The Library at Sacred Heart Convent hosted an open house Thursday to show the recent updates made to the space. Sister Beverly Jeanne Howe honored the work of the sisters who have helped over the years including: Sisters Bernadette Marie McGuire, Catherine Mary Curry, Elizabeth Wrenn, Judith Ann Haase, Julia Theobald, Linda Sue Turner, and […]
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Photo taken from monastery website “We all are wounded by the war but these people look up to us. So we must bring them healing and wholeness.” Sister Geraldine Tar, OP Pope Leo was in Cameroon April 16, 2026, bringing encouragement for healing to the nation. The Dominican Sisters, Nuns of the Monastery of the
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Those who missed the Springfield Dominican Sisters’ recent Brown Bag Lunch series or who want to revisit the conversations are in luck. Now you can access the videos of the 3-session series for your own study or to share in a group of your family, friends, or parish. “We believe strongly in the wisdom contained
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The public is welcome to join the Dominican Sisters of Springfield for a series of Brown Bag lunches offered at Sacred Heart Convent in February and March. The noontime events scheduled for February 24, March 5, and March 10 will apply principles of Catholic social teaching to timely challenges facing us today. The events are free; preregistration is requested. Since last spring, the sisters and their friends have kept
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I actually liked Meister Eckhart, the German speculative mystic and probable student of the Dominican St. Albert the Great, before he became trendy. Eckhart’s ideas around “the birth of the Word” in the human soul are at once simple – God incarnate in Jesus and Jesus incarnate in us – and wildly challenging. Perhaps it was the
Sister M. Elise Bocke ServicesVisitation: 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m., Mon., Nov. 3, Aquinas Center, Sacred Heart Convent, 1237 W. Monroe St., Springfield, IL 62704. Funeral Mass: 6:30 p.m., Mon., Nov. 3, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Dominican Father Robert Kelly, presiding. Wake and Mass livestreamed at springfieldop.org/livestream/ Burial: She will be laid to rest
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“If I had had my Sisters of St. Dominic near, they would not disappoint me!” So said General Sherman the night before the planned unveiling of President Lincoln’s Tomb and Monument. During the Civil War, then some nine years past, the “Nuns of the Battlefield” were well known to have served in conditions as harsh
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Trinity Sunday and Father’s Day They both name relationship, and are about communion, and the gift that love is, and the life that comes from that. We are meant for connection! We abide in the primary relationship that the Trinity is. It is HOME. It’s how we belong to God…and therefore to one another. We begin in holiness and
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Sisters celebrate God’s fidelity Three Dominican Sisters of Springfield celebrate profession milestones in 2025. Sister M. Zachary Sergeena celebrates 60 years of profession. Sisters Martha Carmody and Linda Sue Turner observe the 25th anniversary of their profession. Please join us in celebrating and honoring their committment. Leave a remembrance or greeting in the comments on
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Resources for Dominican Month of Peace “Commit to Peace and Human Dignity” This year’s Dominican Month of Peace is a call for personal and collective commitment to action, solidarity, peace and respect for human dignity. It urges everyone to actively engage in the cause of peace in Haiti, while reminding us that human dignity must
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Central Illinois, very loosely, was home to the following indigenous peoples. To discover the indigenous people who lived in your area visit Native-land.ca 1. Peoria -peewaareewa (modern pronunciation peewaalia) Part of the loose Illinois Confederation of tribes Spoke a dialect of the Miami-Illinois language, a Central Algonquian language 2. Ochethi Sakowin The Oceti Sakowin Oyate
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Dominican student preachers from Sacred Heart Griffin and Marian Catholic high schools gathered at Sacred Heart Convent recently for a one-day immersion in Dominican life with the goal of sharing their experience with their peers. Nineteen students learned about the rich history of the Springfield Dominicans starting their educational journey with Sister Ann Clennon who
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The Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois 2023 donor report has been added to our website. The Dominican Sisters have been busy working diligently to make a difference in the lives of those we serve across our missions. Click here to view the donor report.
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Sister Gabriella Luebbers was one of eleven children of Herman and Margaret Luebbers. She was raised on the family farm in Carlyle, Ill. She attended St. Mary’s Catholic School in Carlyle and earned her high school diploma after joining the Dominican Sisters in Springfield, Ill. When she arrived on the doorstep at Sacred Heart Convent
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