Posts Tagged ‘Ministry’
Sister Carol Thresher, SDS: My Vocation of Making a Difference
Originally written by Sister Carol Thresher, SDS, November 2, 2015 When people ask, “Why did you become a Sister?” my answer is always twofold. First of all, I turn to my own heart, my own dream. Somewhere, deep inside I’d always known that I wanted to make a difference in the world. I wasn’t sure what that…
Read MoreWe Must Open Our Hearts
By Sister Darlene Pienschke, SDS Over 70 million people around the world are forced to become immigrants today due to poverty, the effects of global warming which destroyed their country’s economics, and violence. Recently, I read about Pope Francis’ deep concern for these millions of migrants. Last Fall, moved with deep sensitivity to their plight, Pope…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Protocols
By Sister Darlene Pienschke, SDS I recently went to Casa Alitas to pick up the COVID-19 protocols. The director is also putting together a training video on how to serve migrants and take proper precautions. Although the border has been sealed, asylum seekers are coming to Casa Alitas from detention centers where they have likely…
Read MoreXavier Writes His First Correspondence
By Sister Patrice Colletti, SDS Xavier (grade 2) is one of my … more “spirited”… students in my beginning reading class this year. Learning to read has not been easy for him and his writing was laboriously slow and mostly consisted of one or two words before he started signaling “meltdown coming!” I kept assuring…
Read MoreCOVID-19 and ICE
By Sr. Darlene Pienschke, SDS ICE Detention Centers are on the verge of becoming Coronavirus super spreaders. Hundreds of people have tested positive. There are reports of soap shortage and detainees report they are forced to use toothpaste to wash their hands. One detainee was threatened with solitary confinement for making a face mask. Last…
Read MoreThe Immigrants’ Journey Metaphorized – A Salvatorian’s Reflection
Sister Darlene Pienschke, SDS felt called to minister to immigrants at the U.S. southern border and responded to that call in July. Here she reflects on what she has witnessed and experienced in her first two months there. I see immigrants’ stories as history metaphorized. The narratives of these journeys express imagery of the motivation…
Read MoreGlimpse God: “Toksta ake” does not mean “good-bye.”
Salvatorian Sister Patrice Colletti writes her Glimpse God blog from South Dakota, where she teaches on the Sisseton-Wahpeton reservation there. Sister Rita Vogelsang has also served in Sisseton since October 2016, and will now join our Sister Darlene Pienschke in Tucson, Ariz. to minister to people crossing the U.S.- Mexico border. In Dakota, there is…
Read MoreTo the Salvatorian Community and friends of Sister Ana Maria Gomez,
We join you in grieving the loss of our dear Sister Ana Maria. How fitting that she should be united with our Lord during this Easter season. She often told us that she was ready for the call home, and we reminded her of how much we needed her right here interceding for God’s…
Read MoreReflections on a book discussion: Sr. Jean and Sr. Sheila
Salvatorian Sisters Jean Schafer and Sheila Novak organized a book event around author Debby Irving’s Waking up White for National Catholic Sisters Week. They offered it as a Lenten project at their Salvatorian parish in Orangevale, Calif. They hosted six discussion sessions at Divine Savior Parish with 14 women participating. In addition to facilitating the…
Read MoreReflections on a book discussion: Sr. Letty and Sr. Georgene
Our Salvatorian Sisters in Phoenix, Ariz. hosted a series of discussions about Bryan Stevenson’s book, Just Mercy for 2019 National Catholic Sisters Week. Stevenson is co-founder of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Ala., a non-profit organization advocating for equal treatment in the criminal justice system. Here, Sisters Georgene Faust and Letty Regala each share…
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