Kelly Williams is a Sister of Mercy of the Americas. She lives with her community in Biloxi, Mississippi. She recently received her Master of Arts in ministry with a spirituality concentration from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. She is an avid crafter who is constantly on a quest to learn more skills related to the fiber arts. She practices by making gifts for her 15 nieces and nephews and many others!
Brian Winters is a novelist and freelance writer who has been published in the U.S. and Europe. Having lived in Kansas, Idaho and Kentucky, he currently lives in Sonora, California.
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Mercy Srs. JoAnn Persch and Pat Murphy, along with Mercy Associate Carol Conway and dozens of volunteers and donors, have been hard at work delivering peace and mercy to asylum seekers in Chicago.
While immigration reform will take political will and time, newly arrived immigrants need housing and other necessities immediately. As well as doing advocacy, Catholic sisters are responding to these immediate needs.
The mood at the 2021 meetings of the U.N.'s Commission on the Status of Women is a bit somber, with much talk about the effects and setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Women in domestic abuse situations and victims of sexual exploitation and trafficking have special needs in addition to the need for safe and secure housing, so they can begin to heal from the trauma they have suffered.
Led by Immaculate Heart Community member Silvia Gutierrez, Safe Parking LA aims to convert Los Angeles County's underutilized parking lots for city residents experiencing homelessness with vehicles.
Faith-based programs to help those who must live in their cars are a new and creative way to help some of the hidden homeless.
Afghan and Ukrainian refugees find a home with the Sisters of St. Joseph of Brentwood, New York, bringing "new life to these old walls."