Episodes

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Twenty years of SDART
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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 their work is still necessary today.

Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Dominican Dreams and Visions: Travels with Sister Mila Diaz Solano
Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Thursday Feb 27, 2025
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 to share her “dreams and visions” for the future of Dominican life worldwide.

Friday Jan 24, 2025
Coffee Ecumenism: A hope for the future of Christianity
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Friday Jan 24, 2025
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 can enrich Catholicism, lead to a more synodal church, and bring about deep healing in the Body of Christ. Coffee and other seemingly mundane things may be the key.

Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Christmas Lights: Real-life Christmas Tales from the Dominican Sisters
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
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.

Thursday Nov 21, 2024
Together we will: Leadership Team Roundtable
Thursday Nov 21, 2024
Thursday Nov 21, 2024
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.

Thursday Oct 24, 2024
Changing lives for English-language learners
Thursday Oct 24, 2024
Thursday Oct 24, 2024
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 Tammy McCormick talk about the new center and the rewards of being in relationship with women passionate about learning English.

Thursday Sep 26, 2024
Good News: Listening to Gods Word Together
Thursday Sep 26, 2024
Thursday Sep 26, 2024
Our focus is the Sunday liturgy. The Catholic Church, and other Christian traditions, too, use a lectionary, a kind of schedule of readings from the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, so worshipers can know what biblical texts will be used on any given Sunday. Here our guests share their experience preparing for Sunday liturgy using lectio divina—“holy reading.” Sister Phyllis has led a lectio divina group for several years, and Sister Jude has been a faithful participant. Here they share the fruits of what they’ve learned from this fruitful way of preparing for preparation in the Sunday assembly at Mass.

Thursday Aug 22, 2024
The Web of Life: Gardening with a purpose
Thursday Aug 22, 2024
Thursday Aug 22, 2024
Gardening is good for the soil—and good for the soul. Springfield Dominican Sister Kristin Crawford shares lessons from the permaculture garden at Jubilee Farm with our Dominican Associate John Malanchak, who talks about the impact of gardening with persons with disabilities.

Friday Mar 08, 2024
Miracle on the Lake: A F.L.O.W.cast Special
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Friday Mar 08, 2024
On the Feast of the Holy Rosary in 1972, a relaxing island holiday in the Minnesota Boundary Waters brought four Springfield Dominican Sisters to the brink of tragedy. Sister Margaret Grueter and Sister Marie Michelle Hackett share their poignant memories of this heart-racing experience in a special Catholic Sisters Week edition of F.L.O.W.cast.

Thursday Dec 21, 2023
Of the Father’s love Begotten: A F.L.O.W.cast Christmas
Thursday Dec 21, 2023
Thursday Dec 21, 2023
The greatest gift of Christmas is the one that most matters: the Incarnation of the Son of God. In this special F.L..O.Wcast episode, Sister Lori Kirchman, a liturgical musician, and Sister Joanne Delehanty, a pastoral minister, share their mutual love for an ancient poem set to a haunting medieval chant. They unpack the lyrics and explore the intricacies of the text, the chant, and their healing and life-transforming properties.