Community News

As the climate crisis continues to impact communities worldwide, many people struggle with eco-grief—the deep emotional and spiritual distress caused by environmental destruction. To address this growing concern, a coalition of faith-based organizations is hosting a virtual event, “Eco-grief: Finding Hope Across Generations,” from 6:30-8 p.m. CST Thursday, March 27.

Do you want to add some unique beauty to your home? Get your name into 12 monthly Quilt Club drawings offered by the Ursuline Sisters Mount Saint Joseph! Sales of Quilt Club tickets for 2025-26 are going strong. For just one $25 ticket, you get 12 chances to win a new handmade quilt! A lucky winner’s name is drawn on the first Friday of each month beginning April 4, 2025, through March 6, 2026. Watch the drawings live on the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph Facebook page at noon Central Time: www.facebook.com/ursulinesmsj.

Dining to Donate with the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet

at Jaspers Restaurant

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Jasper’s will once again, donate twenty percent of all lunch & dinner sales to benefit the good works of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. Enjoy a delicious meal at Jasper’s with your friends and family, and help the sisters at the same time.

Reservations encouraged. Contact Jasper’s at (816) 941-6600, or jasperskc.com.

Grazie! Together…we are more.

Nine presentations from subject-matter experts. Sponsored by SLIconnect & Religious Formation Conference. Available live with presenter interaction and as on-demand presentation recordings afterwards.

Registration through March 1: $180 | Registration after March 1: $250
Fee covers live and on-demand access for all presentations. Register now

As Atchison Benedictine sisters, we endorse the following Conference of Benedictine Prioresses' Statement Regarding Immigration:

St. John Bosco community is 1 of 15 Salesian communities in Rundu.

Salesians work with former child soldiers to overcome trauma, reintegrate into society.

Salesian missionaries offer more than 150 medical clinics and hospitals in mostly rural areas. 

February 10, 2025, Adrian, Michigan – The General Council of the Adrian Dominican Sisters, on behalf of the Sisters and Associates, issued the following statement, decrying the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the negative implications this action could have on the lives of vulnerable people throughout the world.

Salesian schools range from primary to vocational, professional.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Jan. 24, 2025) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in honoring International Day of Education on Jan. 24, recognized since 2018. The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed International Day of Education as a celebration of the role of education for peace and development.

January 24, 2025, Adrian, Michigan – The General Council of the Adrian Dominican Sisters, on behalf of the Congregation’s Sisters and Associates, issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s pardon of individuals who were convicted for their roles in the January 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.

President Trump’s pardon of 1,500 individuals involved in the January 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol is unprincipled and dangerous.

Franciscan Federation invites all to unique retreat experience honoring 800 years since St. Francis composed the Canticle of Creatures 

All are welcome to a celebration of the Canticle in 2025, during the Franciscan Federation’s virtual retreat, Singing a New Canticle: 1225 – 2025, designed to inspire and connect. The event is Sunday, Feb. 23, from 1 to 4 p.m. EST (via Zoom). Registration is required. 

School Sisters of Notre Dame invite young adults to monthly online evening prayer

ForMission 2.0 is a two-day virtual workshop, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Central. The target audience for this virtual workshop is those who have completed Orientation to Formation and/or ForMission. Elected leaders are also welcome to register. Presenter: Gerard J. McGlone, SJ, PhD.

Job market training improves socio-economic situation for youth, young adults.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Jan. 6, 2025) Salesian missionaries have improved the socio-economic living conditions of youth and young adults through job market training in Kankan and Siguiri, Guinea. The funding for the project came from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco.

Reliable transportation needed to access 10 outstations.

Volunteers provide positive role models at camp.

Salesians also develop programs to give youth opportunities in home countries.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Dec. 18, 2024) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in honoring International Migrants Day. The day is held each year on Dec. 18 to recognize the efforts, contributions and rights of migrants worldwide.

“Allow” is an important word for Sister Marlou Ricke. She spent part of her life trying to figure out what others expected of her and forcing herself to comply. “I don’t know if Mom ever let me be me. I wanted to express myself.” Sister Marlou entered the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration where a requirement was to wear a black and white habit. She willingly did so, but still felt the desire to express her own unique self. Thankfully for her, things changed in the late 1960s when the Second Vatican Council brought more freedom to the Catholic Church and to women religious.

Salesians around the globe work to ensure that all youth know their rights.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Dec. 10, 2024)  Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in honoring Human Rights Day, celebrated each year on Dec. 10. Human Rights Day commemorates the day in 1948 when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Webinar offered by the Religious Formation Conference at 2 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. It’s a new year – a jubilee year. Pope Francis announced that 2025 will be a Jubilee Year for the international Church. The theme for the 2025 year is “Pilgrims of Hope.” Even amidst the challenges of our world, St. Paul reminds us that “hope does not disappoint” (Romans 5:5).

Support ranges from immediate aid to plans for long-term support.

Nearly 1 billion people around the globe are living with a disability.

Kino Border Initiative immersion program humanizes, complicates immigration issue

By Charish Badzinski

School offers training to youth who are poor and young adults.