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Union: US – A Haven within a Haven
Some nine months ago, it was determined that the sisters living at Sacred Heart Convent in Fargo would relocate. One obvious choice was to return to our former convent which is now a beautiful retirement facility named Riverview Place. Sixteen of us are sprinkled throughout the four wings of the building. In the day when 60-70 sisters lived here, the building didn’t seem so large. But now it takes a conscious effort to rub shoulders and keep in touch with…
Union: US – Newly Organized Guadalupe Community
The 18 sisters living in six houses in Southern California and the five sisters residing at Regina Residence, the retirement home of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, recently organized themselves to become one local community. Guadalupe was the chosen name of this new local community. Sister Jane Bonar was appointed local leader of the Guadalupe Community and took office as of May 1, 2021. Every community member, having been fully vaccinated, gathered for a picnic April 25 in Watts,…
Union: NL – Sharing Stories of Parish Ministry, Piccadilly, NL, during COVID-19
[caption id="attachment_2552" align="alignright" width="300"] Sister Rosalie at a arish baptism pre-COVID[/caption] The 2020 year of ministry in the parish community of Our Lady of Fatima, Piccadilly, NL Canada, is mostly an account of our ministry in the midst of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic as we continued to make efforts to be present to our parishioners during this disconcerting and difficult period. Our first pandemic lockdown came in March 2020, cancelling all Lenten services with the closure of the church, the…
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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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