Twenty-nine New Associates Make Committment
Springfield, Ill.—The Dominican Sisters of Springfield welcomed 29 new associates from Illinois and Missouri during Mass at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel on May 15. One of the largest associate classes in recent years, the group included residents from seven Illinois communities and, for the first time ever, ten new associates […]
Read MoreWho was St. Catherine of Siena?
Who was St. Catherine of Siena? From The Love of Christ Impels Us A Short History of St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital and St. Dominic Health Services, Inc. 1946-2000 By Susan Karina Dickey and Josephine Therese Uhll St. Catherine was born in Siena, Italy in 1347. At the age of seven she […]
Read MoreSister Mary Ventura, OP: 1928-2016
Springfield Dominican Sister Mary Ventura died on April 26, 2016, at Sacred Heart Convent. She was born in Bradley, Ill., in 1928, one of four children born to Philip and Josephine Ciaccio Ventura. She made her profession of vows in 1947 at Sacred Heart Convent, Springfield. Sister Mary gave her life […]
Read MoreSister Mary Bede DuChene, OP: 1923-2016
Our Sister Mary Bede DuChene died peacefully this morning, April 19, 2016, at Sacred Heart Convent. She was born in Trenton, Mich., in 1923 and named Veronica Agnes, the tenth of 12 children born to William and Agnes Dubry DuChene. She made her profession of vows in 1944 at Sacred Heart […]
Read MoreWorld Day of Prayer for Vocations
Sunday, April 17, 2016 is the 53rd Anniversary of the World Day of Prayer for Vocations! Please join our Springfield Dominican Sisters throughout the week to pray for young people who are discerning religious life. Do you know someone you feel has the gifts to be a Sister? Contact our vocation […]
Read MoreSister Josephine Therese Uhll: Right Woman for the Right Time
Sister Josephine Therese Uhll, OP, a Dominican Sister of Springfield for 79 years, died on April 9, 2016. She loved her Dominican life and labored tirelessly and with great love in the field of Catholic healthcare, having served as administrator of St. Dominic Health Services in Jackson, Miss., for forty years. […]
Read MoreDominican Sisters Sign Court Brief in Support of Clean Power Plan
The Dominican Sisters of Springfield were one of thirty U.S. Catholic groups to sign an amicus brief in support of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, designed to reduce carbon pollution by 32 percent below 2005 levels and make sure that America continues to scrub carbon emissions from our energy […]
Read MoreEaster Season Preaching by Sister Rose Marie Riley, OP
“We celebrate the resurrection story as our way of living, our work in progress. We re-member the mission of Jesus and acknowledge that his transformed vision of a new heaven and a new earth is not yet fulfilled.” ~ Sister Rose Marie Riley, OP Read more of Sister Rose Marie Riley’s […]
Read MoreSister Marcelline Koch's WGLT Radio Interview about Genocide in Iraq
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 […]
Read MoreEaster: More to Come!
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 […]
Read MoreHappy Easter! Enjoy Sister Pauletta Overbeck’s Easter Tale
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 […]
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