by The Life Panelists
The Life – Sister panelists and their congregations are battling against what one sister calls the "scourge of trafficking." Their tactics focus on prevention and awareness as well as rehabilitation of survivors. They are educating governments and even the United Nations about this worldwide form of modern slavery.
Mary Ellen Lacy is a Daughter of Charity and a grassroots mobilization specialist with Network, an organization inspired by Catholic sisters which advocates for justice. She works to build relationships with Catholic sisters and Network members across the country to educate, organize, and lobby for the common good. She has served as a public housing attorney in East St Louis, Illinois, an immigration attorney in Alabama and New York and is a registered nurse, nursing home administrator and a healthcare attorney in Illinois.
by Tracy Kemme
Contributor
Horizons: In addressing racism, no one is accusing contemporary whites for creating the system. They are pointing out that we are the ones who have benefitted from the system and continue to benefit from it at others' expense.
by Philip Mathew
Ever since she was a young teenager, Sr. Clara Pitchai has worked to promote the welfare of domestic workers in India — an interest that prompted her to become a card-carrying member of the Communist Party for 14 years. The Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate sister is now leader of a 5,000-member union, educating domestic workers on social justice and conducting leadership training programs.
by Patricia M. Bombard
Contributor
At age 65, and as one of the "younger" members of an aging and shrinking congregation of women religious in the United States, I have found myself called and gifted to be part of emerging programs in leadership development for young sister leaders in China and East Africa. These experiences are part of my work at DePaul University in Chicago as director of Vincent on Leadership: The Hay Project based on the leadership legacy of St. Vincent de Paul.
Sr. Mary Finn, now 84, is accused of having initiated sexual relationships with two Home Visitors of Mary novices in the early '70s while she was the novice director.
Patricia M. Bombard is a member of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Dubuque, Iowa. She has a doctorate of ministry, has worked in various capacities in the areas of business, politics, journalism and higher education administration, and taught at St. Xavier and Loyola Universities in Chicago.
by Karen Jean Zielinski
Contributor
Francis of Assisi lived centuries ago, but his tradition of begging still applies to society today.
by Julianna Lewis
Notes from the Field - The adjustment to my new placement site has not always been easy, due to the many differences I have encountered. The climate is much colder, there are language barriers, and the nature of the work here in Veyrier contrasts with my work in Bogotá, which was very hands-on.
by Dan Morris-Young
When Sue Mosteller entered the Sisters of St. Joseph in Toronto, Canada, in 1952, little could she have realized that, 20 years later, her life path would merge with the nascent L'Arche Movement and spiritual luminaries Henri Nouwen and Jean Vanier.
