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Sr. Pat Russell settles in
Last June, Tennessee Register reporter Andy Telli wrote a beautiful tribute to Salvatorian Sister Pat Russell as she bid farewell to Tennessee and the Diocese of Nashville. Sr. Pat was returning to Milwaukee after serving 13 years as the business manager for St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Cookeville, Tenn. As the only Salvatorian Sister serving…
Read MoreCelebrate the past, present and future of religious life
Look to the past with gratitude. Live the present with passion. Embrace the future with hope. (Pope Francis) Our Sisters Karlyn Cauley, Mary Lee Grady, Nelda Hernandez and Mary Jo Stoffel will join their voices in song with other women and men religious of the Milwaukee Archdiocese for a prayer service on Pentecost Sunday, June…
Read MoreEveryone at DSHA knows Sr. CJ
Who says Catholic Sisters aren’t a presence in Catholic schools in the new millennium? For the last nine months, Salvatorian Sister Carol Jean Zais (aka Sr. CJ) has been more than a mere presence at our sponsored all-girls high school in Milwaukee. As the school year draws to a close, the Divine Savior Holy Angels…
Read MoreDivine Savior Statue Has a Story to Tell
On August 1, 2011 a new chapter was added to the story of the statue of the Divine Savior that graces the grounds of our SDS Community House in Milwaukee. The story began in Italy back in 1939. The bronze statue was designed and cast in Rome by Austrian-born artist Ferdinand Seeboeck. He was commissioned…
Read MoreMission trip includes clean water focus
For the second year in a row, Sr. Mary Evelyn Zimbauer, SDS will serve on a missionary team in Sucre, Bolivia for two weeks. The missionary cohort from the Illinois Diocese of Joliet will begin their journey to South America on April 22. Sr. Mary Evelyn’s 32 companions include a banker, a math teacher, a…
Read MoreSr. Liza: A Letter Home March, 2017
Dear everyone, I thought in this letter I would add anything new or in development right now in our lives. You might have wondered what we were doing chasing chickens on a Tuesday morning, which you saw on our Facebook page. Well, we Sisters have a few chickens! We built a small coop up on…
Read MoreNational Catholic Sisters Week: Reach out through Simple Gifts
As we celebrate 2017 National Catholic Sisters’ Week (NCSW), we also invite Milwaukee-area friends to join in our Simple Gifts Collection again this year. NCSW lifts up the vital contributions of Catholic Sisters to the history of our nation. Closer to home, our Simple Gifts Collection lifts up our sponsored ministry, Hadley Terrace Senior Apartments.…
Read MoreSr. Liza: Life in Chisguachín
Dear everyone, We continue to travel around San Sebastian to get to know the people, customs and especially the needs. The needs are many and very steep, even for just the basics such as food enough to feed a family. Once I am clearer on how we can build some outreach in this area, I…
Read MoreInternational Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking and St. Josephine Bakhita
St. Josephine Bakhita was born in southern Sudan in 1869. As a young girl, she was kidnapped and sold into slavery. Captors sold and resold her in the markets of El Obeid and Karthoum, and treated her brutally. She did not remember her name given by her parents. Bakhita was the name given to her…
Read MoreSr. CJ feels the Salvatorian spirit at DSHA
National Catholic Schools Week, January 29 – February 3 Salvatorian Sister Carol Jean Zais, SDS has become a familiar face at Divine Savior Holy Angels High School in Milwaukee. Sr. “CJ” volunteers in Campus Ministry, the Advancement Office, the Archives, oh and don’t forget lunchroom duty! She loves being back in school, especially with the…
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