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The “Our Border Brothers and Sisters” blog series presents first-hand stories from our sisters and associates who have border experiences they would like to share. We hope these stories will open us to seeing and understanding our brothers and sisters in greater depth because, as Colum McCann once said: “You can’t hate someone when you know their story.”
My experience at the shelter in Mexicali, Mexico has changed my life. I am now looking at everything and everyone with different eyes. The experience… Read More »My Mexicali Border Experience Changed My Life
I said to the 8-year-old “how lucky she was to have him help her” His response was “Well someone has to do it so I… Read More »Short Stories from the Border
“Where one of us are, all of us are.” With this in mind, “we” were in San Antonio, Texas the last two weeks of November… Read More »Reflections from Texas
Kawsar then went on to charm all of the volunteers at the food pantry saying to each one the only words she knows in English:… Read More »Reflections from Wisconsin
Lilianis, su marido y sus hijos se fueron de Venezuela por necesidad, no porque quisieran. La vida económica y política de su país estaba en… Read More »Reflexiones desde Perú
Lilianis, her husband, and her children left Venezuela out of necessity, not because they wanted to. Economic and political life was in crisis in their… Read More »Reflections from Peru
Sisters Teresa Avalos, Carol Brong and Sally Koch reflect on their recent trip to the border with Border Compassion.
I learned not just about how an Afghani family lives, what foods they eat, how they arrange their furniture, why they leave their shoes outside… Read More »Reflections from Afghanistan
After a full day of listening to the stories of multiple immigrant families, a quote from an eight-year-old stood out to Sister Roseanne Belpedio.
La hermana Yolanda (Yoli) Arrbasplata, CSJ reflexiona sobre la experiencia de inmigración de la familia Quero Urdaneta.
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet are a congregation of Catholic sisters. We, and those who share our charism and mission, are motivated in all things by our profound love of God and our dear neighbors. We seek to build communities and bridge divides between people. Since our first sisters gathered in 1650, our members have been called to “do all things of which women are capable.” The first sisters of our congregation arrived in St. Louis, Missouri in 1836, and we now have additional locations in St. Paul, Albany, Los Angeles, Hawaii, Japan and Peru. Today, we commit to respond boldly to injustice and dare to be prophetic.