What you can do for Dominican Sisters in Iraq
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 […]
Read MorePrayer for Peace
God of all nations and all people, God of the frightened and of those in danger, God of the bold and the courageous, We pray with our Dominican brothers and sisters in Iraq. May they feel surrounded by the prayers of their Dominican Family. Give them the wisdom to know how […]
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Bearers of the Flame:
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Dominican Sisters Pray in Solidarity
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Seeking the Global Common Good:
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Read More Watch Sister Bernadette’s Live Comedy Show!
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Dismantling Racism:
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Dominican Sisters welcome kids, teens, families, and adults for
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Mother-Daughter Tea March 8, 2020 1:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. A Mother-Daughter Tea and ...
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Meet Sister Colette Barker:
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Request Prayer Now Every day an email containing a litany of prayer ...
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Human beings have prayed for thousands of years. Most of us who ...
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Today is International Migrants Day. People are fleeing record violence in Central ...
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Light the Way: Sister Kathleen Anne Tait’s
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Read More “Rico”—A Story of Gratitude
We received this message from Sister Marcelline Koch regarding her experience volunteering ...
Read More My Kind of Apocalypse
This essay was first published on November 18, 2018 in the Springfield ...
Read More Dominican Sisters Head to the Border to Serve Children & Families
A week of service at an immigrant shelter in El Paso helps ...
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Read More Take it to Prayer: A Spiritual Reflection for Voters
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Read More “This Wound in the Body of Christ”
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Read More Faith Matters for Sunday, August 19, 2018
"Brothers and sisters, watch carefully how you live, not as foolish persons ...
Read More 2018 Faith Camp Largest in Recent Memory
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Today is National Sugar Cookie Day! Sister M. Concepta Joerger, OP unveiled ...
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Read More Dominican Sisters Join National Outcry Against Supreme Court Travel Ban Decision
Standing with the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and the 38,000 ...
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Springfield Dominican Sister Mary Karla Fritz died June 7, 2018, at St. ...
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Read More "We all long for peace in this land" Sister Mila in Jerusalem
Springfield Dominican Sister Mila Diaz Solano resides in Jerusalem where she is ...
Read More Celebrating the 2018 Jubilarians
It is a rare thing to be able to count life-commitment milestones ...
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New Dominican Associates are challenged to “Construct the Village” Make Commitment to ...
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Read More Facing Cancer with Mary
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Read More SDART Honors life and mission of Rudy Davenport
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Read More First Bird Banding Event at Jubilee Farm
The public is welcome to the first-ever bird banding event at Jubilee ...
Read More Rosary High School Announces New Head of School
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Springfield, Ill.—The Springfield Dominicans’ first-ever online fundraising appeal is going viral ...
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Read More Artists and Friends in St. Dominic’s Family
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Read More Register Now for 2018 Faith Camp
July 8-10, 2018 at Sacred Heart Convent, Springfield, Ill. Springfield, Ill.—Registration is ...
Read More Have you thought about a social media fast for Lent?
There has been some serious conversation about social media among Dominican sisters ...
Read More Honduras: “Your people will be my people.”
Witness and Solidarity: Sister Kathlyn Mulcahy in Honduras The days surrounding the ...
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February 8 is the feast of St. Josephine Bakhita, a day chosen ...
Read More World Day of Consecrated Life 2018
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Read More Sister Kathlyn Mulcahy Heads to Honduras
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“Forget Yourself
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Read More Happy 103rd Birthday Sister Pauletta Overbeck, OP!
Sister Pauletta was accompanied by her sisters this afternoon for cupcakes and ...
Read More An Anatomy of Systemic Change
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“Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.” Mark ...
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Read More Sister Mary Bernice Curtin, OP
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Dominican Associate
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When Alexis Williams became a Dominican associate candidate, her world view was ...
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Read More Delegation to Iraq Postponed Indefinitely
Regional instability causes delay, and reignites Springfield Dominicans' commitment to their Iraqi ...
Read More Indigenous Peoples' Day 2017
“I say this to you with regret: Many grave sins were committed ...
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Happy #WorldTeachersDay from Dominican Sisters of Springfield, IL! Take a moment and ...
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Dominican Literacy Center
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Read More "I was good because I wanted you to be proud"
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Read More Creative Arts Center Open House, Jubilee Farm, September 30, 2017
Enjoy the view from the newest meeting space at Jubilee Farm during ...
Read More Dominican Sisters Stand with DREAMers in DACA Public Statement
Springfield Dominicans Join Dominican Sisters Nationwide In call for protection of DACA ...
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Dominican Literacy Center
Responds to Call for Citizenship Education
“You shall treat the alien who resides with you no differently than ...
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Read More Immigrant & Refugee Training Being Held August 12
Springfield Dominican Sister Marcelline Koch, OP, is part of a new Springfield ...
Read More Sister Mary Jean Traeger, OP: Faith Matters, A Retreat Reflection
Matthew 13: 24-30 As I write this column, some of us here ...
Read More Weaving Your Story Retreat
Last week a small group of Sisters participated in a contemplative retreat. ...
Read More Treaty Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons Makes International Statement
On July 6, 2017 most of the nations on Earth met at ...
Read More Sister Mary Dorothea Sondgeroth, OP Lifetime Achievement Award
"When you're working for God, the pay isn't that great, but the ...
Read More In Retrospect: Sister Paul Mary Janssens, OP
Sister Paul Mary Janssens is retiring from leadership of the Springfield Dominican ...
Read More Springfield Dominican Sisters Response to the Withdraw from the Paris Agreement
We are sharing a press release sent out Thursday, June 1, 2017 from ...
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Healing with Dialogue Election Year Strained Friendship by Aaron Tebrinke with reflections ...
Read More JUST Words: La Oroya, Peru, Healing with Dialogue, Brown Bag Seminars, and More!
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Read More Twenty-eight Dominican Associates make Commitment
Associates and Prioress General Express Gratitude to Program Director Sister Paul Mary ...
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Read More REGISTRATION OPEN NOW FOR DOMINICAN SISTERS’ JULY 9-11 FAITH CAMP
Last year's campers in the convent courtyard with Mary. Fun, Faith, and ...
Read More Twelve Dominican Sisters Celebrate Jubilees
Twelve Dominican Sisters of Springfield are observing profession anniversaries of 75, 60, ...
Read More Good Friday Way of the Cross for Peace and Justice 2017
The annual Way of the Cross for Peace and Justice will take ...
Read More Sister M. Dorothea Sondgeroth Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
Sister M. Dorothea Sondgeroth, OP One of Two Springfield-based Sisters Recognized by ...
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Born 1931 Profession of Vows 1952 Entered Life Eternal 2017 ...
Read More Hermana Margarita Valentin Contreras, OP
Hermana Margarita Valentin Contreras, OP 1958 - 2017 Friends, with sadness we ...
Read More Sister Sharon Speaks in New Zealand
Pray for Sister Sharon in New Zealand today as she shares her ...
Read More Sister Virginia Dever, OP
Born January 20, 1917 Profession of Vows January 3, 1938 Entered into ...
Read More Early-bird discount for Strategies for Reading the Bible
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Read More Happy President's Day 2017
Pray that the Spirit will touch the heart of the President and ...
Read More Sister M. Carmen Cesario, OP
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Read More Strategies for Reading the Bible: Peacemaking in a Post-Truth World
Dominicans Host March 18th Workshop with Leading Girardian Theologian Paul Nuechterlein Springfield, ...
Read More World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life 2017
Sister Teresa Marron, OP asks why Springfield Dominican Sisters love religious ...
Read More Sister Sharon Shares Pope Francis' Message on Climate
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Read More 100 Days of Prayer: Day Twelve
Pray to guide our leaders that they respect the rights of those ...
Read More Day Six of 100 Days of Prayer
Pray that we hold elected leaders accountable to protect our vulnerable communities. ...
Read More 100 Days of Prayer
Springfield Dominican Sisters are sharing an amazing resource from The Sisters of ...
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Springfield Dominican Sister M. Rosalima Blough died January 15, 2017, at Sacred ...
Read More People on the Move: JUST Words Winter 2016-2017 Vol. 17, No. 1
Read what Springfield Dominican Sisters are doing for people on the move ...
Read More Holistic Living Approach to Life – Sr. Joan Sorge, OP
Enjoy this excerpt from Living a Balanced Life with Sister Joan Sorge, ...
Read More The Radical Faith and Communal Life of Seven Dominican Sisters
New book tells the story; Open house, book signing scheduled February 10 ...
Read More Sister Janice Greenwood, OP 1932—2017
Springfield Dominican Sister Janice Greenwood died January 4, 2017, at Sacred Heart ...
Read More Lighting a Candle in Response to these Times
A statement from the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Ill. Last fall the ...
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Offer Seminar Series at the Start of a New Administration Springfield, Ill.—In ...
Read More Sister Doris Taylor, OP, 1933-2016
Sister Doris Taylor, OP died as the Community gathered for the New ...
Read More Sister Mary Rose Schleeper, OP, 1920-2016
Springfield, Ill.—Springfield Dominican Sister Mary Rose Schleeper died December 30, 2016, at ...
Read More Dominican Sisters of Springfield, IL Cooks' Prepare Meals for The Matthew Project
The food service staff at Sacred Heart Convent is proud to make ...
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Sister Kathleen Anne Tait, OP, the Director of Mission Advancement, talks about ...
Read More Sister Patricia Seelbach, OP and Sister Jean Michael Constantine, OP
Sister Jean Michael Constantine, OP Please pray for the repose of the ...
Read More Dominican Sisters Decorate Christmas Window in Downtown Springfield, Illinois
Here are a few photos of our Christmas window located in the ...
Read More Happy Thanksgiving from the Springfeidl Dominican Sisters
Happy Thanksgiving 2016 from Dominican Sisters of Springfield, IL!
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Before and after you watch, play, read, create, post: T.H.I.N.K. T= Is ...
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Dominican Sisters return to their home in Qaraqosh, Iraq after two years ...
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During National Vocation Awareness Week, we are asking you to simply do ...
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