Salvatorian Sentiments
Folk Artist: Christmas Traditions
Some of the Christmases in the convent have been unlike any of those I had with my family at home. The first thing we learned in our “convent Christmas” was that the pre-Christmas weeks were called Advent. The chapel smelled fragrant with pine wreath and pure beeswax candles. Each Sunday another candle was lit until…
Read MoreMeet Sister Anuarite Ngendaqimana Salamba, SDS
Hello! Jambo! My name is Sister Anuarite Ngendaqimana Salamba. I was born in 1983. My nationality is Tanzanian. In my family we have ten children. I have five sisters and five brothers. My father’s name is Peter Salamba Mujuka. He is a specialist in agriculture and my mother’s name is Elizabeth G’ohaneda Kulwa. She takes…
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 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 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…
Read MoreMeet Sister Sara Clevery Mkapa, SDS
My name is Sister Sara Clevery Mkapa, SDS. I was born in 1995 in the Masasi Region at Lupaso hospital in Tanzania. I am the middle born in a family of five. There are my parents and two sisters and me. I have no brothers. My father’s name is Clevery Daud Amlima. My mother’s name…
Read MoreMeet Candidate Josephine Andrew
Hello! My name is Josephine Andrew. I was born on 15 April in 2000 in the hospital at Mbeya. We have eight children in my family. I have two brothers and six sisters. My father’s name is Andrew. He is a farmer. My father died in 2014. My mother’s name is Catherine Daniel. She is…
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 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…
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