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Sr. Karlyn Cauley, SDS to lead workshop
Folk artist, Sister Karlyn Cauley, SDS will lead a creative workshop at Firstfruits: A Spiritual Day Spa for Women at St. Anthony Parish in Pewaukee on February 10. Sr. Karlyn’s art/craft session from 12:30-2:30 p.m. will center on the theme, “Images of a Relationship: Who is This Man Jesus?” This first of four sessions will…
Read MoreCatholic Herald profiles our 2014 Woman of Faith
Milwaukee’s Catholic Herald reporter Tracy Rusch covered our 14th annual Woman of Faith event in the January 29 edition. Tracy profiles Meg Kissinger and the deep-seated faith that guides her work as a longtime investigative journalist for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. We honored Meg as our 2014 Woman of Faith for her compassionate coverage of issues surrounding treatment of persons living with mental…
Read MoreSimple Gifts Collection
During National Catholic Sisters Week, March 8-14, we’ll be collecting personal care/hygiene items and household paper/cleaning products for residents of Hadley Terrace Senior Apartments. The Salvatorian Sisters sponsor Hadley Terrace to provide safe, affordable, and supportive apartment living for low-income senior citizens in Milwaukee’s central city. Below are suggestions for our Simple Gifts collection. Bring…
Read MoreWell done, good and faithful servant!
If you had to condense Sister Mary Carol Juckem’s 58 years as a Sister of the Divine Savior into just a phrase, it might be “good steward.” Wednesday of this week, this good steward went home to God. Sr. Mary Carol dedicated most of her active ministry to bookkeeping for the Province and our former…
Read MoreVOCARE lifts up Salvatorian core values
At Milwaukee’s Divine Savior Holy Angels High School (DSHA), VOCARE is a Salvatorian Service Program that immerses the entire senior class for two weeks of service in the local community. Service sites include central city schools, elder-care agencies, and organizations that provide training/work opportunities for persons with physical and mental disabilities. Through prayer, reflection and…
Read MoreJanuary is Human Trafficking Awareness Month
Human trafficking has been described as the “dark underbelly of globalization.” It is a $150-billion growth industry linked to economic, political and social forces that disproportionately affect poor women, children, and members of disadvantaged minority groups. The essence of human trafficking is in its force, fraud and/coercion of vulnerable people. Learn more about the economics and…
Read MoreA Re-Commitment Through Prayer
Salvatorians in the Milwaukee area gathered for Mass Sunday evening at St. Anne’s Salvatorian Campus to open the Year of Consecrated Life, proclaimed by Pope Francis, on the eve of our Foundation Day. All Salvatorians at the Mass renewed their vocation commitment with a prayer recited by Sisters of the Divine Savior, priests and brothers…
Read MoreWe celebrate our Foundation Day
Today, we celebrate the 126th anniversary of our founding in Tivoli, Italy by Mother Mary of the Apostles (Therese von Wüllenweber) with Father Francis (John Baptist) Jordan. When at age 49, Therese met Fr. Jordan, his apostolic zeal inspired her to leave everything behind to follow the road willed for her by God. At that time, Fr.…
Read MoreNovember STOP Trafficking! newsletter now online
If you think human trafficking is just about sexual exploitation, think again. The November issue of Sr. Jean Schafer’s STOP Trafficking! newsletter shares grim details about the plight of domestic workers, factory laborers, and slaves in the fishing industry. And it’s not just happening overseas. With support from many women religious congregations and other organizations, the…
Read MoreNuns on the Bus are talking to us
The Nuns on the Bus have rolled into Milwaukee to encourage all citizens to participate in our November 4 election. Their message: Low voter turnout hurts our democracy. We need 100% of the electorate committing to be voters to truly have a functioning democracy. Being voters means faithfully embracing the call to participation in our community. The Nuns on the Bus stop in…
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