Salvatorian Sentiments
Birthday Memories: Sr. Liza
I remember one birthday I was at Pius. Two friends of my family, Jim and Pat O’Donohue, happen to have moved into town months earlier. Pat had become the president of Mount Mary College during the time I was there. Since they lived close by, they came to Pius to celebrate my birthday. It felt…
Read MoreBirthday Memories: Sr. Mary Lee
One of my favorite birthday memories is my 60th birthday. A completely surprised party took place for my birthday planned by my brother, Bill. He invited many friends, family, and other sisters to send a memory which he made into a scrap book.
Read MoreTo the Salvatorian Community and friends of Sister Ana Maria Gomez,
We join you in grieving the loss of our dear Sister Ana Maria. How fitting that she should be united with our Lord during this Easter season. She often told us that she was ready for the call home, and we reminded her of how much we needed her right here interceding for God’s…
Read MoreReflections on a book discussion: Sr. Jean and Sr. Sheila
Salvatorian Sisters Jean Schafer and Sheila Novak organized a book event around author Debby Irving’s Waking up White for National Catholic Sisters Week. They offered it as a Lenten project at their Salvatorian parish in Orangevale, Calif. They hosted six discussion sessions at Divine Savior Parish with 14 women participating. In addition to facilitating the…
Read MoreReflections on a book discussion: Sr. Letty and Sr. Georgene
Our Salvatorian Sisters in Phoenix, Ariz. hosted a series of discussions about Bryan Stevenson’s book, Just Mercy for 2019 National Catholic Sisters Week. Stevenson is co-founder of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Ala., a non-profit organization advocating for equal treatment in the criminal justice system. Here, Sisters Georgene Faust and Letty Regala each share…
Read MoreA Reflection on a Discussion Circle About Race
“I remember the exact moment in my childhood when I realized I was Native,” reflected one of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate tribal members who gathered in our convent living room for our Discussion Circle about a book titled, Waking up White. She drew nods from others in the circle. “And I remember the moment when I…
Read MoreBirthday memories: Sr. Clarice
A memorable birthday for me was my big 90 last year in 2018! As I came into our dining room at SSR, I was greeted with a loud “surprise!” And that it was!!! There at table were friends Sisters Margaret Bosch, Pat Kieler, and Virginia Honish and from Wisconsin Rapids, my younger sister Marilyn, her…
Read MoreBirthday Memories: Sr. Mary Jo
My 50th (over the hill) birthday party was one to remember. Sisters Carol Jean Zais, Patrice Colletti and I lived at Sauk Rapids, Minnesota with the Little Falls Franciscan Sisters. Our inter-community living was a positive and life giving experience.
Read MoreBirthday Memories: Sr. Sheila
I am not sure that this will qualify as my favorite birthday memory, but it is still very vivid for me and is the only one that comes to mind. At the time I was turning 30 there was a great deal of discussion in the culture about the fact that when you became 30…
Read MoreBirthday Memories: Sister Rita
On March 17th, 95 years ago I, Sr. Rita, was born to Adam and Mary Faust in a country farm house in Elkhart Lake, Wis. One of my most memorable birthdays was spent at St. Mark’s School in Rothschild, Wis. in the early 1970s. Sr. Mary Jo Stoffel was stationed with me that year. She…
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