Sister Kelly Moline, OP asks, “At what percentage is our heart functioning?” Read her most recent reflection at the Collaborative Dominican Novitiate. Read the story here: http://collaborativedominicannovitiate.blogspot.com/
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“Bringing God into every subject is very freeing.” ~ Sister Martha Carmody, OP Sister Martha’s path to finding wholeness and peace made several turns in her life marked with many accomplishments. Her journey took her from teaching elementary education in the public school system for 24 years to attaining a Parish Life Coordinator certificate and
Sister Elyse Marie Ramirez, OP – Dominican Sisters of Springfield, IL Formation Director – shares how Common Life allows her to be her best self for National Vocation Awareness Week 2014.
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Sister Rose Marie, OP shares her experience of mutual relationships in religious life during National Vocation Awareness Week 2014.
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For National Vocation Awareness Week 2014 Sister M. Dominica Brennan, OP tells the story about the day she told her family she decided to become a Dominican Sister.
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October 2014 – The Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois voted to affirm a corporate stance against Human Trafficking. The new corporate stance reads: Building on our Consistent Ethic of Life stance that “we reverence the sacredness of life and address injustice in a spirit of respect, compassion, and solidarity,” we, the Dominican Sisters of Springfield,
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Please join us in prayer and remembrance of the Sisters whom God called home this past year. We’re sorry, your browser doesn’t support IFrames. You can still visit this item., however.Enlarge this document in a new windowSelf Publishing with YUDU
Everything that grows on earth, Bless the Lord! The colors of the fall leaves brighten the trees around Sacred Heart Convent on a cool autumn day.
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Dear all, Despite the crisis, fear, loss, miserable accommodations, daily worries, and the terrible reality of the unknown destiny that awaits us, we still witness the presence of God’s embrace; truly an oasis of joy and sisterhood. On the 13th of September, two of our young sisters (Muntaha and Nidaa) made their final vows in
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Written On Our Hearts: Ten Words for Dominicans to Live By Dominican Associate Day of Reflection at Dominican Sisters of Springfield, IL Sacred Heart Convent Saturday, August 23, 2014 Presented by Sister Megan McElroy, OP 1. Pregnant 2. Birthing 3. Holy Preaching 4. Dialogue 5. Paradox 6. Healing 7. Mission 8. Mercy 9. Ecclesial 10.
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Again our Iraqi Dominican Sisters call us to know their reality and raise our voices in solidarity. In the words of Catherine of Siena, patroness of the Dominican sisters in Iraq: “Cry out with a million voices for it is silence that kills the world.” August 30th 2014 Weakened and Impoverished We entered the fourth
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Witnesses In an earlier letter it was mentioned that one of our Dominican Sisters (Sr Hanaa) went to fetch her parents from the bank of Al-Khazir River. Receiving a call at 6:00 am on Friday morning the 22nd from her elderly parents, she learned that they were forced out of Karakosh with her blood-sister. A
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Update from Our Dominican Sisters in Iraq. Please continue to pray and call for respect for the human dignity of all people… August 23rd 2014 Dear all, We continue to share our daily struggle with you, hoping that our cry will reach the world. We are like the blind man of Jericho (Mark 10: 46-52),
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A message from our Dominican Sisters in Iraq: Please contact your government leaders to help. August 17th, 2014 Dear all, After eleven days, it feels like we are on the same day we left. Some people are still in the streets, others are still in the parks, and some take refuge in schools. People are
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