A place where trafficked women can come and rest

The Warming Room provides meals, showers and overnight lodging for eight women during the coldest months of December through March. (Courtesy of Benedict Center)

The Warming Room of Sisters Program South provides meals, showers and overnight lodging for eight women during the coldest months of December through March. (Courtesy of Benedict Center)

Sr. Rejane Cytacki talks with Sr. Margaret Kruse, a sister of St. Francis of Assisi, about her anti-trafficking efforts. In this clip from "In Good Faith," Sister Margaret talks about the creation of Sisters Program South in Milwaukee. "It's a place that is a respite area for women who are in prostitution or who have been trafficked, and they can come and rest," she says. "They even have beds where they can lay down and sleep for a while. They have clothes and food and provide meals there for them as well."

The program has been going since 2017, and its outreach includes a van that heads out two to three nights a week to make contact with the women.

Click here to listen to the full "In Good Faith" podcast where this clip is from.

GSR shares clips from our friends at A Nun's Life Ministry. Check out full episodes of all their podcasts (Ask Sister, In Good Faith, Random Nun Clips and more, like the archived Motherhouse Road Trips) on their website, ANunsLife.org.

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