The Leadership Teams of Local Women Religious Call for Support of Trans Youth
BVM Leadership has signed onto the statement from DignityUSA. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) website reports that transgender people face discrimination obtaining accurate identification…
Sr. Jean: ‘Wake Up with Purpose’ Memoir Released
BVM “Sister Jean” Dolores Schmidt’s memoir, Wake Up With Purpose! What I’ve Learned in My First Hundred Years was released by Harper Select on Feb…
Sisters of Charity, BVM Donations Help Launch Dubuque ReStore
BVMs Karen Conover (l.), Kate (Joseph Marie) Hendel, Carol Marie (Joseph Louis) Baum, Kathryn (John Laurian) Lawlor, Mira Mosle, Diane (Malia) Rapozo, Maureen Patrice Fury,…
The BVM Prayer Shawl Ministry: Wrapping Trafficking Victims and the Homebound in Prayer
Louise Levandowski, BVM crotchets prayer shawls for human trafficking survivors and the homebound. While living in Davenport, Iowa, BVM Louise (Laurina) Levandowski joined a prayer…
Scholarship Recipients Overcome Great Obstacles
Elizabeth Avalos, BVM has recommended both of the scholarship recipients featured in this edition of Salt. Elizabeth has supported Maria C. Ramirez Medrano in her…
BVMs Enjoy a Retreat with a “Kid”
Teachers Become Students What is this? Another flyer in our mailbox! Inviting us to grow?! I’m already 85 years old! How much more can I grow?…