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Aberdeen Advertorial Features Tenacity
We continue our partnership with Sioux Falls Woman Magazine, promoting the mission of the Presentation Sisters. In honor and recognition of the 300th anniversary of Nano Nagle’s birth, each article focuses on a different characteristic of Nano. The October / November issue focuses upon Embodying the Mission with Tenacity. View a video on tenacity HERE EMBODYING THE MISSION with tenacity By Natalie Slieter “By degrees, with God’s assistance, we can do a great deal.” - Venerable Nano Nagle Nano Nagle…
US Unit: Presentation Center Prayer Brunch
Pictured, from left, Associate Lonnie Pederson, featured brunch speaker, and Associate Joni Altringer, artist, with picture of oak tree painted especially for speaker to use in presentations. 33rd annual Presentation Prayer Center Brunch, Fargo, was held October 4. Associate Lonnie Pederson presented on “Leadership and Spirituality: Life, Livelihood and the Spirit.” The acorn, which is a symbol of the Presentation Sisters, represents the great power of the seed of spiritual practice and which ultimately becoming the mighty oak. An oak…
Newfoundland and Labrador Celebrating the 300th Anniversary of Foundress
Our official Newfoundland and Labrador launch of our 300th anniversary celebrations took place at our motherhouse in St. John’s on Christmas Eve, 2017, joining hearts with Presentation People around the world. Our launch was marked by a special prayer, during which we had the unveiling of the 300th anniversary banner created by Sisters Elizabeth Kennedy, Marie Furey and Marilyn Doyle. At the time of the unveiling, Marilyn shared the very moving story of the banner’s creation with all its unfolding…
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We, the Conference of Presentation Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of North America, aware of our need for personal and communal conversion, call ourselves and one another to be contemplative women in action, fired by the spirit of Nano Nagle, our foundress.
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STATEMENT JUNE 21, 2018 We, Presentation Sisters across the USA, want to associate ourselves with the Statements by the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, the US Catholic Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Maryknoll Office of Global Concern about the separation of immigrant children from their parents. Since 1854 we have worked with immigrants in many ways and continue to do so today. We call for a comprehensive immigration reform that will respect the dignity of all peoples. None of the current immigration bills are acceptable. As a country of immigrants we are keenly aware that people have rights to asylum, freedom from fear, and the path to citizenship. These rights cannot be held hostage to funding any wall.
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