2001 Column Shows Racial Stereotypes Persist Almost 20 Years Later
by Lois Dolphin, BVM BVM Center News, April 2001 Two recent newspaper columns by African American columnists have caused me to reexamine my own tendency…
2002 Column Reveals Slow Progress in Struggle Against Racism
by Carol Frances Jegen, BVM BVM Center News, November 2002 Growing up in the city of Chicago meant developing a gradual awareness of racism. I will…
From the Archives: Marching to Selma, and into History
BVM Leoline Sommer (center) was the only woman religious to march the entire way from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. BVM Center News, March 2015…
Life-changing Missions: BVMs Reflect on Teaching in Segregated South
“I think as a country, we still don’t admit that racism is one of our biggest problems.” Donard Collins, BVM As they reflect during Black…
‘A Mile in Her Shoes’
In 1993, BVM Rita Benz (second row, far right) walks a mile in the shoes of homeless women during the first Winter Walk. BVMs have…
Mary Frances McLaughlin, BVM honored for devotion to Christ the King Jesuit College Prep in Chicago
Joining in the festivities in Chicago for the Footsteps of St. Ignatius of Loyola Award are (back row, l. to r.) Daniel Moreno, BVMs Carol…