Sisters and Border Compassion
Sisters Teresa Avalos, Carol Brong and Sally Koch reflect on their recent trip to the border with Border Compassion.
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These are the latest Items related to our Los Angeles, California Province, which includes our communities in Hawai’i and Japan.
Partners for the future
As we look at the present and into the future, we celebrate our ministries and work that have been going on for years as well as our new, exciting structures and partnerships. We offer a few examples, amongst many, in the areas of education, healthcare, service and work at the border.
Celebrating 152 years of ministry in Tucson
In 1870, seven brave sisters trekked from Missouri to Arizona to minister to the dear neighbor. After a delay of two years, the 150th Anniversary of the Trek of the Seven Sisters was held on May 29 at St. Augustine Cathedral in Tucson, Arizona.
The journey of discernment
We asked some of our newest members to share what life is like as a woman discerning religious life during a time in our world of change, letting go and finding a new way.
Violence in our lives
I am angry, saddened and disturbed by the weeks of violence that have been forced into my life. Uvalde, Buffalo, Costa Mesa…and nightly in Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia…. I can go on and on.
Making Changes to Care for Creation
On November 11, 2021, our congregation publicly committed to join Pope Francis and the universal Catholic Church on a seven-year journey to ecological conversion through the Laudato Si’ Action Platform. Efforts towards this commitment have been in the works since 1997, and the journey continues.
The Art of Letting Go
Letting go. Though the reasons may vary, as these sisters from across the congregation share, it is something we all must learn to do.
Challenge yourself to reduce food waste
Since the pandemic, I and the communities that I have shared life with have made a commitment to a food service called Imperfect Foods.
What would you like other women seeking religious life to know?
We asked some of our newest members to share what they would like other women seeking religious life to know.
Border Compassion
These two stories come from sisters who have traveled to Mexicali, Mexico with the new organization Border Compassion. Its mission is to invite faith communities to cross over at the U.S./Mexico border and offer a compassionate humanitarian response.
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