Our Global Salvatorian Community: Sister Lilly Kurian, SDS

During 2023 Catholic Sisters Week, we’re shining a light on the international members of our General Administration, or Generalate, in Rome. Over the week, we’ll share the answers of our seven Team Members to questions about their call to religious life and what it means to belong to the international Congregation of the Sisters of…

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Sister Bakhita enjoys the sights and sounds of Milwaukee

Sister Bakhita Ndokole, SDS first met U.S. Salvatorians in an English as a Second Language (ESL) Immersion Program led by Sister Jenada Fanetti, SDS and Lay Salvatorian Sue Haertel in Tanzania. It’s a program that changed her life and, ultimately, brought her to the United States this summer for more immersive ESL classes. Under the…

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New horizons ahead for our new Leadership Team

Serving on the Sisters of the Divine Savior U.S. Provincial Team is a call from God and your community of sisters. Members of our 2022-2025 Leadership Team possess the trust and support of their sisters and a willingness to guide their community toward new horizons. Newly elected Provincial, Sister Jean Schafer, SDS, is rather familiar…

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2022 Birthday Perspective: Sister Carol Thresher, SDS

By Carol Thresher, SDSMilwaukee, Wisconsin For their birthdays, we asked Salvatorian Sisters to recommend a piece of media (book, poem, movie, etc.) that changed their perspective. Sister Carol Thresher, SDS shares about the bible translation that changed her relationship with Jesus’s message. During the early 1960s, shortly after I entered the Salvatorian Sisters, I discovered…

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July is…

Blog by Sister Patrice Colletti, SDSKateri Initiative – Sisseton, South Dakota a. hot and humidb. the  beginning of yellow jacket season c. hot… and also humidd. the last full month before school starts up again in mid-Auguste. annoyingly hot and humidf. a good time to read and think about long blog postings g. Disability Pride…

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A life dedicated to educating God’s children

Adele M. discovered a deep love and admiration for Tanzania during her first visit in 1966. A relatively new country at the time, Adele jumped at the chance to join her sister, Carlotta, formerly Salvatorian Sister Fredrick Mary, in the missions. She says, “I left everything behind because I knew it would be there when…

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German Sisters of the Divine Savior aid Ukrainian refugees

Letter from Sister Margaret Rolf, SDSHorrem, Germany Salvatorian Sister refugee assistance has expanded beyond the borders of Poland. With a reported 3 million refugees from Ukraine fleeing the war in Eastern Europe, countries like Germany, Austria, and Italy are also offering refuge. In a letter to our Sisters and the people connected to the Salvatorians,…

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2022 Birthday Perspective: Sister Grace Mary Croft, SDS

For their birthdays, we asked Salvatorian Sisters to recommend a piece of media (book, poem, movie, etc.) that changed their perspective. Sister Grace Mary Croft, SDS loves nonfiction especially a good biography. She recommends reading Waking Up White by Debby Irving, our ‘Turn the Page’ book selection for 2019 Catholic Sisters Week. “For me, Debby…

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