Prayer to
Blessed Mary of the Apostles

Blessed Mary of the Apostles,
obtain for us from God
your strong, steadfast faith,
your firm hope,
your unbounded charity towards all,
your heroic patience
in suffering and affliction,
your burning zeal
for the Kingdom of God,
your worldwide, apostolic spirit.
Pray for us,
Blessed Mary of the Apostles.

Amen

Mother Mary of the Apostles

Feast Day September 5th

Entered into Eternal Life Sister Mildred Lotzer, SDS.

Save the Date: the 10th Annual Woman of Faith will be held on Thursday, November 4th.

Come and See Discernment Retreat, October 15-17, 2010

We thank Mary Uhler and the Madison Catholic Herald Staff for their article featuring Sister Teresa Rebholz's, SDS, 60th Jubilee.

Joyful Thanks" was the theme of this year's Jubilee celebration. The Sisters marking their 60th Jubilee of religious profession are: Sisters Maria Elena Arias, Jean Marie Hauck, Teresa Rebholz and Patricia Wieloch.

We thank Julie Cutsforth at the Portage Daily Register for including Sister Patricia Wieloch's, SDS, 60th Jubilee article in the Milestones section. Read More...

Check us out on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/SistersoftheDivineSavior

Women & Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America - Our Salvatorian Sisters are part of an amazing exhibit on the rich history and contributions of Catholic Sisters in the United States including photographs, artifacts and documentary material drawn from the archives of many congregations. The exhibit will be traveling to Ohio, New York, Iowa and Indiana until December 31, 2011.

We will be serving a meal at the Cathedral Shelter on Saturday, August 14. For more information, please call Sister Karlyn Cauley, SDS, 414.461.7676.

Art Studio Celebrates 25th Year. Read more...

Two safe houses open for sex trafficking victims - Shelters to help women in their long road to recovery. Read more about our Sisters anti-trafficking efforts...

St. Anne's Salvatorian Campus is sponsored by the Sisters of the Divine Savior. Recently the Wisconsin Association of Homes and Services for the Aging recognized Ron Schwartz and the Vigil Keepers as caring volunteers. Congratulations on this state award!

SDS Spring Newsletter has arrived. View PDF...

We want to share the good news from our New Membership Team!

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"The Trade in human persons is a shocking offence against human dignity and a grave violation of fundamental human rights."

-Pope John Paul II - May 15, 2002 letter

When did slavery end? Answer: It didn’t. Today 27 million men, women and children are forced to work as slaves in agriculture, manufacturing, domestic servitude, the restaurant industry, and the sex trade. Human trafficking exists in almost every country in the world—even in every state in the USA! Slaves often remain invisible to the common person, but their condition cries out for salvation. Visit the Salvatorians (Sisters of the Divine Savior, Society of the Divine Savior, Lay Salvatorians) at www.sdssisters.org/slavery  or contact Sister Patrice Colletti, SDS, at collettip@salvatoriansisters.org to find out more or to learn what YOU can do as part of today’s Abolition Movement.

As an international Congregation, the Sisters of the Divine Savior have made it a priority to try to unite with a million religious Sisters from all over the world to address the abuse and sexual exploitation of women and children with particular attention to the trafficking of women. Help us support SAVE...

Learn more at www.sdssisters.org/slavery

Current Stop Trafficking Newsletter