AHLMA Mini-Encuentro in the Archdiocese of Chicago
June 4, 2024
SAN ANTONIO – The Asociación de Hermanas Latinas Misioneras en América (AHLMA) [Association of Latin America Missionary Sisters] is an association that seeks to weave networks to support, accompany and empower Latina sisters in their ministry and service to consecrated life, the Church and society in the United States.
Global Sisters Report News Release, June 2024
Sisters of Social Service Celebrate Special Anniversaries on Pentecost
What happens when the largest trash incinerator in the United States threatens the lives of a predominately low-income minority community? The community gathers with passion, creating a force to be reckoned with. This is what happened on April 20, 2024, when over 250 people came to march in solidarity for the city of Chester, Pennsylvania. The march was sponsored by Chester Residents for Quality Living (CRCQL). Those marching or caravaning included participants from near and far.
Sister Joan Pokorny and Sister Judith Bloxham, Benedictine Sisters of Mt. Angel, will celebrate their 60th Jubilee on Sunday, July 14 at 10:30 a.m. Eucharist. Many family and friends will gather with the monastic community in the Queen of Angels Chapel, Mt. Angel, Oregon. Both sisters have lived full lives of ministries to the Church and beyond.
Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa celebrate anniversaries of 15, 25, 40, 50, 60, 70, and 75 years in 2024! Read more at www.sinsinawa.org/jubilee.
USCCA’s 35th Anniversary Conference will be a visionary gathering, featuring four keynote speakers, academic panels, fostering deep conversations, building bridges of friendship and dialogue. We hope you will join us in developing, together, a vision and path for the future 35 years. www.uscatholicchina.org/conference-29-theme
More than 60 sisters, all under the age of 50, will gather this June at Saint Xavier University for the 2024 Giving Voice National Gathering. The theme is "Being Seeds of Encounter and Communion." The long weekend includes prayer, talks, and fellowship. For more information, please see: https://giving-voice.org/national-gathering/
Please join us for a Jubilee Eucharistic Celebration on Saturday, July 20, 2024, at 1 pm. Our special liturgy will take place in Angelico Hall on the Dominican University campus with a reception to follow at the Sister’s Gathering Space across the street at 1520 Grand Avenue.
Read all about our Jubilarians here.
Join us in celebrating:
Sr Marion Irvine (75)
Sr Sally Brady (70)
Sr Brigid Noonan (60)
Sr Margaret Diener (50)
Sr. Darylynn Costa (40)
Sr. Abby Newton (40)
Salesians installing solar panels, providing clean water access.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (June 5, 2024) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in celebrating World Environment Day held annually on June 5. The day will focus on land restoration and drought resilience under the slogan “Our land. Our future. We are #GenerationRestoration.”
The “Movies That Matter: Informing Your Vote” series from the Franciscan Peace Center continues in June with a virtual screening of A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting. Advance registration is required to view the film online between June 11-27. A follow-up presentation by survivors and a viewer discussion session will be held on June 27.
Salesians in more than 130 countries work to ensure youth are safe, have basic needs met.
Programs provide care for youth and whole family.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (June 1, 2024) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in celebrating Global Day of Parents, which was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012. The day, celebrated each year on June 1, honors parents throughout the world and provides an opportunity to appreciate all parents for their commitment to children.
Hill Briefing:
Human Trafficking / Forced Migration and the Legislation that Can Break the Link
The Center for Benedictine Life at the Monastery of St. Gertrude - as part of their monthly Diffusions: Wisdom from the Center Zoom series "Monastic Land Stewardship: Caring for the Earth in Troubled Times" - will feature Brenna Cussen Anglada of Nuns and Nones' Land Justice Futures on Saturday, June 8, beginning at 10:00 am (Pacific Time). Brenna's topic will be: "Ecological and Racial Healing Through Religious Land Legacies."
Salesian community supports more than 100 children and more than 50 youth.
Salesian Provincial House staff members benefit from support amid economic crisis.
For every dollar donated, Salesian Missions is able to ship $14 worth of critical goods.
Salesians work with families to provide education, meet basic needs.
May 3, 2024, Adrian, Michigan – On behalf of the Adrian Dominican Congregation, the General Council signed on to an open letter from U.S. Catholics initiated by Pax Christi USA.
Salesian missionaries support youth and marginalized families in rural areas.
The Franciscan Peace Center announces the launch of an exciting virtual film and discussion series titled “Movies That Matter: Informing Your Vote”. This innovative initiative aims to engage participants in critical conversations about pressing social issues ahead of the upcoming election cycle.
"The Stories of Our Sisters: A Living History" is a series of one-on-one interviews with members of the Congregation of The Sisters of The Holy Cross who live on the Saint Mary's College campus. Join Tess Hayes in listening to not only life stories and experiences of the Sisters of The Holy Cross, but also the story of Saint Mary's.
14 solar panels benefit Salesian institutions.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 22, 2024) Top of Form Salesian institutions in India installed solar panels thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Fourteen solar panels were added to the Don Bosco Media Academy, located in Manikandam, and Don Bosco Pre-Novitiate in the Dindigal District. Each solar panel is 540 watts.
Furniture Reuse Solutions donation used in classrooms, computer lab and staff room.
Lola Wolf, an alumna of Saint Benedict’s High School and the College of Saint Benedict, will perform an organ concert at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Sacred Heart Chapel at Saint Benedict’s Monastery, St. Joseph, Minn. She will be joined by the monastic schola, directed by Sister Janine Mettling. The public is invited to attend this program, which centers around the theme of Mary.