Sister Water Project Committee Creates Lenten Calendar
...Honduras and Tanzania. Each day of Lent, beginning with Ash Wednesday on March 6, through Easter on Sunday, April 21, the calendar provides information on safe drinking water and facts...
Area Sisters Support Pope Francis’ Environmental Call in National Ad
...the Upper Mississippi River Valley region, including six local congregations in the tri-state area: Sinsinawa Dominicans, Dubuque Franciscans, Sisters of Charity, BVM, Sisters of the Presentation, Visitation Sisters and Trappistine...
Volunteers Reflect on Sister Water Project Trip to Honduras
...Church in Waterloo. “I saw it and thought, ‘OK, I guess here’s my sign,’” said Erin. “I was talking about it on Friday, and there it was on Sunday.” The...
Sister LaVonne Herrig, OSF
...sister, Sister Yvonne, as her supervising teacher. She taught primary grades in Templeton, Pocahontas, St. Edward’s in Waterloo, Sacred Heart in Dubuque, Crescent City, CA, Portland, Oregon, and Melrose Park,...
Ministry Grant Helps Schools in St. Lucia
...help: co-workers, students, friends, parishioners, and business owners. They listened to the needs Sister Melita witnessed and responded. “Colleagues went dumpster diving even,” she said, recalling the story of her...
Coalition recognized for efforts to end human trafficking
...as part of Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. “I’m very proud of the coalition,” said Sister Marilou Irons, co-chair of the coalition. “There are so many well-organized, enthusiastic, passionate...
Land Ethic
...31, 1 (2011): 143-160), Keith Werner, OFM, referring to Mary Beth Ingham’s work, Scotus for Dunces, states: “Scotus asserts an integral, interdependent relationship between the Incarnation and creation, and the...
Central American Associates Meet for Retreat in Guatemala
...and input culminated in expressions of care and support for our varied ministries across Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador,” said Nancy. “As one coming from Iowa, it was special to...
Corporate Stances
...protection policies, inhumane treatment of immigrants, the sharp decline in civil discourse, abandoning our global commitments, a growing economic disparity, the erosion of institutions that safeguard democracy, the rise of...
Sister Viator Schulewitz, OSF
Sister Viator Schulewitz, OSF, 86, died on Saturday, March 28, 2015, at Francis House. Lorraine Ruth was born to Frank and Helen Agster Schulewitz in Melrose Park, Illinois, on May...
