Posts Tagged ‘Vocation’
Sr. Barbara: My vocation story continues to unfold
I often say my vocation story has three threads: mathematics, teaching, and Salvatorians. In eighth grade, I discovered mathematics and announced to my family that when I grew up I was going to “go to college and study mathematics.” When I finished high school, I went to Saint Louis University (SLU) and majored in mathematics. …
Read MoreSr. Deanna: Counting My Blessings
I grew up in Dickeyville, Wis. in a family of 12. Being the second oldest, I was called on to help out at an early age. We lived across from the famous grotto and Holy Ghost Church and school. We rarely missed daily Mass and Thursday Holy Hour. We said the rosary every night right…
Read MoreSr. Feliciana Hokororo, SDS
My name is Feliciana. My full name is Sr. Feliciana Hokororo, SDS. I am a sister of the Salvatorian Sisters. I was born in 1985 in the village of Tunduru. In my family there are four children, one girl and three boys. I am the second child. My father’s name is Mambosasa and my mother…
Read MoreSr. Theresia Macha, SDS
My name is Sister Theresia. I was born the first of seven children in 1959. My parents had three sons and four daughters. I grew up in a small village. I entered the Salvatorians in 1980. My apostolate is to work with other people to help her or him to know God and to love…
Read MoreFolk Artist: Funeral of a Sister
I want to speak about the final Vocation Call of the Sisters whom I have known. Together we walk one another home to heaven. We do this in the funeral Mass as we celebrate the deceased Sister’s life. When one of our Sisters is close to death, our whole religious community is notified by e-mail…
Read MoreSr. Astrid Kateni, SDS
My name is Astrid Kateni. I was born on December 14, 1971 in Kolwezi. Kolwezi is a city in Katanga province in the Republic Democratique of Congo. I’m the fourth child in my family. My father’s name was a Tabu Kalala Jean-Felix. He was a political man. He died in 2013. My mother’s name is…
Read MoreSr. Bonita Victory Nnamba, SDS
My name is Sister Bonita Victory Nnamba, SDS. I was born June 30, in 1981 at Ocean Road Hospital in Dar es Salaam. My Father’s name was Victory Nnamba and my mother’s name is Agnes Kasembe. I’m the third born of five children in my family. I started primary school in 1991. In 1992 my…
Read MoreFolk Artist: Will of God
Some of the hardest words in the spiritual life began with five words, “The will of God is…” I used to resent those words and the feelings that it restricted my life. God’s will sounded strict, hard, unmovable and joyless in its grave announcement. A friend of mine who married later in her life gave…
Read MoreSr. Angelina Tlehema, SDS
My name is Sr. Angelina Tlehema. I am second born in our family and I have two brothers and four sisters. My tribe is Iraq. I was born in Manyara Region, Tanzania on 25 October, 1966. I was a good child, happy and laughing for everybody. My mother is a household worker and my father…
Read MoreSr. Liz: Becoming Salvatorian
I can’t speak for others, but my experience in becoming Salvatorian is both simple and amazing – at least to me!. Back when I was a senior in high school and first got the notion of entering the convent I really had no idea where to go or what to do about this desire. I…
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