Salvatorian Sentiments
Folk Artist: Do Catholic Sisters Make a Difference?
When I chose religious life I wanted my life to make a difference in the world! I brought my gifts to this adventure: intelligence, creativity, a Catholic heritage, the ability to get along with people and a love for the missions. As a young adult and high school graduate, I wanted to be part of…
Read MoreSr. Liza: A Letter Home from Guatemala
We share Sister Liza Segleau’s latest update since arriving in Guatemala. Please continue to keep all our Salvatorian Family members in your prayers as their mission initiative in Guatemala continues to unfold. I’m keeping busy traveling around the hill sides with Mariangeles, a lay Salvatorian. People are seeking me out for consults on behavioral health…
Read MoreSr. Liza: A Letter Home
We share Sister Liza Segleau’s first letter home since arriving in Guatemala. Please continue to keep all our Salvatorian Family members in your prayers as they begin our Inter-American Collaborative Initiative in Guatemala. Dear Sisters and family, Sorry I have not written sooner, but we were busy visiting the various ministries in San Pablo, San…
Read MoreSr. Liza: A Letter Home
Sister Liza Segleau, SDS shares about her experiences in Colombia, as she prepares to begin our Guatemala Initiative along with three of our Sisters from South America. They will depart for Guatemala on September 5, 2016. Here, she describes their brief immersion into the culture of an indigenous people who inhabit a Pacific coastal region…
Read MoreJenada’s Jewels: Tanzania Reflection
Earlier this summer, Sister Jenada Fanetti, SDS, taught English as a Second Language (ESL) to Salvatorian Sisters in Tanzania, East Africa, along with Lay Salvatorian Sue Haertel. Recently, Sr. Jenada shared about her experience with members of her home parish in Mt. Calvary, Wis. Now we’re sharing with you. The gracious hospitality of my fellow…
Read MoreFolk Artist: A “Living Rule”
Years ago our Sisters lived in a large convent in St. Nazianz, WI. The 23 Sisters had a beautiful chapel and in the morning a Salvatorian Brother came to “serve Mass.” One of the Brothers named Brother Florentine, had a white beard, eyebrows that met across his forehead and wore a black cassock with a…
Read MoreFolk Artist: Art as Spiritual Expression
My life as a Sister is spent as an artist who paints in a style of folk art. (You can see much of my art on my website: karlyncauley.com.) The “bigger picture” for me is how art is also a spiritual tool for the artist. Many times the buying public sees art as a purchase…
Read MoreFolk Artist: Caring for a Cat
Years ago I found a holy card with a saint and her cat! I was intrigued that an animal had been a close companion and was shown with Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th century German saint. I have taken temporary care of a friend’s cat, Louis. For the cat’s well-being I live at his house…
Read MoreSr. Evelyn’s Bolivia Medical Mission Trip
Greetings, I’ve been asked to briefly share with you about the Medical mission of Sucre, Bolivia that I was blessed to be invited to be a part of. And thanks to a generous person of the medical team it became a reality. The Diocese of Joliet in Illinois does a mission outreach to several countries…
Read MoreFolk Artist: Yearly Retreat for Sisters
Retreats for Sisters happen annually and are of many varieties. Retreats are 6 to 8 days in length. When a member is introduced to “retreat”, she often starts with a “guided retreat.” The week provides a schedule for each day and includes meals, prayer times, Mass, the sacrament of reconciliation, and conferences that suggest Scripture readings…
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