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Three Springfield Dominican Sisters who live at St. Mary’s Convent in Aurora, Ill., welcome listeners into their lives for a look at the rhythms and patterns of community life, which St. Dominic called “the Holy Preaching.”

Artificial Intelligence is ushering in another Industrial Revolution, and it is coming fast. Predictions suggest as much as a 45% loss of jobs over the next 5-10 years. This holds many challenges for people of faith as we learn to navigate this rapidly evolving technological rupture. Are you ready?

Chances are, you know at least one person who has in the past or will soon become a member of the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil through a process called the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults. In this episode, we explore the fascinating history of the OCIA and its role in forming and welcoming new Catholic believers into parishes around the globe.

A growing international movement of young adults associating themselves with the Dominican charism is cause for hope! Today we hear from the leader of that movement in the US, Adrian Dominican Sister Katherine Frazier, about how the Dominican Youth Movement is shaping Dominican life in the United States and the world.

Socially responsible investing (SRI) is an effective tool for creating social change. It is often used by faith-based investors to bring ethical principles to the halls of power. Learn the history, approaches, and methods of SRI from two veterans of the practice.

Enjoy the sounds of the season brought to you by the sisters who live the message of Jesus every day at Sacred Heart Convent.

Disputatio, an ancient practice of conversation with the goal of distinguishing and clarifying thought, was employed by Dominican scholars in the Middle Ages. What can 21st century U.S. citizens learn from this practice that might transform our civil discourse today? F.L.O.W.cast talks with Adrian Dominican and theologian Sister Patricia Walter to explore the possibilities.

There seems to be a growing curiosity about religion, living more deeply spiritual lives, and yes—vocations to religious life. A new approach to welcoming vocation discerners is taking root among the Springfield Dominicans, too. Come along with Sisters Denise Glazik and Mary Jo Sobieck to discover what’s happening and how you can support the movement.

Mike Tanner’s superpower may be his ability to accompany those who, like himself, have experienced limb loss and the attending challenges that come with such a change. He has learned how to create communities of care that change the world for those who’ve had an amputation and for their loved ones. What’s Mike’s secret?

What does consecrated religious life have to give to the life of the church and the world at this moment in human history? Sister M. Paul McCaughey and Sister Mila Diaz Solano share the insights they gained during their participation in global gatherings of Catholic Sisters last spring in Rome.

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.

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 we attune ourselves to living prophetically enough to provide a foundation for a world of flourishing for people of every culture, race, and creed? Indeed, how do we create a world that comes closer to the beloved kingdom Jesus proclaimed?

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 need to care for Earth, our common home. In addition, this year, we celebrate a quarter-century of care for creation at Jubilee Farm.

The hospice nurse carries a pocketful of medical tools; the chaplain, a pocketful of the Word of God. This is how hospice nurse Cyndi Lawson describes nurse-chaplain collaboration in hospice care. We will learn more from Cyndi and Sister Kelly as they share insights into their ministry during this edition of FLOWcast, a podcast “For the Life of the World” from the Dominican Sisters of Springfield. After their conversation, I talk with Springfield Dominican Associate Marianne Chevalier about her experience with hospice in the final weeks of her husband Dan’s life. Dan died at home in December 2023.

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.