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The tractor is STILL on a roll
Six years ago, Sister Virginia Honish, SDS launched a grass-roots fundraising campaign to buy a tractor for Salvatorian Sisters in Tanzania in East Africa. In less than six months, “Sr. Virginia’s tractor project” raised more than $70,000. The generosity of our Sisters’ family members, Divine Savior Holy Angels High School alumnae, parish communities, and many…
Read MoreShe served with joy in her heart
We’ll celebrate the life of Sister Diane Goetzinger, SDS (formerly Sr. Mary Louis) on Friday, October 13, 2017. Sr. Diane died Sunday, October 8 at the age of 78. Visitation at 12:15 p.m. and a remembering service at 1:00 p.m. will precede the Mass at St. Anne’s Salvatorian Campus Chapel, 3800 N. 92nd Street in…
Read MoreFolk Artist: Poverty
It’s good to revisit one of the vows I made many years past… and still practice today. I am reflecting on how my vow of poverty affects me. It means “to live simply so others can simply live.” I am a connector for people who want others to use the many things they no longer…
Read More2017 Woman of Faith Award Presentation
Our 2017 Woman of Faith event was truly an inspiring evening. We welcomed many new friends to our Community House to hear Linda Pischke share how faith inspires her ministry to women rebuilding their lives after prison. Listen to Linda share her story. (You may need to turn up the volume on your computer to…
Read MoreFolk Artist: Caring for elders
After I entered our religious community, there were many more young Sisters than we have now. Today I am still considered a “young Sister” although I celebrated my 50-year Jubilee. You do the math and smile with me! But we have older Sisters in their 80s and 90s who are active, joyful and do not…
Read MoreSr. Carol, 1959 Sportswoman of the Year
Title IX wasn’t even a thing when Salvatorian Sister Carol Thresher received the 1959 “Sportswoman of the Year” Award at Milwaukee’s Divine Savior High School. Now, 45 years after the educational amendment opened up sports opportunities for women and girls, Divine Savior Holy Angels (DSHA) students and Sportswomen Alumnae celebrate the role athletics has played…
Read MoreSalvatorian Life in the United States
In late May, Salvatorian General Superior Sister Edith Bramberger came to the U.S. from Rome along with Sister Marion Etzel, who also serves on the international leadership team, or Generalate. In this blog post, they reflect on their experiences with our sisters’ communities across the country. We arrived from Rome two days before Memorial Day.…
Read MoreNew Catholic sisters’ voices resound with gratitude
Sr. Janice Hartman Sr. Janice began her vocation journey later in life, and says she’s grateful “that door opened for me.” She ministers as a certified nursing assistant and resident care assistant at St. Anne’s Salvatorian Campus in Milwaukee. Sr. Janice feels privileged to walk the path of the first Salvatorian Sisters who came to America to provide home care to elders.…
Read MoreSr. Jane: What is a mystic? A contemplative?
Sometimes we imagine an emaciated, sad looking, celibate, balding monk, or a crotchety, pale, nun who lives behind a wall and does nothing but pray. They’re both out of touch with reality and what’s going on the world and really don’t care about that stuff. WRONG! Mysticism and contemplation have to do with HOW WE…
Read MoreShe loved “to do for others”
A Mass of Christian Burial for Salvatorian Sister Alice Gindt will take place in Milwaukee on Thursday, August 3, 2017. Sr. Alice died July 28 at the age of 83. Her visitation will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the chapel at St. Anne’s Salvatorian Campus, 3800 N. 92nd Street, followed by Mass at 1:15…
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