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From September 1 to October 4, 2023, our EarthCARE committee invites us to pray with and explore this year’s theme of “Let Justice and Peace Flow” rooted in the prophet Amos’ cry to, “Let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream.”
Philadelphia IHM Sisters Linda Filipponi and Joan Rychalsky volunteered to serve migrants in McAllen, Texas, and Reynosa, Mexico, from July 22 to August 5.
Last month I was fortunate to participate in an ASEC service learning program in Elmina, Ghana, with students and faculty from Marywood University and Chestnut Hill College.
Thousands of migrants continue to leave their countries in search of a better quality of life for their families. On that journey, they experience the need to be filled and nourished by God and they discover the strength that allows them to continue on their way.
Because the number of those crossing into the US has decreased, there is a greater need to accompany migrants on the Mexican side of the border.
In the spring, sisters in the three IHM Congregations and the Oblate Sisters of Providence were invited by the OSPIHM Healing Racism Committee to join one of three suggested human trafficking) to address issues of justice facing all Americans. Members on the revisionist education subcommittee…
My Aunts, Sister Ann Michael, Sister Angelus, and many of the others may be long gone but their legacy and their impact will live on in those of us who were taught and shaped by the Sisters.
It is truly a privilege to accompany our migrant brothers and sisters in McAllen, Texas and Reynosa, Mexico.
When Elizabeth was asked to teach religion, she said to herself, “Do NOT be boring!”
