Sister Rose Miriam is returning to congregational leadership, now as vicaress of the Springfield Dominicans. The Quincy, Ill., native had a long career in elementary education and administration before her election as prioress general of the congregation in 1989. She served two terms in leadership which ended in 1997, then completed a dual master’s degree in pastoral studies and counseling at Loyola University, New Orleans. For the past 19 years she has ministered as a child and family therapist in Madison County, Ill. She made her profession of vows in 1962.

Sister Mila, a native of La Oroya, Peru, made profession in 1998 and is nearing completion of her doctoral studies in Old Testament at the École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem, a biblical studies and archeological institute in Jerusalem. She has worked in pastoral ministry in Lima and completed a Master of Theology in theological research at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago. Before coming to the U.S. for her new ministry she lived in Lima where she taught scripture at ISET, a graduate school of theology, and ministered at Instituto Bartolomé de las Casas, a Christian human development organization founded by Dominican theologian Gustavo Gutiérrez.

Sister Marie Michelle is a veteran educator, having just completed 28 years of administration at St. Edward School, Chicago. She was serving as a consultant to parochial school administrators in the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Office of Catholic Education when elected to leadership. The Chicago native holds multiple degrees and certificates in education, including a master’s in nonpublic education administration from the University of Illinois. She is deeply engaged with collaborative projects within the U.S. Dominican Family. She made her profession of vows in 1964.