Spring 2012 Salvatorian News

Jan — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:44:20 +0000

Read about Sisters of the Divine Savior who demonstrate compassion as an alternative to negativity in today’s world. In our Spring 2012 Salvatorian News:

Sri Lanka’s Salvatorian Sisters Home offers a pearl of hope for children displaced by civil war
Sister Sylvia Vanek, SDS, of the Austrian Province, trusted in the Lord to carry her through summer mission appeals while continuing her education in pastoral care in the U.S.
Sister Joan Wagner, SDS, let the spotlight shine her way to benefit her beloved Holy Family School community in Huntsville, Ala.

Prayers and Congratulations

Jan — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:34:32 +0000

Sally Leyda, left, became a Postulant with the Sisters of the Divine Savior at a prayer service in Milwaukee on February 5. Formation Director Sister Mary Lee Grady, SDS, right, will guide Sally in this new stage of discernment toward a vowed commitment.

Advocate for the Most Vulnerable

Jan — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:20:26 +0000

Sister Carmenza Zoque, SDS, from the Colombian Salvatorian Province, is in New York City for a three-month internship with UNANIMA, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) at the United Nations that advocates for a more just world through grassroots efforts of 17 women religious communities. She follows in the footsteps of Sister Shiroma Kurumbalapitiya, SDS, of the Sri Lankan Province, who was the first Salvatorian chosen to participate in the UNANIMA internship program.

Celebrate with Prayer

Jan — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:59:58 +0000

We observed the 179th anniversary of the birth of Therese von Wullenweber on February 19. Now known as Blessed Mary of the Apostles, she co-founded the Sisters’ branch of the Salvatorians with Father Francis Jordan on December 8, 1888, and guided the Community as it spread throughout the world. Mary of the Apostles was declared Blessed by Pope Paul VI in 1968, and her remains are preserved at our Congregation Motherhouse in Rome. In honor of her birthday we pray:

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.

Join us for Lenten Vespers

Jan — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:34:48 +0000

The Salvatorian Sisters welcome neighbors and friends to join us for evenings of prayer in Queen of Apostles Chapel at the Community House, 4311 N. 100th Street in Milwaukee. All 2012 Lenten prayer services will begin at 7 p.m. Our Holy Week service on April 3 will observe a present-day interpretation of the centuries-old Tenebrae, meaning darkness, using The Seven Last Words of Christ recorded in the Gospels.

Thursday, February 23
Tuesday, March 13
Tuesday, April 3

Welcome Home Sister Darlene

Jan — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:38:41 +0000

Sister Darlene Pienschke, SDS, has returned to her Wisconsin roots to engage in her new ministry as Pastoral Care Associate at St. Anne’s Salvatorian Campus. Sister Darlene feels privileged to work with Father Mike Burns, SDS, in caring for the spiritual needs of St. Anne’s residents. She brings a variety of ministerial experience, most recently as a full-time hospice nurse in Tucson.

Salvatorian Sisters Reach Out to the Green and Gold

Jan — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:10:30 +0000

In the face of the Green Bay Packers’ 2012 playoffs loss, we reached out to the Packers to join our team of Salvatorians who work tirelessly to abolish modern-day slavery. In January, which is Salvatorian Human Trafficking Awareness Month, we sent letters to 20 influential members of the Packers organization and shared the reality of human trafficking. The letter noted that with every Super Bowl, there is a concurrent increase in sex trafficking of young women, teens, and children by some of the thousands who travel to the game. We asked Packers leaders to speak with their colleagues about how they can take a personal role in helping to change that reality.

We expect to see our Green Bay Packers in the Super Bowl come 2013, and we pray that we’ll also see them take a public stance against this crime. As a member of the Region 9 Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), we also joined with more than 20 women’s religious congregations in Wisconsin to raise awareness of this issue with the Packers organization. Do you have a favorite Packer? Why not write to him and ask him to take a role?
Get more information: collettip@salvatoriansisters.org
Related Link: http://tinyurl.com/8xvz5nv

January is Salvatorian Human Trafficking Awareness Month

Jan — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:31:44 +0000

Since 2001, Salvatorians across the United States have made awareness and prevention of human trafficking and slavery a social justice priority. Today, we :

host an international website with 10,000+ visitors a month
participate in nationwide outreach programs and seminars
publish a free international e-newsletter, Stop Trafficking
sponsor Hope House ministry in California, supporting women rescued from slavery in the U.S.

Share free items with your faith community or other group.
Join Salvatorians in the United Nations’ Blue Heart Campaign

Sisters of the Divine Savior

Jan — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:12:46 +0000

Sisters of the Divine Savior, also known as Salvatorian Sisters, were founded in Tivoli, Italy in 1888 by Venerable Francis Mary of the Cross Jordan with Blessed Mary of the Apostles. Our international congregation of 1,200 Salvatorian Sisters minister in 29 countries on five continents, to make known the goodness and kindness of Jesus, Savior of the world. In solidarity with all those we serve, we walk alongside the elderly, the young, the hungry, the sick, and the imprisoned. In collaboration with our larger Salvatorian Family of Priests, Brothers and Lay men and women, we give ourselves to a worldwide mission in the spirit of our founders.