Salvatorian Sentiments
2020 Birthday Advice: Sister Jane Barman
As Salvatorian Sisters continue to age in wisdom and grace in the year 2020, each shares advice to her 20-year-old self to celebrate her birthday. I entered the convent on December 27, 1947. On January 23, 1948, I turned 20 so I was a brand new candidate. I joined about 20 other candidates ranging in…
Read More2020 Birthday Advice: Sister Margaret Bosch
As Salvatorian Sisters continue to age in wisdom and grace in the year 2020, each shares advice to her 20-year-old self to celebrate her birthday. In my early 20’s I had a class of 54 second graders at Holy Name School in Wausau, WI. I had to prepare them for their First Holy Communion. If…
Read More2020 Birthday Advice: Sister Virginia Honish
As Salvatorian Sisters continue to age in wisdom and grace in the year 2020, each shares advice to her 20-year-old self to celebrate her birthday. In the business of the life of a 20 year old, here is what I would suggest: Take a few minutes of quiet time EVERY day to reflect on your day. Ask…
Read More2020 Birthday Advice: Sr. Pauline Feiner
As Salvatorian Sisters continue to age in wisdom and grace in the year 2020, each shares advice to her 20-year-old self to celebrate her birthday. “When facing a choice, big or small, ask yourself, ‘what difference will this make 10 or 20 years from now?’”
Read MoreBirthday Memories: Sister Janice
My birthday is December 29th. Flying to Alabama, North Carolina, Texas, Arizona, Mississippi, or Pennsylvania is very iffy around that date, to say the least. Usually I plan my vacation for family visits in the summer or early fall. Last year my stepfather, Paul and his wife, Shanna came to see me in August. They…
Read MoreThe Immigrants’ Journey Metaphorized – A Salvatorian’s Reflection
Sister Darlene Pienschke, SDS felt called to minister to immigrants at the U.S. southern border and responded to that call in July. Here she reflects on what she has witnessed and experienced in her first two months there. I see immigrants’ stories as history metaphorized. The narratives of these journeys express imagery of the motivation…
Read MoreBirthday Memories: Sister Barbara
I was in Horrem, Germany on my birthday last October. I was there to improve my German, and I thought one way to practice German would be to tell stories. So this is the story I told the Sisters in Horrem on my birthday. Of course, I told it to them in German, but here’s…
Read MoreBirthday Memories: Sister Carol
I fondly remember the birthdays I celebrated as a child, especially in Tomahawk, Wis. They were always important in our family life. We usually had a party and could invite some friends and cousins to mark the special day. Here are two remembrances from those days: 1) Photo: September 14, 1944 when I was 3…
Read MoreBirthday Memories: Sister Georgene
In 1996, Tad Kasper, a friend of the Salvatorian Sisters, gave me a SURPRISE BIRTHDAY. Tad took the sisters here in Phoenix to a famous restaurant in Tortilla Flats, Ariz. for my birthday. What made it famous? The entire walls were covered with dollar bills!! If you ever get to Arizona you might want to…
Read MoreGlimpse God: “Toksta ake” does not mean “good-bye.”
Salvatorian Sister Patrice Colletti writes her Glimpse God blog from South Dakota, where she teaches on the Sisseton-Wahpeton reservation there. Sister Rita Vogelsang has also served in Sisseton since October 2016, and will now join our Sister Darlene Pienschke in Tucson, Ariz. to minister to people crossing the U.S.- Mexico border. In Dakota, there is…
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