The School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) have supported education and enrichment since its founding in 1833. To continue the tradition of education and enrichment, SSND Central Pacific Province has created a podcast, Called to Action, where we feature sist
In this last episode of Season 2, Sister Anne Marie Reha and Kaitlyn Holdmeyer speak with Hawley Iseke, Theology Department Chair and SSND associate in Guam. Hawley shared how choices matter and it's important to recognize the interconnectedness of everything. For more information download this pdf: Recognize our interconnectedness with all creation.Join us in prayer for peace in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. Save the date for Season 3, airing Wednesday, August 3. The theme is Migration: We Stand in Solidarity discussing the SSND corporate stance on immigration reform and other migration topics.
Sister Jeanne Wingenter has a passion for justice and peace. In this episode of Called to Action, Sister Anna Marie Reha and Kaitlyn Holdmeyer, speak with Sister Jeanne to better understand the just war theory and its five principles. For more information download these pdf: Challenge the validity and application of “Just War Theory" and The Challenges of Global Conflict and Eradicating.Join us in prayer for peace in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. Save the date for Season 3, airing Wednesday, August 3. The theme is Migration: We Stand in Solidarity.
Sister Paul Mary Draxler, a member of the Gospel Nonviolence and Just Peace committee, shares how important it is to understand the myths of war. In order to have peace, we need to have prayer and open communication. Join co-hosts, Sister Anna Marie Reha and Kaitlyn Holdmeyer, as they learn from Sister Paul Mary. For more information download this pdf: Promote peace-building through nonviolent policies, practices and strategies. You can also sign up to get notifications from Voter Voice. Join us in prayer for peace in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. Save the date for Season 3, airing Wednesday, August 3. The theme is Migration: We Stand in Solidarity.
Season 2 of Called to Action, discusses the theme of Gospel Nonviolence and Just Peace with co-hosts Sister Anna Marie Reha and Kaitlyn Holdmeyer. In this episode, we talk with Sister Alice Zachmann. Sister Alice is a champion for peace and has participated in many peaceful protests over her 73 years of professed life. She also founded the Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA in order to protect the many Guatemalans she came to know and love when missioned there. For more information download this pdf: Foster a culture of peace and eliminate violence. Find the Prayer for Torture Awareness month written by Sister Dianna Ortiz, an Ursuline Sister, and friend hero of Sister Alice. Join us in prayer for peace in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. Save the date for Season 3, airing Wednesday, August 3. The theme is Migration: We Stand in Solidarity.
Sister Anna Marie Reha and Kaitlyn Holdmeyer speak with Sister Ruth Mori from Kyoto, Japan. She shares how the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki affected her family and Japan. To Sister Ruth, Gospel Nonviolence and Just Peace is a longing from a person's soul, and its living out should start personally and should spread gradually among people like gentle water. For more information download this pdf: Advocate for the use of diplomacy and dialogue to abolish war and nuclear weapons. Read Sister Ruth's reflection shared in the August 2020 SSND monthly eNewsletter. This episode does have a transcript available.Join us in prayer for peace in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. Save the date for Season 3, airing Wednesday, August 3. The theme is Migration: We Stand in Solidarity.
Sister Lois Martens, shares the importance of Gospel Nonviolence and Just Peace (GNJP). She has served on the GNJP committee for many years and still feels that living GNJP is a journey that can take a lifetime. For more information download this pdf: Recognize our interconnectedness with all creation. Sign up to get notifications from Voter Voice and learn more about the seven-year commitment made by SSND to the Laudato Si' Action Platform. Join us in prayer for peace in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. Save the date for Season 3, airing Wednesday, August 3. The theme is Migration: We Stand in Solidarity.
Anne Vidacovich, a SSND associate shares how having an open mind and heart can create space for Gospel Nonviolence and Just Peace (GNJP) with co-hosts S. Anna Marie Reha and Kaitlyn Holdmeyer. For more information download this pdf: Recognize and respect the dignity of each person; live and teach love and compassion for all. Gain a better understanding by reading the Gospel Nonviolence and Just Peace Corporate Stance Statement. Join us in prayer for peace in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. Save the date for Season 3, airing Wednesday, August 3. The theme is Migration: We Stand in Solidarity.
Learn more about Gospel Nonviolence and Just Peace (GNJP) from Sister Paulissa Jirik who is on the GNJP committee. For more information download this pdf: Cultivate our own inner peace, self-respect and recognition of one's own dignity. Read the Gospel Nonviolence and Just Peace Corporate Stance Statement. Join us in prayer for peace in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. Save the date for Season 3, airing Wednesday, August 3. The theme is Migration: We Stand in Solidarity.
In this episode, you learn more about the School Sisters of Notre Dame's corporate stance on Gospel Nonviolence and Just Peace from Shalom/JPIC director, Tim Dewane. For more information download this pdf: Nonviolent Policies, Practices, and Strategies. Read the Gospel Nonviolence and Just Peace Corporate Stance Statement. Join us in prayer for peace in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. Save the date for Season 3, airing Wednesday, August 3. The theme is Migration: We Stand in Solidarity.
Sister Anna Marie Reha, provincial councilor, and Kaitlyn Holdmeyer, communications manager, co-host Season 2 of Called to Action. In this episode, you learn more about the hosts and explore the urgency of Season 2's theme, Gospel Nonviolence and Just Peace. For more information download this pdf: The centrality of Gospel Nonviolence. Additional information can be found on our website. Join us in prayer for peace in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. Save the date for Season 3, airing Wednesday, August 3. The theme is Migration: We Stand in Solidarity.
In this episode we talk to Megan Schnitker. She is an Indigenous traditional herbalist and founder of the Mahkato Revitalization Project. Her parents, Charles Wayne and Marla Bull Bear, have always been a strong foundation for her by providing Lakota teachings and traditions growing up. Her father is hereditary Chief Bull Bear of the Kiyaksa Band of Oglalas of Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, and comes from a long line of traditional spiritual leaders and teachers. She is proud and humbled to be a part of a traditional family.
The final speaker for Season 1, Called to Action, is Megan Schnitker, Owner and Indigenous Traditional Herbalist, Lakota Made, LLC, a speaker during the 2021 Women's Leadership Luncheons in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her Native American culture values taking care of the Earth, as the Earth takes care of them. In her ancestry, women leaders in the Lakota culture have strong connections to the land. She expresses the importance of a sustainability-centered existence and strives to be one with nature, in all her work.
The School Sister of Notre Dame (SSND) Central Pacific (CP) Province is celebrating their 10th Anniversary on June 12, 2021. The former Dallas, Milwaukee, Mankato (Minnesota) and St. Louis Provinces became one on June 11, 2011. Listen to Sister Debra Sciano, provincial leader, talk about the history of the CP Province as the former Milwaukee Province provincial leader and now looking forward to the future.
Hear from Janette Monear, President/CEO of the Texas Trees Foundation, a speaker during the 2021 Women's Leadership Luncheons. She is dedicated to creating livable and resilient communities through the use of trees, green infrastructure and sustainable design. She is a pioneer in urban forestry.
In this episode, we interview Wanda Kolo. Wanda, a 2021 Women's Leadership Luncheon speaker, has over a decade of experience in the sustainability sector, ranging from sustainable design to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) consulting and serves as Saint Louis Zoo's Director of Sustainable Operations and Construction Management.
In this episode we interview with Shannon Hauf, Senior Vice President and Head of Seed Production Innovation, Bayer Crop Science. Shannon talks about her childhood on the farm and why farmers are great protectors of the Earth.
The Living Earth Center (LEC) in Mankato, Minnesota, is a sponsored ministry of the School Sisters of Notre Dame. In this episode, we talk with Laura Peterson the director of LEC. Hear about the history of LEC and the important role a garden can play in the community.
In this episode, we chat with Sister Jan Gregorcich, SSND, one of the founders of Global Partners Running Waters (GPRW). GPRW is a nonprofit with the mission to build and maintain intercultural relationships through collaborative partnerships benefiting rural and urban communities in Latin America.
We talk with Dr. Marissa Jablonski, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin. She is an accomplished water engineer, environmental advisor and plastics-reduction expert who has worked in more than 45 countries. She talks with us about what she learned from her failures, how we can live more eco-consciously and encouraging women in STEM fields.
Tim Dewane, director of Shalom - Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation, joins us for an introduction on our season one topic of Care of Creation. Tim explains what Care of Creation means (hint: it's not just about the environment) and how it fits into the School Sisters of Notre Dame Central Pacific Province (SSNDCP) charism.
Welcome!The School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) have supported women's education and enrichment since its founding in 1833. To continue the tradition of education and enrichment, SSND Central Pacific Province has created a podcast, Called to Action, where we feature sisters, staff, SSND ministry leaders and prominent women in our communities who are leading efforts to change the world within five focus areas: Care of Creation, immigration and refugees, human trafficking, Gospel Peace and Nonviolence and racial justice.Subscribe to our podcast, Called to Action, through Apple Podcast or Spotify. A new episode is released every other week!
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