What Does It Mean to be Safe? by Sister Kathleen Bryant, RSC Neurologists say that our brains are always scanning for information, for danger, for distraction like a vacuum cleaner! The stressful lives that we lead are not healthy for our brains. We all need time and...
Human Trafficking Survivors: Leaving Their Tombs Behind by Sister Maryann Mueller, CSSF As we celebrate the Feast of the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead, we may be reminded of another Gospel story where Jesus affected the resurrection of a little girl, the twelve year old daughter...
The Tenth Station – Jesus Is Stripped of His Garments (John 19:23-24) by Jeanne Christensen, RSM Contemplation During Lent this year, I was asked to reflect on the tenth station – Jesus Is Stripped of His Garments (John 19:23-24). While it is not the Lenten season, I...
St. Josephine Bakhita: A Saint For Our Time By the Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center During the month of February, we commemorate St. Josephine Bakhita, who has come to be known as a symbol of hope for Catholics in the anti-human trafficking movement. St. Josephine was sold...
Do my actions and beliefs reflect Redemption? by Sister Sally Duffy, S.C. A pattern of behaviors and conditions exist at the intersection of many issues, such as human trafficking, immigration and the need to migrate for asylees and refugees, poverty and inequity, domestic violence, treatment of prisoners...
Pray, Love, Act by Carol Davis, OP Globally, there are 20.9 million victims of human trafficking, with hundreds of thousands in the USA, per the International Labor Organization. Human trafficking occurs in every state and in Washington, DC. There is no single profile, no single way traffickers...
Who Is God For Victims And Survivors Of Human Trafficking? By Jeanne Christensen, RSM As persons of faith, our prayer calls us to respond to the needs of the world and our response in ministry leads us back to God. We are called to integrate contemplation and action....
Collaboration: Ending Human Trafficking by Working Together by Anne Victory, HM [caption id="attachment_2486" align="alignright" width="424"] Artist: Frankie Dutil, CSJ. Used with permission, Region VII Justice Promoters.[/caption] Work on the issue of human trafficking can be taxing, even overwhelming at times for so many reasons. The complexity of the...
Contemplative Sustainability by Sister Kathleen Bryant, RSC For those of us involved in the multiple facets of fighting human trafficking, it has a price. We hear painful stories while growing in sensitivity and compassion for the suffering of victims. Listening to the horrendous stories, up against systemic...
