Meet our United States Regional Team who serve together through June 2028.
Sister Grace Mary Croft, SDS, Regional Vicaress, served for 12 years in U.S. Leadership prior to her election to the Generalate. In early spring 2013, after 17 years in international leadership ministry, Sr. Grace Mary came home to Milwaukee. She says she was ready and grateful to return to the North American Province. “I have gladly contributed what I am able at the international level. I have met and worked and shared community with wonderful sisters from Asia, Africa, Europe and North and South America and I’ll miss them very much. I look forward to the unfolding of the significance of those 17 years.” Now, she finds herself called to serve her sisters again with grace and humility as a member of the U.S. Regional Team.
Sister Jean Schafer, SDS (Sr. Mary Christopher) describes her call to religious life as a “powerful gift” that has offered her opportunities to discover and share her talents, connect with diverse people in meaningful ways, and achieve a balance of community, prayer, and service. The former international leader for Salvatorian Sisters in Rome and founder of Stop Trafficking!, a monthly publication of Alliance to End Human Trafficking, now has the responsibility of leading her U.S. Region. She says, “My role is to keep the spiritual dimension before us – the ‘why’ of our life.”
Sister Mary Evelyn Zimbauer, SDS declares, “My desire to help people and advocate for others is engrained in me as a Salvatorian Sister and nurse.” Her sensitivity to the needs of others is a trait she developed in her 60 years of nursing. Although retired from her long-time ministry, Sr. Mary Evelyn continues to zealously serve people and her community as a Regional Councilor on the Leadership Team, weekend on-call nurse for her fellow sisters, and first aid responder at Milwaukee events.