Springfield Dominican Sister Marcelline Koch was interviewed this week by Judy Valente of WGLT, the public radio station in Normal, Ill., for an update on conditions facing our the Iraqi Dominican family. On March 17 Secretary of State John Kerry declared the situation for Christians and other religious minorities in Iraq and Syria is genocide.
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An Easter Sunday preaching by Sister Rose Marie Riley, OP Gospel: John 20: 1-9 This is a Gospel of “more to come.” Here we have darkness—no light. Emptiness, loss, bewilderment—no joy. For Mary, Peter, and John, dreams are dashed. Death, grief, and desolation prevail. No bells are chiming; no alleluia is sung. I find myself
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Sister Pauletta Overbeck’s Easter Tale At 101 years of age Sister M. Pauletta Overbeck is still preaching the Good News of the Gospel by radiating the joy of Christ’s’ love in her daily actions. In this delightful video she shares an Easter story, gives a “tour” of the old motherhouse where she lived as a
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Today, as has been the case for many years, several of our Sisters participated with an interfaith group in hosting the Way of the Cross in Springfield’s downtown. We start with the first station, Jesus is condemned to death, at the Illinois Supreme Court and finish up with Jesus is taken from the cross at
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Springfield, Ill.—The Dominican Sisters of Springfield Illinois are pleased to announce that Mr. Vince Krydynski will become the first lay president of Marian Catholic High School, Chicago Heights, Ill. Since 2013 Mr. Krydynski has been the Vice President of Institutional Advancement at Marian Catholic. He is a 1981 graduate of the school and a former
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Today is International World Water Day. International World Water Day is held annually on March 22 as a means of focusing attention on the importance of fresh water and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. The United Nations estimates that more than 1 billion people worldwide currently lack access to safe drinking water
March 19, 2003, the day the United States began its invasion of Iraq, put in motion a series of events that has meant only terror, chaos, and death for millions—Iraqis, and Syrians most of all—but also thousands of military and civilian personnel from the United States and many other nations. Thirteen years later, we can
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Kerry’s Acknowledgement of ISIS’ Genocide Gives “Moral Weight” To Dominicans’ Call for Protection of Iraq’s Minorities, Expansion of Refugee Programs A Dominican justice group today recognized the value of Secretary of State John Kerry’s statement this morning that the radical group controlling much of Iraq is “Genocidal by self-proclamation, by ideology and by actions, in
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day from the Sisters and staff at Sacred Heart Convent! Click on the image above to see Sister Jean Patrick Ehrhardt, OP and Sister M. Jeanine McGinley, OP talk about their St. Patrick’s Day outfits. See the Periscope video here. Sr. Marilyn Jean Runkel, OP was named an “Honorary Leprechaun” at St
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Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sister Regina Graham, OP who passed away early this morning. May she enjoy her eternal reward. Well done, good and faithful servant! Arrangements for Sister Regina Graham. All services are at Sacred Heart Convent, 1237 W. Monroe St., Springfield. Gathering 3 p.m. Sunday March 20, 2016 Wake
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It is Primary Day in Illinois! Just in case you missed it, click here to read the State Journal-Register’s article, “Springfield Dominicans suggest prayer before voting” by Steven Spearie. Get your Take it to Prayer: A Spiritual Reflection for Voters here.
Celebrate Pi Day and the last day of National Catholic Sisters week 2016 with our Sister stories! Sister Ann Elizabeth: The joy of inclusiveness Sister M. Clare on doing it Jesus’ way Sister M. Paulette Finds the ‘God Moments’ Meet Rantoul’s “Encourager-in-Chief” Grace Happens.
Solidarity. No matter where in world she is! Sister Ann Elizabeth Little was raised in the Tennessee foothills, ministered at the heights of the Peruvian Andes, and is now firmly planted in the prairie landscape of central Illinois. At St. Malachy Parish in Rantoul, Ill., she accompanies a small but growing Latino community in their
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Accompanying a church “doing what Jesus wants it to do” “If there is one thing I’m passionate about,” Sister Mary Clare Fichtner says, “it’s seeing that the Church of Jesus Christ does what Jesus Christ wants it to do.” There is a pause before she continues. “But, alone, I am not all that sure that
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Would you like some prayer with that ballot? You are invited to spend a few moments with God before you go into the voting booth. Today we are releasing Take it to Prayer: A Spiritual Reflection for Voters. The brief guide is meant to help busy people prepare themselves spiritually before they vote. “Voting is
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