Happy Thanksgiving from the Springfeidl Dominican Sisters
Happy Thanksgiving 2016 from Dominican Sisters of Springfield, IL!
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T.H.I.N.K. before you post
Before and after you watch, play, read, create, post: T.H.I.N.K. T= Is it True? H= Is it Helpful? I= It is Inspiring? N= Is it Necessary? K= Is it Kind? Thank you to the Communicators for Women Religious group (CWR) for sharing this great advice.
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Help Dominican Sisters in Iraq
Watch the video from Maclean’s Magazine: here. If you want to donate directly to the Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Sienna in Iraq, click the link below and designate the gift as Refugee Relief Iraq. Donate => here. #WeHaveFamilyInIraq
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Take it to Prayer on Election Day (November 8)
Take it to Prayer A Spiritual Reflection for Voters You are invited to spend a few moments with God before you go into the voting booth. Take it to Prayer: A Spiritual Reflection for Voters, was developed by the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Ill., and is distributed through the Dominican Sisters Conference to
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In Memoriam: We Remember our Sisters Who have Died
This year, as we have done for many years around the feast of All Saints, we publish these simple memorials to our sisters who have died in the past year. Please share these happy memories with us, and pray with and for our sisters who now share in the life of God in a way
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The Feast of All Saints: What's on Your Holy Card?
You are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God. Ephesians 2:19 This verse from St. Paul reminds me of the holy cards of my childhood: those slightly sappy images of saints with prayers on the backside. There are newer ones today,
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SDART member James Forstall is Springfield's 2016 First Citizen!
Congratulations, James Forstall, Springfield’s 2016 First Citizen! We’re proud of you! All of us, not just Springfield, are better because of the blessing James is! James is a very active member of the Springfield Dominican Anti-Racism Team (SDART) that has regular meetings at the Scared Heart Convent motherhouse. Read the front page story
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Join Us to Pray for Iraq
Dear friends, please keep our family in Iraq in your prayer. We’v heard today that the village of Qaraqosh, where so many of our family are from, has been liberated from ISIS. As one of the sisters said, return will not be fast, or easy. You are welcome to jon us at Sacred Heart Convent
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JUST Words Volume 16 Number 3, Fall 2016
JUST Words is a publication that shares the mission and ministries of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois. It is published three times per year and is available in print or digital edition, free of charge to friends, family and supporters of the Springfield Dominicans. Inside this issue: First Profession of Sister Kelly Moline, OP
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55 of 55
55 countries representing 55 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions have signed the Paris Agreement on climate change to help reduce global pollution that drives climate change. Pope Francis observes, “human beings, while capable of the worst, are also capable of rising above themselves, choosing again what is good, and making a new start”
Collaboration Changes the World: Sisters’ Antiracism Work Honored by National Organization
LeadingAge Recognizes Sisters’ Anti-racism Efforts The Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois, have been selected to receive the 2016 Hobart Jackson Cultural Diversity Award from LeadingAge, a national association representing 6,000 nonprofit aging-services organizations throughout the United States. The award recognizes the Dominican Sisters’ “Conscious, committed effort to dismantle racism wherever it exists,” according to the
Dominican Sisters Contribute Brains to Major National Alzheimer’s Study
33 Sisters, ages 60-89, begin study this month Sponsored by Rush University Medical Center’s Alzheimer’s Disease Center Called the “Religious Order’s Study” More than 1350 sisters, brothers and priests participating nationwide since 1994 Internationally renowned neurologist David Bennett chairs the study A Rush University Medical Center researcher puts Sister Ann Clennon through her paces. Mobility
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Join us in praying the Building Blocks of Peace
The Building Block of No Poverty Reader: We pray that families and all people may have rights and access to economic resources, live with the basic necessities of life and enjoy life in all it has to offer, All: God of abundance, show us how to share. The Building Block of Zero Hunger Reader: We
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Sister To All
In honor of the Sister To All Campaign to tell the stories of Sisters across the United States, we would like to share with you four of our featured sisters in ministry. A Friend to Prisoners and a Sister to All Sister Regina Marie Bernet, OP For decades the Dominican Sisters of Springfield have
“Talk about giving your life to God”—A story of friendship, service, and call
Sister M. Trinita shares her friendship with Sister Margaret Held and Sister Paula Merrill, the two sisters whose murder in Mississippi last week has shocked the nation. Yesterday afternoon I called Sister Mary Trinita at the community health clinic she’s run for twenty
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