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Twenty five years ago, Sisters of the Earth Community was co-founded by Passionists Thomas Berry, Gail Worcelo and lay associate Bernadette Bostwick. This is the first community of Catholic sisters in the history of religious life founded specifically for Earth Healing and Protection within the Ecozoic Era.

Ecozoic is a phrase coined by Thomas Berry and means; House of Life. It is an era where humans and the natural world go into the future as a Single Sacred Community.

With Gratitude

Nuns Against Gun Violence to Host Webinar: “Firearms and Faith: Navigating Catholic Social Teaching in a World of Gun Violence”

Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa are being honored for celebrating anniversaries of 15, 25, 40, 50, 60, 70, and 75 years of religious life. www.sinsinawa.org/jubilee 

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.