Read, Weep, Pray, then ACT! Judy Molosky, CSJ Want to know about how to start a non-profit supporting women and children? Ask Judy Vaughan, CSJ in Los Angeles! In 1996 Judy launche
“They were driven by an abhorrence of the idea that one individual could own another.” By Maryann Mueller, CSSF Several years ago, I read Sue Monk Kidd’s book The Invention o
Human Trafficking: What Can We Do About It? Where Is God in This Tragedy? How Can We Find the Courage to Fight This Indignity? By Mary Anne Silvestri, Co-Founder of ESTHER Ministry
A New Year: Making Resolutions By Jean Schafer SDS Yes, most of us make them, but 40% of us don’t keep them. We can find many suggestions for resolutions online – to promote he
Happy, Joyous, Free by Ann Marie Jones This year of 2020 can actually bring some very good news! The following is a tale of a life that moved from chaos and darkness to freedom and
Childhood sexual violence on the reservation: It has to stop! by Sister Teresa Ann Wolf, OSB To Avina it was part of her job; she had been requested to demonstrate how to make dr
“Charity is directed at the effects of injustice, its symptoms. Charity addresses problems that already exist. Justice is directed at the root causes of social problems. Justic
Words Do Make a Difference By Kris Wade, Executive Director of The Justice Project KC, and Member of The Alliance Survivor Services Working Group. As awareness of present-day sla
The Nexus Between Covid-19 and Human Trafficking By Jeanne Christensen, RSM Justice Advocate – Human Trafficking Sisters of Mercy of the Americas West Midwest Community This was
Human Trafficking: The Legacy of 400 Years of Racism and Colonialism By Jennifer Reyes Lay, Executive Director of AEHT As we approach the annual World Day Against Trafficking in Pe
Refugees and Human Trafficking in the Context of a Pandemic by Kathleen Bonnette, Th.D. Globally, there are more than 70 million displaced people who have been forced to flee their
May, 2020 The Value of Community During the Covid-19 Pandemic Joan Dawber, SC It is springtime. I look out of my window and see the beauty of a flowering pear in full bloom.