Hear Our Stories
On Hurricane Katrina...
Sister Donna Gunn, Camden, Mississippi
"I think none of us were prepared for what happened with this hurricane," says Sister Donna Gunn, coordinator of special projects at Sacred Heart Parish in Camden, Mississippi. Hear her story of panic and loss…of beauty and hope.
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On a Ministry of Communication
Sister Margaret Guzzardo, St. Louis, Missouri
As a bilingual speech pathologist, Sister Margaret Guzzardo enjoys the challenge of meeting the needs of young children with commuication disorders. "That gives me a lot of joy to see children to be able to communicate and feel confident in their ability to relate with other children," she says.
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On Serving the Neighbor on Death Row
Sister Judith Klump, St. Louis, MO
(May 13, 1929 - February 3, 2009)
Sister Judith Klump's prison ministry began in the early 1980s as she formed a relationship with a death row inmate. His life and death was a journey of transformation for them both. "Touching the suffering man's heart, the dear neighbor, is my chief joy," she says.
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On a Ministry of Welcoming the Immigrants
Ida Robertine Berresheim
Sister Ida Robertine Berresheim says that her ministry at Centro Mujeres de la Esperanza stems from her life experiences in childhood when her father took the kids to Hooverville during the Depression, the place where very, very poor people lived in almost cardboard shacks and were trying to survive. This experience stayed with her throughout her life and caused her to be challenged to a deeper faith because of it.
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On a Ministry of Healing
Kathleen Crowley
Sister Kathleen Crowley is happy that she gets the chance to use her Spanish while working in the Los Angeles area. She loves the multicultural view of living in LA and supporting parents of abused children in times of emotional crisis at a hospital called Harbor UCLA.
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