The Gift of a Cabrini House Residency Starts Here!

Application The gift of a Cabrini House Residency starts here! Overview

The application process includes these five steps: _____1. Application _____2. Essay _____3. Attachments: a.your resume b.certificate of health insurance c. certificate of auto insurance d.copy of your driver's license or state-issued ID. _____4. References From three people who know you well enough to assess your character: one personal reference is requested. The other two may be work supervisors, professors, university staff, or clergy members. _____5. Interview After your application, resume, and references have been received an in-person interview will be scheduled with one or more representatives of the Dominican Sisters.

Open application periods For residency beginning the week of August 8-15: Application period ends June 1 For residency beginning the week of January 3-12: Application period ends September 1

Questions? Contact Sister Teresa Marron, OP 217-787-0481 or [email protected].

Cabrini House Residency Application page 1 of 5 Part one: Application Today’s Date Click here to enter a date. I am applying for Cabrini House residency beginning: Choose an item.

Contact information Full legal name First, Middle, Last Name you like to Click here to enter text. be called Date of birth mm/dd/yyyy Mailing address Where you live now. Address 1: Address 1 Address 2: Address 2 City, State, ZIP City, ST, ZIP

Permanent address (if different from current address) Address 1: Address 1 Address 2: Address 2 City, State, ZIP City, ST, ZIP

Preferred phone 123-345-5678 Secondary phone 123-345-5678 Preferred e-mail Preferred email

Education & Profession I am: (Select all that apply.) ☐ A college graduate ☐ Currently studying ☐ Working part time ☐ Working full time ☐ Unemployed Education If you are currently studying or if you have completed undergraduate or graduate studies, complete this section. Last school attended or attending now Click here to enter text. Major Click here to enter text. Actual or anticipated graduation date Click here to enter text.

Employment Company Click here to enter text. Address 1 Click here to enter text. Address 2 Click here to enter text. City/State/ZIP Click here to enter text. Phone Click here to enter text.

Other Emergency Contact Name ck here to enter text. Relationship to you Click here to enter text. Mailing Address Click here to enter text. Cabrini House Residency Application page 2 of 5 Email Click here to enter text. phone Click here to enter text.

Ethnicity (not required) Click here to enter text. Faith tradition and/or congregation where you currently worship Name Click here to enter text. Address Click here to enter text. Website address Click here to enter text.

Do you own or have access to a vehicle? Choose an item.

Have you ever been convicted of a felony? Choose an item. If yes, please describe. Click here to enter text.

Are you in recovery from an addiction such as alcohol, drugs, eating disorder, gambling, or pornography? If yes, please describe and state the length of recovery. Choose an item. If yes, please state the length of recovery. Click here to enter text.

Do you have any personal circumstances, financial obligations, or other commitments that might interfere with your commitment to community at Cabrini House? Choose an item. If so, describe. Click here to enter text.

Please feel free to add anything else you’d like us to know. Click here to enter text.

Cabrini House Residency Application page 3 of 5 Part Two: Essays Please read the Mission and Vision statements of Cabrini House and then, in a separate word document, answer the four questions below. We are more interested in you and your ideas than in your English grammar. Please do not feel intimidated by this exercise. Share from your heart!

Mission Cabrini House of Hospitality invites and welcomes young adult women to an intercultural experience of intentional living in a community of faith.

Vision The witness of Dominican common life, called by St. Dominic the “Holy Preaching,” inspires women of all cultures and ethnicities to contemplate the meaning of consecrated religious life. The witness of the women who join us transforms and inspires us to—in the words of our 2014 Chapter Commitment Statement—“imagine the world we wish to inhabit and accept the urgent responsibility to collaborate in bringing it to birth.”

1. What in your life experience has drawn you to apply for a Cabrini House residency? Mention specific examples as much as possible. 2. What has been your experience of living with others? How do you think living in an intentional community will be similar or difference from your past experience? 3. Cabrini House is a faith-based community that welcomes applicants of all Christian traditions. Residents will share in the prayer, study, common life, and service of the Springfield Dominican Sisters. What are your expectations of coming to a faith-based intentional community? 4. Cabrini House residents will make a commitment to some form of common service. What type of service interests you most?

Signature I attest that all information contained in this application is true to the best of my knowledge. I understand that my application with be shared in its entirety, including essays, with Cabrini House sister-residents and with the selection committee. My failure to disclose all pertinent information, including health concerns, may result in non-acceptance to or dismissal from Cabrini House.

Please Note:  All accepted applicants are subject to a criminal background check.  Your application will be shared in its entirety, including essays, with Cabrini House sister- residents and the selection committee.

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Name First Name Last Name Date Click here to enter a date.

Thank you for your interest in a Cabrini House residency! As soon as we have all parts of your application, including your references, we’ll contact you to schedule an interview. We look forward to continuing the process with you. Don’t forget to include the required attachments when you email your application!

Cabrini House Residency Application page 4 of 5 Part Four: References Please provide the names and contact information for your three references. We will contact them on your behalf.

Reference #1 Contact Name First Name Last Name Job title Click here to enter text. Phone 123-345-5678 e-mail address Click here to enter text. relationship to you Click here to enter text.

Reference #2 Contact Name First Name Last Name

Job title Click here to enter text. Phone 123-345-5678 e-mail address Click here to enter text. relationship to you Click here to enter text.

Reference #3 Contact Name First Name Last Name Job title Click here to enter text. Phone 123-345-5678 e-mail address Click here to enter text. relationship to you Click here to enter text.

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