CULTIVATING HOPE AFTER A YEAR OF LOCKDOWN
The other day during an early morning traipse through the neighborhood, an unexpected thing happened to me. Within minutes of my adventure, a strange and overwhelming feeling of hope came over me, a feeling I was all too grateful to experience after a long year of feeling anxious and uncertain instead…
THE FEAST OF ST. PATRICK MARCH 17
March 17 is the Feast Day of Saint Patrick, one of the Church’s great evangelizing saints. Although he is the patron saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick was actually born in Roman Britain in the fifth century. When he was a teenager, he was captured by Irish raiders and taken to…
SSS GOES GREEN DONOR SUPPORT ENABLES US TO GO SOLAR
We are happy to update you on the installation of solar panels at our Encino headquarters. After many months of delay, the system was finally activated December 3rd, 2019. Solar Power Is Up and Running We are happy to update you on the installation of solar panels at our Encino headquarters. After many months of […]
OUR BLACK SISTERS OF SOCIAL SERVICE…
HOW THEY HAVE MADE HISTORY BEING A SISTER OF SOCIAL SERVICE
In a year that has been turbulent and taxing on all of us, inflicted with the painful maladies of mind, body and soul, it seems fitting that we turn our attention during Black History Month to the substantial, life-giving presence and activity our Black Sisters of Social Service have made throughout our long history…
ANIMA INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION RESPONSE TO RACIAL INJUSTICE
The past two months have brought tragic reminders to all of us of just how far people of color stand outside the American ideal of equal rights, justice, and liberty for all. The televised police killings of so many African Americans shocked us out of our complacency and our deep denial about the state of […]
OUR RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC
The Pandemic Relief Fund was formed in the summer of 2020 to help support the Sisters of Social Service during this time of great financial uncertainty, in order to help sustain the many ministries and life-giving needs of our Sisters. Pandemic Relief Fund The Pandemic Relief Fund was formed in the summer of 2020 to […]
SR. EVA MARIE LUMAS, SSS, RECEIVES HONORARY AWARD AT ANNUAL DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. PRAYER BREAKFAST
On Saturday, January 16, Dr. Eva Marie Lumas, SSS, was the surprise Honoree at the AACCFE (African American Catholic Center for Evangelization) 27th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer Breakfast. Each year, the AACCFE chooses a person to be honored and recognized as making outstanding contributions to the Church. Emceed by E. Desmond Taylor, […]
SR. SIMONE CAMPBELL’S INVOCATION
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION AUGUST 20, 2020
Good evening. I’m Sister Simone Campbell, Executive Director of NETWORK and Leader of Nuns on the Bus. Tonight marks an important next chapter in our story of who we will become as a nation. So I speak to you with a sense of urgency and hope, knowing the difficult work ahead, grounded in my faith. […]
“OUR STANCE OF THE SIN OF RACISM”
We, Sisters of Social Service are women of many cultures who come together to fulfill the Gospel call to welcome the stranger and work toward the common good. We stand in solidarity with all who are pained and enraged by the ongoing assault on the humanity of the Black people through violence by persons sworn […]
GREETINGS FROM THE ARC
Did you know that in the mid 1920s, Sr. Margaret Slachta spent time away from Hungary, traveling in the US and Canada? She was struck by the many public displays of Christmas trees and gatherings Did you know that in the mid 1920s, Sr. Margaret Slachta spent time away from Hungary, traveling in the US […]
