Sister Linda Mary said that when she first entered Sacred Heart Convent chapel for prayer more than a quarter century ago she was struck by the sheer beauty. “I knew God was calling me to religious life in community and was searching for that community. I was swept up in the beautiful voices of the sisters singing […]

Sister Catherine Mary began her religious life teaching grade 3, first at St. Frances Cabrini School, Springfield, 1973-1977, then at Holy Family School Decatur, 1977-1979, before she headed north, where she taught grades 3, 5, and computer at St. Edward School, Chicago, 1979-1990. She moved on to grade 8 at St. […]

Sister M. Paulette has a sister and two aunts who are also Springfield Dominican Sisters and has served in the Archdiocese of Duluth, Minn., and her home diocese of Peoria as well as the diocese of Springfield. She is currently assistant principal, Holy Family School, Decatur, but next school year will […]

Sister Geraldine’s longest ministry was the 23 years she served as principal at Holy Family School Decatur, Ill., (1992-2015)-nearly half of her life as a Dominican Sister of Springfield. Since 2015 she’s become a familiar face at Rosary High School in Aurora where she is outreach coordinator and facilities manager. She […]

A native of Taylorville, Ill., Sister Kristin spent decades in health care ministry as a respiratory therapist at St. Mary-Rogers Memorial Hospital, Rogers, Ark., St. Dominic Hospital, Jackson, Miss., and as a pastoral visitor at St. Catherine’s Village, Madison, Miss. Her early years of ministry were spent in primary grade classrooms. […]

Sister Beverly Jeanne Howe’s years of ministry can be considered in three phases: elementary education, canon law, and English language instructor. She taught elementary school at St. Margaret Mary School, Algonquin, Ill., (1962-1963 and 1978-1983); Our Lady of Grace School, Chicago (1963-1969); Our Lady of Lourdes School, Decatur, Ill., (1969-1971); and […]

Sister Rosemary McGuire is a lifelong educator who enjoyed learning as much as she enjoyed teaching. Her first teaching assignment was a double classroom of first and second graders at St. Thomas School, Crystal Lake, Ill., 1962-1969. From there she moved on to St. Augustine School, Richmond, Mich., 1969-1970, then St. […]

Caring for children has been at the heart of Sister Josetta’s vocation. If she was not teaching primary grade students she was supporting families by caring for their children in day care settings in Bourbonnais, Ill., or Rogers, Ark. After 18 years serving her sisters at Sacred Heart Convent, where she […]

Many years of ministry in elected leadership have kept Sister Rose Miriam close to her home diocese of Springfield-and provided a global perspective. Quincy born and raised, she’s taught and studied in Chicago and New Orleans, where she completed a counseling degree, and served for a time in Duluth, Minn. During […]

Sister June was born and raised in Chicago and spent much of her religious life serving in Aurora, Ill., where she taught English as a second language and worked part time as a hospital chaplain. She ministered for two years at San Juan Pablo II school in Lima, Peru, as well. […]

Sister Judith Ann was born and raised in Chicago and has spent much of her religious life in service to the people of that archdiocese. For 19 years she was teacher, and then principal of Marian Catholic High School, Chicago Heights. She has had broad ministerial experience as a junior high […]

Sister Ann Vincent is a Chicago native who has spent much of her ministerial life in her hometown. Since 1985 she has ministered at St. Christina Parish, Chicago, first as an elementary school teacher and since 1991 as a minister of care for the large urban parish. She began her teaching […]