Appreciation

Mercy Srs. Pat Murphy, left, and JoAnn Persch at the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, outside Chicago, in 2009 (Courtesy of Chicago Catholic)

We lost 2 veterans of ministry to people seeking refuge. Their work is our work now.

In late July, Mercy Sr. Pat Murphy died at age 96. Mercy Sr. JoAnn Persch — Murphy's partner in "crime" — died Nov. 14. She was 91. The impact these two Catholic sisters had on the world cannot be measured.

Sister of Charity Marie de Paul Combo washes the feet of Christian Brother Louis Rodeman, longtime leader at Kansas City's Holy Family Catholic Worker House, during a Holy Thursday Seder service.

Sr. Marie de Paul Combo: 'Fun nun' and 'fool for Christ' dies at 99

By Thomas C. Fox
Woman stands with a group of children in a classroom. The children are wearing crocheted headbands,
Guest Voices

Rose Torrence: Legendary Catholic school teacher, mentor, poet, friend

By Christine Schenk