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Mission on the Border
Salvatorian Sentiments
|By Sister Darlene Pienschke, SDS in Tucson, Arizona On arrival at Casa Alitas this morning, revitalized with eager ...
Read More Wisdom beyond their years
Salvatorian Sentiments
|By Sister Patrice Colletti, SDS Kids watch a lot of TV. And often it is on in the ...
Read More Together, we wield the power of prayer
News & Events
|As members of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, we stand with the other more than 1300 leaders ...
Read More The Two Grandmas
Salvatorian Sentiments
|By Sister Patrice Colletti, SDS Keyapi. (Kay-YA-pee) That's how traditional stories start. It's not "once upon a time," ...
Read More Sister Jean Schafer, SDS honored for long-time anti-human trafficking efforts
News & Events
|Sister Jean Schafer, SDS was honored today with the Sister Margaret Nacke, CSJ Bakhita Award for exemplary service ...
Read More 2020 Birthday Advice: Sister Mary Evelyn Zimbauer
Salvatorian Sentiments
|As Salvatorian Sisters continue to age in wisdom and grace in the year 2020, each shares advice to ...
Read More Looks like it’s our turn now…
Salvatorian Sentiments
|By Sister Patrice Colletti Headline: The Dakotas report single-day records for new virus cases on Saturday: more than 370 in North ...
Read More 2020 Birthday Advice: Sister Karlyn Cauley
Salvatorian Sentiments
|As Salvatorian Sisters continue to age in wisdom and grace in the year 2020, each shares advice to ...
Read More 2020 Birthday Advice: Sister Debra Breese
Salvatorian Sentiments
|As Salvatorian Sisters continue to age in wisdom and grace in the year 2020, each shares advice to ...
Read More 2020 Birthday Advice: Sister Jenada Fanetti
Salvatorian Sentiments
|As Salvatorian Sisters continue to age in wisdom and grace in the year 2020, each shares advice to ...
Read More Take Your Houseplants for a Walk
News & Events
|If Salvatorian Sisters took their plants for a walk, would they tie a string around the pot and ...
Read More We Must Open Our Hearts
Salvatorian Sentiments
|By Sister Darlene Pienschke, SDS Over 70 million people around the world are forced to become immigrants today ...
Read More 2020 Birthday Advice: Sister Deanna Schroeder
Salvatorian Sentiments
|Sister Deanna in her twenties. As Salvatorian Sisters continue to age in wisdom and grace in the year ...
Read More 2020 Birthday Advice: Sister Liz Christensen
Salvatorian Sentiments
|As Salvatorian Sisters continue to age in wisdom and grace in the year 2020, each shares advice to ...
Read More 2020 Birthday Advice: Sister Jane Eschweiler
Salvatorian Sentiments
|As Salvatorian Sisters continue to age in wisdom and grace in the year 2020, each shares advice to ...
Read More 2020 Birthday Advice: Sister Margaret Hansknecht
Salvatorian Sentiments
|As Salvatorian Sisters continue to age in wisdom and grace in the year 2020, each shares advice to ...
Read More 2020 Birthday Advice: Sister Beverly Heitke
Salvatorian Sentiments
|As Salvatorian Sisters continue to age in wisdom and grace in the year 2020, each shares advice to ...
Read More March against Racism in Sisseton, SD
Salvatorian Sentiments
|By Sister Patrice Colletti, SDS Sister Patrice serves the Wahpeton Oyate who live on the Lake Traverse Reservation. ...
Read More COVID-19 Protocols
Salvatorian Sentiments
|By Sister Darlene Pienschke, SDS I recently went to Casa Alitas to pick up the COVID-19 protocols. The ...
Read More Xavier Writes His First Correspondence
Salvatorian Sentiments
|By Sister Patrice Colletti, SDS Xavier (grade 2) is one of my ... more "spirited"... students in my ...
Read More 2020 Birthday Advice: Sister Mary Lee Grady
Salvatorian Sentiments
|As Salvatorian Sisters continue to age in wisdom and grace in the year 2020, each shares advice to ...
Read More COVID-19 and ICE
Salvatorian Sentiments
|By Sr. Darlene Pienschke, SDS ICE Detention Centers are on the verge of becoming Coronavirus super spreaders. Hundreds ...
Read More Finding grace amid the pandemic
News & Events
|Our COVID-19 Response Our Salvatorian Sisters community remains vigilant in both prayers and precautions to slow the spread ...
Read More COVID Effects
Salvatorian Sentiments
|There's no reason to stick with plain ol' masks when you know how to bead! This is one ...
Read More Love in the time of COVID-19
Salvatorian Sentiments
|By Mary Jean Sheetz, House Manager at Salvatorian Sisters Residence The drawing Sister Jane Barman taped to her ...
Read More In these tentative times
Salvatorian Sentiments
|By Sister Patrice Colletti, SDS Photos by Sister Patrice Colletti, SDS In these tentative times when it seems as ...
Read More Themes of Holy Week
Salvatorian Sentiments
|By Sister Beverly Heitke, SDS Holy Thursday is so profound in the mystery of Jesus as Servant Leader ...
Read More Coping with the coronavirus as individuals and communities
Salvatorian Sentiments
|By Sister Karlyn Cauley, SDS No one could know that the Lenten journey this year would take us ...
Read More Holy Week Reflection in a Time of Pandemic
Salvatorian Sentiments
|By Sister Carol Thresher, SDS What makes a week holy? What makes this week holy? Normally, during these ...
Read More A Woman Named Emily
News & Events
|By Sister Patrice Colletti, SDS In addition to teaching (which we are doing remotely now), I am part ...
Read More “We are All in This Together,” interpreting a Pandemic
Salvatorian Sentiments
|By Sister Karlyn Cauley, SDS I am watching a lot more TV since I began self-quarantine two weeks ...
Read More Navigating the uncharted waters of this season with faith
Salvatorian Sentiments
|By Katie Konieczny, DSHA President and '92 Alumna Beginning on Wednesday, March 18, we transitioned our students to ...
Read More The Holy Thursday Revolution
Salvatorian Sentiments
|By Sister Sheila Novak, SDS Blue Bloods is one of my favorite TV shows. It is not too ...
Read More Here’s a fresh take on traditional folk art
News & Events
|Folk art is not dead. Just ask Max “God Smuggler” Ramsey, the first customer in line for Salvatorian ...
Read More Where is God?
Salvatorian Sentiments
|By Sister Liz Christensen, SDS The people cried, “God, help us!” And God gave: - Dedication to nurses ...
Read More 2020 Birthday Advice: Sister Mary Jo Stoffel
Salvatorian Sentiments
|As Salvatorian Sisters continue to age in wisdom and grace in the year 2020, each shares advice to ...
Read More Motherhouse in times of coronavirus…
News & Events
|Life in times of unforeseen… First of all, we would like to thank each one of you for ...
Read More 2020 Birthday Advice: Sister Rita Faust
Salvatorian Sentiments
|As Salvatorian Sisters continue to age in wisdom and grace in the year 2020, each shares advice to ...
Read More Answers to our #SDS125yrsintheUSA crossword
News & Events
|All the answers to our anniversary crossword puzzle can be found in our timeline stories. Start reading here: https://sistersofthedivinesavior.org/125years_1895to1920/
Read More 2020 Birthday Advice: Sister Grace Mary Croft
Salvatorian Sentiments
|As Salvatorian Sisters continue to age in wisdom and grace in the year 2020, each shares advice to ...
Read More #SDS125yrsintheUSA Crossword
News & Events
|Before you word lovers puzzle over this crossword, you might want to buff up on your SDS history ...
Read More Celebrating 125 Years: 1895-2020
News & Events
|Passion for Mission in the United States As we celebrate the 125th anniversary of coming to the USA ...
Read More 2020 Birthday Advice: Sister Darlene Pienschke
Salvatorian Sentiments
|As Salvatorian Sisters continue to age in wisdom and grace in the year 2020, each shares advice to ...
Read More 2020 Birthday Advice: Sister Rita Vogelsang
Salvatorian Sentiments
|As Salvatorian Sisters continue to age in wisdom and grace in the year 2020, each shares advice to ...
Read More Oh, the games Sisters play
News & Events
|Sisters Joan Wagner (left) and Jean Marie Hauck When we posed the question to our Salvatorian Sisters, “Why ...
Read More Jean Schafer, SDS Founder/Publisher of “STOP Trafficking!” Newsletter Retires
News & Events
|By Sister Maryann Agnes Mueller, CSSF (reprinted with permission from January 2020 “STOP Trafficking!”) “As I reflect back ...
Read More 2020 Birthday Advice: Sister Jane Barman
Salvatorian Sentiments
|As Salvatorian Sisters continue to age in wisdom and grace in the year 2020, each shares advice to ...
Read More 2020 Birthday Advice: Sister Margaret Bosch
Salvatorian Sentiments
|As Salvatorian Sisters continue to age in wisdom and grace in the year 2020, each shares advice to ...
Read More 2020 Birthday Advice: Sister Virginia Honish
Salvatorian Sentiments
|As Salvatorian Sisters continue to age in wisdom and grace in the year 2020, each shares advice to ...
Read More Philippines in the midst of eruptions
News & Events
|Early this morning Sister Beverly received an email from Sister Alona in the Philippines asking for prayers for ...
Read More 2020 Birthday Advice: Sr. Pauline Feiner
Salvatorian Sentiments
|As Salvatorian Sisters continue to age in wisdom and grace in the year 2020, each shares advice to ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sister Janice
Salvatorian Sentiments
|My birthday is December 29th. Flying to Alabama, North Carolina, Texas, Arizona, Mississippi, or Pennsylvania is very iffy ...
Read More Art Gallery Open House 2019
Events, News & Events
|DSHA High School 4257 N 100th St, Milwaukee Wednesdays, November 20 and December 4 2:00 – 7:00 p.m. ...
Read More Celebrating 125 Years: 1895-2020
News & Events
|Passion for Mission in the United States As we look forward to our 2020 celebration of the 125th ...
Read More The Immigrants’ Journey Metaphorized – A Salvatorian’s Reflection
Salvatorian Sentiments
|Sister Darlene Pienschke, SDS felt called to minister to immigrants at the U.S. southern border and responded to ...
Read More Sister Darlene shares about first days of her border ministry
News & Events
|“The numbers of asylum seekers vary. For a while, they were in the 20s per day, now this ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sister Barbara
Salvatorian Sentiments
|I was in Horrem, Germany on my birthday last October. I was there to improve my German, and ...
Read More Feeling a nudge toward Salvatorian life?
News & Events
|Sisters of the Divine Savior, Society of the Divine Savior Priests and Brothers, and Lay Salvatorian women and ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sister Carol
Salvatorian Sentiments
|I fondly remember the birthdays I celebrated as a child, especially in Tomahawk, Wis. They were always important ...
Read More A reflection for International Day of Peace
News & Events
|If there is to be peace in the world, there must be peace in the nations. If there ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sister Georgene
Salvatorian Sentiments
|In 1996, Tad Kasper, a friend of the Salvatorian Sisters, gave me a SURPRISE BIRTHDAY. Tad took the ...
Read More Celebrating 125 Years: 1895-2020
News & Events
|Passion for Mission in the United States When our Salvatorian Sisters first stepped foot in Milwaukee on July ...
Read More Sr. Magda reflects on her time in the U.S.
News & Events
|Sister Magdalena Kumorek, SDS visited from Poland over summer 2019. She traveled to Catholic parishes around the U.S., ...
Read More Glimpse God: “Toksta ake” does not mean “good-bye.”
Salvatorian Sentiments
|Salvatorian Sister Patrice Colletti writes her Glimpse God blog from South Dakota, where she teaches on the Sisseton-Wahpeton ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sister Karlyn
Salvatorian Sentiments
|I was making my first week of a silent retreat and I knew I would have my birthday ...
Read More Moving toward a positive partnership
News & Events
|Go forward courageously and faithfully on the path Providence shows. -Co-founder Father Francis Jordan Father Jordan’s words have ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sister Debra
Salvatorian Sentiments
|Sister Debra discerned her religious vocation later in life after raising a family. For one of my birthdays ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sister Jenada
Salvatorian Sentiments
|Many friendships have been formed during years of participating in programs at St. Anthony's Retreat Center in Marathon, ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sister Judy
Salvatorian Sentiments
|August was usually the time that we had a family vacation with my grandparents at their cottage on ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sr. Deanna
Salvatorian Sentiments
|On my 70th birthday my family surprised me with a big summer picnic. My siblings and their spouses ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sr. Kathleen
Salvatorian Sentiments
|What I do remember from my early years is that I was born on my grandmother's birthday, and ...
Read More Lynn Vogt retires with the Salvatorian spirit
News & Events
|After 21 years, Lynn Vogt retires as chief executive officer for St. Anne’s Salvatorian Campus in Milwaukee. As ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sr. Liz
Salvatorian Sentiments
|I had never had a surprise party of any kind until my 60th birthday. On that day, Sr. ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sr. Jane
Salvatorian Sentiments
|Sr. Jane Eschweiler, SDS In 1997, for my 40th birthday I invited several Salvatorian friends to come out ...
Read More June 20 is World Refugee Day
News & Events
|U.S. Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking (USCSAHT) invites us to pray for refugees, as we honor their strength, ...
Read More Sister Magda: She gives hope and joy to others
News & Events
|Sister Magdalena Kumorek, SDS is visiting from Poland to speak about our international missions at weekend Masses across ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sr. Beverly
Salvatorian Sentiments
|In February 2018, our family, relatives and friends buried my brother who had died unexpectedly in his sleep. ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sr. Letty
Salvatorian Sentiments
|A favorite birthday memory for me is when I was on an airplane on my birthday and the ...
Read More Pentecost: the first Mission Sunday
News & Events
|Pentecost, the 50th – and final – day of the Easter Season paints a picture of the future ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sr. Liza
Salvatorian Sentiments
|I remember one birthday I was at Pius. Two friends of my family, Jim and Pat O'Donohue, happen ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sr. Mary Lee
Salvatorian Sentiments
|One of my favorite birthday memories is my 60th birthday. A completely surprised party took place for my ...
Read More Salvatorian Sisters raise hope for women in Pakistan
News & Events
|Nearly 90 percent of Pakistan’s 2.5 million Christians live in an area known as Youhannabad. Adults work as ...
Read More To the Salvatorian Community and friends of Sister Ana Maria Gomez,
Salvatorian Sentiments
| We join you in grieving the loss of our dear Sister Ana Maria. How fitting that she ...
Read More We remember Sister Ana Maria Gomez, SDS
News & Events
|Funeral services for Sister Ana Maria Gomez, SDS will take place Thursday, May 2 at St. Anne’s Salvatorian ...
Read More Philippines shaken by quakes
News & Events
|Dig deep in your heart for more prayers. Sister Beverly shares a message from Salvatorian Sister Alona in ...
Read More From a Lay Salvatorian in Sri Lanka
News & Events
|Earlier this week we told you that all of our Salvatorian Sisters in Sri Lanka were safe after ...
Read More Reflections on a book discussion: Sr. Jean and Sr. Sheila
Salvatorian Sentiments
|Salvatorian Sisters Jean Schafer and Sheila Novak organized a book event around author Debby Irving’s Waking up White ...
Read More Book talks open our eyes to white privilege
News & Events
|We called our 2019 National Catholic Sisters Week project, “Turning the page on conversations about race,” and hoped ...
Read More Reflections on a book discussion: Sr. Letty and Sr. Georgene
Salvatorian Sentiments
|Our Salvatorian Sisters in Phoenix, Ariz. hosted a series of discussions about Bryan Stevenson’s book, Just Mercy for ...
Read More A Reflection on a Discussion Circle About Race
Salvatorian Sentiments
|"I remember the exact moment in my childhood when I realized I was Native," reflected one of the ...
Read More Turning the page on conversation about race
News & Events
|Sisters of the Divine Savior hosted book discussions at our Milwaukee Community House to celebrate 2019 National Catholic ...
Read More Our relatives need our prayers
News & Events
|On the Lake Traverse Reservation in northeastern South Dakota, blizzards have finally stopped. Now, snow-melt and rains have ...
Read More Birthday memories: Sr. Clarice
Salvatorian Sentiments
|A memorable birthday for me was my big 90 last year in 2018! As I came into our ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sr. Mary Jo
Salvatorian Sentiments
|My 50th (over the hill) birthday party was one to remember. Sisters Carol Jean Zais, Patrice Colletti and ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sr. Sheila
Salvatorian Sentiments
|I am not sure that this will qualify as my favorite birthday memory, but it is still very ...
Read More Salvatorian Sisters are Treasures of the Church
News & Events
|Sisters of the Divine Savior is this year’s recipient of the Treasures of the Church award presented to ...
Read More Sisters in the path of Cyclone Idai
News & Events
|Dear Sisters, Here is a short news about our sisters in Mozambique after the country was hit by ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sister Rita
Salvatorian Sentiments
|(l-r) The Fausts: Sr Rita, mother Mary, Sr. Georgene, father Adam, and Sr. Phyllis On March 17th, 95 ...
Read More National Catholic Sisters Week Book Discussion
Salvatorian Sentiments
|I was happy to lead a conversation on the book Waking up White by author Debby Irving with ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sr. Grace Mary
Salvatorian Sentiments
|I do not have any Birthday pictures. My family (parents) were not big into picture taking, and we ...
Read More “The day so long awaited has arrived!”
News & Events
|With a blessing and prayers of thanks, our Salvatorian Sisters in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil celebrated the grand opening ...
Read More What is National Catholic Sisters Week?
News & Events
|National Catholic Sisters Week (NCSW) is an annual celebration of Catholic sisters’ vital contributions to society, both past ...
Read More Sr. Marion returns from Rome
News & Events
|Last September when the Milwaukee Brewers were chasing the National League Baseball Championship, Salvatorian Sister Marion Etzel told ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sr. Rita
Salvatorian Sentiments
|Sr. Rita enjoying her birthday cake last year. On my sixth or seventh birthday, my mother and I ...
Read More Prayer is first step to combat human trafficking
News & Events
|Josephine Bakhita was declared a saint in 2000, after dedicating her life in the Canossian religious order to ...
Read More The DSHA Vocare Experience: Part II
Salvatorian Sentiments
|Find Part I of this blog post here. “I was privileged to take part in a prayer service ...
Read More World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life: Let Grateful Songs to God Take Wing
News & Events
|"Wake up the world" icon written by Vivian Imbruglia Back in 1997, Pope Saint John Paul II declared ...
Read More The DSHA Vocare Experience: Part I
Salvatorian Sentiments
|“I was privileged to take part in a prayer service for Divine Savior Holy Angels High School seniors ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sister Dora
Salvatorian Sentiments
|As a schoolgirl caught in the crossfire of advancing troops, it seemed I was in the epicenter of ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sister Jane
Salvatorian Sentiments
|When I turned 60 I was living in Wausau, Wis. Two of my sisters, Sisters Rita and Marietta, ...
Read More We remember Sister Rachel Wallace, SDS
News & Events
|Funeral services for Sister Rachel Wallace, SDS will take place Wednesday, January 23 at St. Anne’s Salvatorian Campus ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sister Margaret
Salvatorian Sentiments
|One birthday I remember very well is my 80th in 2008. Several of us living at SSR turned ...
Read More Sister Georgene still shares Dr. King’s dream
News & Events
|Salvatorian Sisters at the convent in Landover Hills, Maryland Salvatorian Sisters who were missioned near Washington D.C. in ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sister Virginia
Salvatorian Sentiments
|Birthdays at our house when I was growing up were happy occasions. We had a birthday cake with ...
Read More Sister Mary Jo celebrates Catholic education year-round
News & Events
|In 32 years of education ministry, Sister Mary Jo Stoffel, SDS has taught 1,037 first and second-graders. She’s ...
Read More Birthday Memories: Sister Pauline
Salvatorian Sentiments
|One of my most memorable birthdays was January 2, 1989 when I turned 50! My family surprised me ...
Read More Vigil keeping is a sacred act of love for Sister Denise
News & Events
|Sister Denise Demulling dedicated much of her life in ministry to education, including 10 years as a teacher ...
Read More Go and do much good: A Salvatorian Sister from Bavaria to Milwaukee in 1895
News & Events
|Sister Walburga Sieghart, SDS was one of the first three Sisters of the Divine Savior to come to ...
Read More Come as you are to Advent Vespers
News & Events
|One half hour. That’s all it takes to find peace in this holy season of Advent amid the ...
Read More Folk Artist: Christmas Traditions
Salvatorian Sentiments
|Some of the Christmases in the convent have been unlike any of those I had with my family ...
Read More We remember Sister Carol Marie
News & Events
|For many years, Salvatorian Sister Carol Marie Haag (formerly Mary Carla) was a business teacher at schools in ...
Read More A look back 50 years later Beatification of Mary of the Apostles
News & Events
|Sr. Margaret Bosch, SDS by Sister Margaret Bosch, SDS It was about October 10, 1968 that I, along ...
Read More 2018 Woman of Faith Award Presentation Video
News & Events
|Thanks to all who gathered with us at our Community House on September 27, 2018 to honor Michelle “Shelly” ...
Read More Mother Mary’s beatification in 1968 even more meaningful 50 years later
News & Events
|by Sister Edith Bramberger, SDS and the Generalate team Perhaps a look at the meaning of the word ...
Read More Sister Bernadette Kline, SDS embraced all ministries “heart first”
News & Events
|Sr. Bernadette Kline, SDS Sister Bernadette Kline, SDS had a heart on fire for the missions of the ...
Read More Celebrate with artist Sister Karlyn Cauley, SDS
News & Events
|Opening Reception: Watercolor Women Series Please join us at Alverno College Saturday, October 6, 2018 Reception from 1:00-2:00 ...
Read More We call her Blessed
News & Events
|After growing up in Germany, Therese von Wüllenweber joined Father Jordan’s Apostolic Teaching Society in Rome on September ...
Read More Happy 115th Birthday Harley Davidson from the Salvatorian Sisters
News & Events
|Bob Cogan loves the roar of his Harley 2007 Road King out on the open road. Ditto for ...
Read More SOROPTLINE: Letter to the Editor
News & Events
|While living in Vista, Calif., Sisters Shelia Novak and Jean Schafer often collaborated with local Soroptimists. Members of ...
Read More Do pets have a higher purpose?
News & Events
|by Kaitlin Seebruch Mission Advancement Intern People are often quick to label themselves as either a “dog person” ...
Read More “Knowing her call is only from God”
News & Events
|Salvatorian Sister Yasinta Godfrey, SDS recalls her father’s words when she professed first vows in her east Africa ...
Read More 2018 Joyful Jubilee
News & Events
|(L-R) Sr. Jane, Sr. Deanna, Sr. Mary, Sr. Grace Mary, Sr. Francine, Sr. Mary Jo, Sr. Jenada ...
Read More God bless America!
News & Events
|The streets of Milwaukee around the time of the sisters' arrival. One-hundred nineteen years after our nation’s independence, ...
Read More Sister Mary Ruth Dittman, SDS
News & Events
|Sister Mary Ruth Dittman, SDS died on June 18, professed 69 years. We’ll celebrate her life on Monday, ...
Read More Sister Frances Marie Lendle, SDS
News & Events
|We celebrated the life of Sister Frances Marie Lendle last Friday at St. Anne’s Salvatorian Campus. She was ...
Read More Icon, she wrote
News & Events
|Creativity has always been a part of Salvatorian Sister Francine Kosednar’s life even during her many years as ...
Read More Sister Karlyn Cauley’s watercolor “ladies” find a permanent home
News & Events
|Proud Lady: One of the Watercolor Women Series by Sr. Karlyn Cauley, SDS Through the generous philanthropy of ...
Read More English language immersion keeps opening doors in Africa
News & Events
| For the tenth consecutive year, we’re offering classes in English as a second language (ESL) to our ...
Read More We share our mission story
News & Events
|In Catholic dioceses across the U.S., the summer Mission Co-op Program offers the Sisters of the Divine Savior ...
Read More Annual service award lifts up Salvatorian values
News & Events
|“When you act on behalf of something greater than yourself, you begin to feel it acting through you ...
Read More Instill dignity, inspire hope, improve life for Sri Lanka’s next generation
News & Events
| “My dream is to make a difference in the life of the future society.” Sister of the ...
Read More The “root” that is Hadley Terrace
News & Events
|The Salvatorian Sisters’ century-long commitment to caring for elders shines through at Hadley Terrace Senior Apartments. The sisters ...
Read More “Sisters’ Sisters” activities foster faith and friendship
News & Events
|Our Province headquarters shares a wall with Divine Savior Holy Angels High School (DSHA) on 100th Street in ...
Read More Lowly earthworm could be a role model
News & Events
|Have you ever considered the spirituality of Lumbricus terrestris? The lowly earthworm was actually the subject of a ...
Read More Meet Sister Anuarite Ngendaqimana Salamba, SDS
Salvatorian Sentiments
|Hello! Jambo! My name is Sister Anuarite Ngendaqimana Salamba. I was born in 1983. My nationality is Tanzanian. ...
Read More What’s the connection between Easter Eggs and the Savior?
News & Events
|Coloring and hunting for hard-boiled eggs (or plastic and candy-filled) has become an integral part of the Easter ...
Read More Meet Sister Edesia Ngilangwa, SDS
Salvatorian Sentiments
|My name is Edesia Ngilangwa, SDS. I come from Njo Tombe Village in Tanzania. In my family there ...
Read More Salvatorian Sisters will bridge their leadership into new term
News & Events
|Sisters of the Divine Savior from the North American Province gathered in Milwaukee in February to elect leadership ...
Read More Coming to a Catholic parish near you?
News & Events
|Sisters of the Divine Savior will shine a light on Catholic Sisters everywhere during 2018 National Catholic Sisters ...
Read More Meet Sister Liberata Kihaka, SDS
Salvatorian Sentiments
|My name is Sister Liberata Kihaka, SDS. I was born in 1981 at the hospital Kifanya Njombe Region, ...
Read More Parishes will celebrate World Day for Consecrated Life
News & Events
|In 1997, Pope Saint John Paul II proclaimed a day of prayer for women and men in consecrated ...
Read More Celebration of Consecrated Life: Light out of Darkness
News & Events
|Salvatorian voices will shine brightly among the choir assembled for Milwaukee’s annual Celebration of Consecrated Life on Friday, ...
Read More Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
News & Events
|Your Right Hand, O Lord, Glorious in Power (Exodus 15:6) The Church Unity Octave, now known as the ...
Read More 2018 Lenten Vespers
News & Events
|You are welcome to join us for Lenten Vespers. Please join us on the following dates: Lenten Vespers ...
Read More VOCARE
Salvatorian Sentiments
|Divine Savior Holy Angels grad Sam Windsor is a junior at University of Dayton. She recently came back ...
Read More Called to be light. . .
News & Events
|January is National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month . Sharing Sisters Sheila Novak and Jean Schafer’s Christmas ...
Read More Don’t look away!
News & Events
|“If you see something, say something,” goes for possible situations of human trafficking too. When something just doesn’t ...
Read More The more things change the more they are the same.
News & Events
|The age-old adage about change captures our Sisters’ traditional ministries of teaching and nursing to a T. As ...
Read More Savor the taste, cherish the memory
News & Events
|Sr. Diane (right) baking cookies with Sr. Clarice Steinfeldt. Salvatorian Sister Diane Goetzinger was one of our go-to ...
Read More Foundation Day observes many “firsts” in Salvatorian history
News & Events
|Over the years, our Salvatorian Family has enhanced the significance of our December 8th Foundation Day with a ...
Read More Meet Sister Sara Clevery Mkapa, SDS
Salvatorian Sentiments
|My name is Sister Sara Clevery Mkapa, SDS. I was born in 1995 in the Masasi Region at ...
Read More Holiday art shows spread the joy
News & Events
|Folk art creations by Salvatorian Sister Karlyn Cauley will be available to view and purchase at these upcoming ...
Read More Refugees of natural disasters face another peril
News & Events
|Recent natural disasters such as Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria put displaced people at heightened risk for human ...
Read More Meet Candidate Josephine Andrew
Salvatorian Sentiments
|Hello! My name is Josephine Andrew. I was born on 15 April in 2000 in the hospital at ...
Read More She found the gift of religious life
News & Events
|The Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Bernice Smith, SDS will take place Friday, October 20 at St. ...
Read More The tractor is STILL on a roll
News & Events
|Six years ago, Sister Virginia Honish, SDS launched a grass-roots fundraising campaign to buy a tractor for Salvatorian ...
Read More She served with joy in her heart
News & Events
|We’ll celebrate the life of Sister Diane Goetzinger, SDS (formerly Sr. Mary Louis) on Friday, October 13, 2017. ...
Read More Folk Artist: Poverty
Salvatorian Sentiments
|It’s good to revisit one of the vows I made many years past… and still practice today. I ...
Read More 2017 Woman of Faith Award Presentation
News & Events
|Our 2017 Woman of Faith event was truly an inspiring evening. We welcomed many new friends to our ...
Read More Folk Artist: Caring for elders
Salvatorian Sentiments
|After I entered our religious community, there were many more young Sisters than we have now. Today I ...
Read More Sr. Carol, 1959 Sportswoman of the Year
Salvatorian Sentiments
|Title IX wasn’t even a thing when Salvatorian Sister Carol Thresher received the 1959 “Sportswoman of the Year” ...
Read More Salvatorian Life in the United States
Salvatorian Sentiments
|In late May, Salvatorian General Superior Sister Edith Bramberger came to the U.S. from Rome along with Sister ...
Read More New Catholic sisters’ voices resound with gratitude
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|Sr. Janice Hartman Sr. Janice began her vocation journey later in life, and says she’s grateful “that door opened for ...
Read More Sr. Jane: What is a mystic? A contemplative?
Salvatorian Sentiments
|Sometimes we imagine an emaciated, sad looking, celibate, balding monk, or a crotchety, pale, nun who lives behind ...
Read More She loved “to do for others”
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| A Mass of Christian Burial for Salvatorian Sister Alice Gindt will take place in Milwaukee on Thursday, ...
Read More Mother Mary Study Group brings history into the digital age
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|The Mother Mary Study Group in front of the Motherhouse, Villa Salvator Mundi: S. Barbara, S. Maria Theresia, ...
Read More Keeping pace with healthy living on WHISH and a prayer
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|Salvatorian Sister Georgene Faust is one of nearly 22,000 participants from across the U.S. who signed on for ...
Read More Sr. Barabara: U.S. to Horrem to Rome
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|(Don't know why Sr. Barbara Reynolds, SDS is in Horrem? Check out previous post.) It is now Sunday, ...
Read More Meet Sister Eloisa
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|Salvatorian Sister Eloisa Holdiem, was born in the Bicol Region of Philippines. Along with the national Filipino language ...
Read More Our math professor goes to summer school
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|Salvatorian Sister Barbara Reynolds has a whirlwind travel itinerary this summer. Some stops will place her in a ...
Read More The Life of Father Francis Jordan
News & Events
|John Baptist Jordan was not born for greatness when he came into the world on June 16, 1848. ...
Read More Education opens doors for Salvatorian Sisters in Africa
News & Events
|Margaret Scola and Sue Haertel This summer, Sue Haertel returns to Tanzania along with Margaret Scola to lead ...
Read More Ending Human Trafficking: It begins with awareness.
Salvatorian Sentiments
|“Hidden in plain sight” is often the phrase used to describe the crime of human trafficking. Everyday people, ...
Read More Tanzanian Education Initiative lifts up Salvatorian collaboration
News & Events
|For the ninth consecutive year, Sisters of the Divine Savior will sponsor our Tanzanian Education Initiative to build ...
Read More Sr. Pat Russell settles in
News & Events
|Last June, Tennessee Register reporter Andy Telli wrote a beautiful tribute to Salvatorian Sister Pat Russell as she ...
Read More Celebrate the past, present and future of religious life
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|Look to the past with gratitude. Live the present with passion. Embrace the future with hope. (Pope Francis) ...
Read More Everyone at DSHA knows Sr. CJ
News & Events
|Who says Catholic Sisters aren’t a presence in Catholic schools in the new millennium? For the last nine ...
Read More Divine Savior Statue Has a Story to Tell
News & Events
|On August 1, 2011 a new chapter was added to the story of the statue of the Divine ...
Read More Mission trip includes clean water focus
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|Sr. Mary Evelyn on her 2016 trip. For the second year in a row, Sr. Mary Evelyn Zimbauer, ...
Read More Sr. Liza: A Letter Home March, 2017
Salvatorian Sentiments
|Dear everyone, I thought in this letter I would add anything new or in development right now in ...
Read More National Catholic Sisters Week: Reach out through Simple Gifts
News & Events
|As we celebrate 2017 National Catholic Sisters’ Week (NCSW), we also invite Milwaukee-area friends to join in our ...
Read More Sr. Liza: Life in Chisguachín
Salvatorian Sentiments
|Dear everyone, We continue to travel around San Sebastian to get to know the people, customs and especially ...
Read More International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking and St. Josephine Bakhita
News & Events
|St. Josephine Bakhita was born in southern Sudan in 1869. As a young girl, she was kidnapped and ...
Read More Sr. CJ feels the Salvatorian spirit at DSHA
News & Events
|National Catholic Schools Week, January 29 – February 3 Salvatorian Sister Carol Jean Zais, SDS has become a ...
Read More Vocare Reflections Part 3
Salvatorian Sentiments
|At Milwaukee’s Divine Savior Holy Angels High School (DSHA), VOCARE is a Salvatorian Service Program that immerses the ...
Read More 2017 Vocare Reflections, Part 2
Salvatorian Sentiments
|All members of the Divine Savior Holy Angels senior class take part in a two-week initiative serving people ...
Read More 2017 Vocare Reflections
Salvatorian Sentiments
|This week we share how our sponsored high school, Divine Savior Holy Angels (DSHA) instills the Salvatorian Mission. ...
Read More 10 ways to take a stand against human trafficking
News & Events
|Learn the red flags of human trafficking. (https://humantraffickinghotline.org/what-human-trafficking/recognizing-signs) If you suspect human trafficking, report it. Don’t NOT call ...
Read More Sr. Liza: A Letter Home
Salvatorian Sentiments
|Youth Play at Saint Sebastian Catholic Church During our days going from one Posada to another, we were ...
Read More Sr. Liza: A Letter Home
Salvatorian Sentiments
|This morning around 5:30 we were awoken by a strong tremor of 5.4 magnitude. Earthquakes are usually only ...
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