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Cultural Dream: educational improvement in the Amazon

Contemplate  Among the complexities of the Amazonian territory, we highlight the fragility of education, especially among indigenous peoples. Although education is a human right, the quality of education is poor and school dropout rates are high, especially among girls. Education evangelizes, promotes social transformation, empowering people with a holy critical sense. “A good school education […]

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Second Week of Advent: Hear the Cry of the Poor

Contemplate  The cry of the poor in the Amazon refers to the concerns and protests of the indigenous, rural and poor communities living in the Amazonia region of South America. These communities have been fighting for decades for the protection of their rights, the preservation of their ancestral lands and the conservation of the environment

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Cry of the Land: Protect the Amazon, Protect our Earth

  By Sister Zully Rojas Quispe Dominican Missionary of the Rosary FEDERATION OF DOMINICAN SISTERS OF PERU Why care about the Amazon? The “cry of the earth” is an expression used in the context of the papal encyclical “Laudato si'” and other ecclesiastical documents related to environmental concerns. It describes the suffering and degradation that

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Sister M. Henrianne Schmidt, OP

Sister Henrianne’s ServicesVisitors are welcome. Visitation: 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. on Monday, November 27, 2023, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, 1237 W. Monroe St., Springfield, IL 62704. Visitation will begin with a prayer service. Funeral Mass: 6:30 p.m. on Monday, November 27, 2023, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Father Michael DeTemple, OP, celebrant. Wake

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Learning about our common home at Jubilee Farm

The peak seasonal colors of the maples, oaks, and tulip trees at Jubilee Farm provided a vivid backdrop for members of the Illinois Environmental Council who recently visited the ecology and spirituality center sponsored by the Springfield Dominicans. Members of the IEC explored the 164-acre center to learn about the programs that Jubilee Farm offers

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Jubilee Farm added to Sangamon Conservancy easement portfolio

Dominican Sisters’ commitment protects 164 acres in perpetuity Springfield, Ill.—Finally—and forever—when Sister Sharon Zayac wakes to the sunrise over Jubilee Farm she can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that what she has been advocating for 23years is now accomplished. In August 2023 the Dominican Sisters of Springfield entered into agreement with Sangamon Conservancy Trust

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Walking the path of vocation discernment? This might be your next step

More women than you might realize sense God drawing them toward a life of fulfilment and happiness as Catholic sisters, but often they miss the opportunity to explore because they aren’t sure what to do once they are tuned in to this prayerful intuition.  Walking the path of vocation discernment begins, for many women with

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Sister M. Harold Herrmann, OP

Sister M. Harold’s ServicesVisitation: 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Monday, October 23, 2023, Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, 1237 W. Monroe St., Springfield, IL 62704. Visitation will begin with a prayer service. Funeral Mass: 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Dominican Father Michael DeTemple, celebrant. Wake and Mass will be livestreamed. Burial: 10:00 a.m.

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“The Healthy Restlessness of Incompleteness”: Groundings for a Synodal Future

By Sister Phyllis Schenk We find ourselves in a time of all-encompassing unrest. There are great divisions in our world with violence and inflation; pandemic and immigration; political and religious beliefs which are poles apart. Those things we counted on in the past now appear uncertain. There is so much fear and insecurity. All our

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Catholic Sisters invite you to join them in prayer and fasting for the Middle East

Dominican Sisters of Springfield are among the hundreds of women religious joining the Church of the Holy Land and people throughout the world in a day of prayer and fasting for peace in the Middle East on Tuesday, October 17, 2023. In a letter sent to its membership On Monday, October 16, 2023, the Leadership

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Join us for a Meet Our Sisters Tour watch party

Springfield Dominican Sister Beth Murphy and Father Joe Molloy, a priest of the Springfield, Ill., diocese, talk about “call,” what happened when they were ready to give up, and the way family and parish can impact women’s and men’s decisions to discern vocations to priesthood and religious life. Father Joe’s interest in the priesthood wasn’t

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