freedoms being eroded everyday by people who purport to protect them, it is easiest […]

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Izzy Farris Spends “Gap” Time with Sisters in Peru

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Isabella “Izzy” Farris wasn’t keen on jumping from Sacred Heart-Griffin High School into college, so she made a deal with her parents, Blanca and Steve. They agreed that she could delay college if she filled the bulk of the year with meaningful, life-stretching service. Her first stop was Tanzania, where she gave five months of

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Sister Mary Lawrence Green, OP

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Sister M. Lawrence’s ServicesVisitation: 4:00 p.m.—6:15 p.m., Thursday, June 20, Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, 1237 W. Monroe St. in Springfield. Visitation begins with a prayer service. Funeral Mass: 6:30 p.m., Thursday, June 20, Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Dominican Fathers Peter Witchousky, celebrant. Morning Prayer, Remembering, and Final Commendation: 10:30 a.m., Friday, June 21, at Sacred

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New Leadership of the Springfield Dominican Sisters Installed

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The Rite of Installation for Sister Rebecca Ann Gemma, OP, Sister Rose Miriam Schulte, OP, Sister Mila Díaz Solano, OP, and Sister Marie Michelle Hackett, OP, took place at Sacred Heart Convent on June 15, 2019, during Mass, in a full chapel. The sisters and many of the new team’s family were in attendance. Sister

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Sister Mary Martina Finn, OP

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Sister M. Martina’s ServicesVisitation: 4:00 p.m.—6:15 p.m., Tuesday, June 11, at Aquinas Center, Sacred Heart Convent, 1237 W. Monroe St. in Springfield. The visitation begins with a prayer service. Funeral Mass: 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 11, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Father Richard Chiola, celebrant. Morning Prayer, Remembering, and Final Commendation: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, June

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What can you do today to end systemic racism?

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Sister Marcelline Koch, OP, during the January 2019 Associate Candidate session, “Catholic Social Teaching” examining the parts of Luke 4:18 in detail. “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of

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New Associate Judy Babb-Troxell Brings Dog Therapy to Sacred Heart Convent

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Judy Babb-Troxell just made her commitment as a Dominican Associate the first week of May. This morning she visited the sisters inside Sacred Heart Convent for a little dog-therapy with her golden retriever, Haddie Grace Troxell. Haddie Grace took part in her first Mass and then visited the sisters in their rooms.  Judy’s cousin, Sisters

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“Desire so deep”—Teenage Actor Nails the Call to Religious Life

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What Mundelein “Sister Act-ress” Mary McMurray Learned Mary McMurray’s mom works at St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, Ill. That’s the key to understanding everything about this story. Mary, a public high school student in Mundelein, was cast as Mary Robert, the postulant, in her school’s performance of Sister Act. Most of the students

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Dominican Sisters Welcome Associate Class of 2019

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Sixteen Illinoisans Promise CollaborationWith the Dominican Preaching Mission Springfield, Ill.—Sixteen Illinois residents made formal commitment as associates of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield during a ceremony at Sacred Heart Convent on May 5, 2019. Use the tabs below to learn more about the new associates. Chatham Chicago Crete Frankfort Jacksonville Lincoln Springfield Chatham Dave Sanders,

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Meet the teen on a mission
to save her peers from phone addiction

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Zeta, in green, “on the set” at Sacred Heart Convent with her production team (l to r) Jack Gaffney, Elizabeth Moose, Brady Sharpe and (hidden from view), Mikaila Salvo and Addy Frey. Zeta Lambert feels teens should spend less time staring at their phones and more time interacting with real people. Now’s she’s doing her

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Sister Mary Alan Russell, OP

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Sister Mary Alan’s ServicesVisitors are welcome. Visitation: 4:00 p.m.—6:15 p.m., Monday, May 6, 2019, at Aquinas Center, Sacred Heart Convent, 1237 W. Monroe St. in Springfield. The visitation begins with a prayer service. Funeral Mass: 6:30 p.m., Monday, May 6, 2019, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Father Peter Witchousky, OP, celebrant. Morning Prayer, Remembering, and

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Dominican Sisters
Elect Leadership,
Strengthen Commitments,
Share the Fruit of Their Contemplation

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The new Springfield Dominican Leadership team will begin their responsibilities after the planned June 15, 2019 installation ceremony at Sacred Heart Convent. From left to right are Sister Rose Miriam Schulte, OP (vicaress), Sister Marie Michelle Hackett, OP (third councilor) Sister Mila Diaz Solano (second councilor), and Sister Rebecca Ann Gemma, OP (Prioress General). A

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