Season 4

Season Four: Episode Thirteen Introduction We Springfield Dominicans have taken on as a General Chapter commitment the goal of learning to be more intentionally intercultural in the way we live our religious life.   About our guests Brothers Alfred Lungu, Edwin Silwimba, Eliakim Mbenda, and Michael Katona are student brothers who belong to the Oblates […]

Season Four: Episode Twelve Introduction Last spring, during our congregation’s general chapter, we made a commitment to “to walk together into a future of authentic intercultural living.”   The concept of interculturality often raises more questions than it answers.  What does it mean? Why does it matter? And how do we get there  —meaning how do

Season Four: Episode Eleven Introduction Today our guests are Tony Rothering, who teaches biology at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield and Angelea Cook, a biology student, who works with Tony managing the bird banding site at Jubilee Farm. Next week marks the tenth anniversary of Laudato Si’, Pope Francis ground-breaking encyclical about the urgent

Season Four: Episode Ten Introduction The hospice nurse carries a pocketful of medical tools; the chaplain, a pocketful of the Word of God. This is how hospice nurse Cindi Lawson describes nurse-chaplain collaboration in hospice care. We will learn more from Cindi and Sister Kelly as they share insights into their ministry during this edition

Season Four: Episode Nine Introduction What difference has it made that for two decades the Dominican Sisters of Springfield have been working to dismantle systems that perpetuate racism? In this episode, we talk with two founders of SDART—that’s the Springfield Dominican Antiracism Team—about why they persist in their efforts, what difference it’s made and why

Season Four: Episode Eight Introduction What does the future hold for the Order of Preachers?   After completing a term in elected leadership for the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Sister Mila Diaz Solano was freer to travel and engage in the scholarship and global dialogue that is her passion. In this conversation she unpacks her experience

Season Four: Episode Seven Introduction Is coffee the key to Christian unity? During the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Dr. Jon Nilson, professor emeritus of Theology, Loyola University Chicago joins Sister Beth Murphy for a conversation about ecumenism in light of the most recent synod’s “conversations in the Spirit” about the ways Christian unity

Season Four: Episode Six Introduction This time of year, Christmas memories flash on like the lights on our Christmas trees. Here are some joyful, exuberant, touching true tales from four of our Dominican Sisters.    About our guests Sister Kathleen Gallagher, OP, ministers at St. Raphael Elementary School in Naperville, Ill.  Sister Barbara Blesse, OP,

Season Four: Episode Five Introduction Three months into their term of service as leaders for the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, the new team discusses their approach to implementing the decisions of the 2024 General Chapter, their thoughts on leadership, and the changing realities for consecrated women religious.    About our guests Sister Mary Paul McCaughey,

Season Four: Episode Four Introduction Challenges related to language-learning for immigrant women often mean they are among the last in their families to learn English. The Springfield Dominican Sisters have opened a new literacy center to meet the language-learning needs of women and we need volunteer tutors to join us.    Sister Katherine O’Connor and tutor-volunteer