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What’s the connection between Easter Eggs and the Savior?
Coloring and hunting for hard-boiled eggs (or plastic and candy-filled) has become an integral part of the Easter celebration. But how did this come to be? What’s up with the eggs and how do they relate to the Resurrection of the Savior? For early Christians, the Easter egg was symbolic of the resurrection of Jesus…
Read MoreMeet Sister Edesia Ngilangwa, SDS
My name is Edesia Ngilangwa, SDS. I come from Njo Tombe Village in Tanzania. In my family there are eight people. I have three brothers and I have three sisters. All my family are alive. My father and my mother work on the farm. Also, my mother takes care of our children. I started primary…
Read MoreSalvatorian Sisters will bridge their leadership into new term
Sisters of the Divine Savior from the North American Province gathered in Milwaukee in February to elect leadership for the three-year term that begins June 24, 2018. They re-elected all three members of the current leadership team. Sister Beverly Heitke, SDS will serve her second term as Provincial Leader. Sister Nelda Hernandez, SDS and Sister…
Read MoreComing to a Catholic parish near you?
Sisters of the Divine Savior will shine a light on Catholic Sisters everywhere during 2018 National Catholic Sisters Week, March 8-14. They will host Sister Talks and hospitality in their home parishes the weekends of March 3-4, March 10-11 or April 14-15. If Salvatorian Sisters are members of your home parish, you might already be…
Read MoreMeet Sister Liberata Kihaka, SDS
My name is Sister Liberata Kihaka, SDS. I was born in 1981 at the hospital Kifanya Njombe Region, Tanzania. We have seven in my family. I have three brothers and two sisters and me, the last born. My father’s name is Joseph Kihaka and my mother’s name is Erenesta. My mother and my father have…
Read MoreParishes will celebrate World Day for Consecrated Life
In 1997, Pope Saint John Paul II proclaimed a day of prayer for women and men in consecrated life. This observance is attached to the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord on February 2, also known as Candlemas Day. Candlemas is the day for blessing candles symbolizing Christ as the light of the world. …
Read MoreCelebration of Consecrated Life: Light out of Darkness
Salvatorian voices will shine brightly among the choir assembled for Milwaukee’s annual Celebration of Consecrated Life on Friday, February 2. Sisters Mary Lee Grady, Nelda Hernandez and Mary Jo Stoffel will join voices with Salvatorian Fathers Peter Schuessler and David Cooney, Cleric Simon Muema, and Lay Salvatorian Sue Haertel for the celebration. Gifts of song…
Read MoreWeek of Prayer for Christian Unity
Your Right Hand, O Lord, Glorious in Power (Exodus 15:6) The Church Unity Octave, now known as the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, goes back more than 100 years. The Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute (GEII) tells us the Church Unity Octave was first celebrated in January, 1908 in the chapel of a small…
Read More2018 Lenten Vespers
You are welcome to join us for Lenten Vespers. Please join us on the following dates: Lenten Vespers Wednesday, February 21, 2018 Tuesday, March 6, 2018 Monday, March 19, 2018 All services begin at 7:00 p.m. and will be held at the Sisters of the Divine Savior Community House, 4311 N. 100th Street, Milwaukee
Read MoreVOCARE
Divine Savior Holy Angels grad Sam Windsor is a junior at University of Dayton. She recently came back to high school to speak to the Class of 2018 for their VOCARE send-off. Sam’s challenge to the students: consider that God isn’t measuring our achievements. . . He is much more concerned with how we are…
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