This week Sisters Mimi and Teresa talk with Sister Lois MacGillivray about her experiences evaluating applied research projects including research in cultural studies, programs that offer more support to youth to reduce crime and improving resources for early care and education workers.
Sister Lois MacGillivray’s journey – including years as an educator, a researcher and the director at the Holy Names Sisters’ Villa Maria del Mar Retreat Center – is a story of making connections and…
Immigrants – especially women – in dire need of help learning to read, write and speak in English find both a warm welcome and access to basic educational resources at Nuestra Casa in Washington’s lower Yakima Valley. In this episode of “Holy Names Sisters: Women on a Mission,” Sister Mary Rita Rohde and Executive Director Caty Padilla explain how support from the Holy Names Sisters has transformed lives for farmworker families seeking a better future for themselves and their children through education.
Sister Carol Higgins shares the Sisters’ history as educators in Oregon in the early 20th century and their work against the Ku Klux Klan. Oregon’s Compulsory School Act of 1922 led the Sisters to the Supreme Court to defend themselves, parents’ rights and the 14th Amendment in the landmark case Pierce v. Society of Sisters in 1925.
Sister Barbara Raymond tells the story of how she became involved in helping Latina women in rural Oregon overcome limited opportunities for empowerment.
Sisters Mary Ellen Robinson and Linda Riggers share their experience in Texas supporting families seeking asylum in the U.S.
(Sister Angelo Marie)
September 17, 1937 – July 7, 2021
Sister Ann Pizelo, SNJM departed this life on July 7, 2021 at Mary’s Woods at Marylhurst in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
Sister Ann celebrated 83 years of life and 63 years of religious profession.
(Sister Paul Michael)
June 23, 1929 – July 6, 2021
Sister June Kearney, SNJM departed this life on July 6, 2021 at Merrill Gardens in Campbell, Califronia.
Sister June celebrated 92 years of life and 56 years of religious profession.
(Sister M. Marcella Rose)
August 6, 1932 – June 17, 2021
Sister Kate Buzard, SNJM departed this life on June 17, 2021 at Mary’s Woods at Marylhurst in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
Sister Kate celebrated 88 years of life and 68 years of religious profession.
(Kathryn Grace Hussey)
October 23, 1925 – May 29, 2021
Sister Miram Henry Hussey, SNJM departed this life on May 29, 2021 at Saratoga Retirement Community in Saratoga, California.
Sister Miriam Henry celebrated 95 years of life and 74 years of religious profession.