Five Felician Sisters were honored at the Franciscan Federation’s 2010 Annual Conference which was held July 28-31 in Buffalo New York. Sister Carol Marie Wiatrek, Sister Maria Lorena Arvizu Zambrano, Sister M Roseanita Ramirez, Sister M. Therese Ann Parobek and Sister Joan Marie Rybicki wer[...]
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July 21st, 2010 - 12:45 pm § in Latest News, Upcoming Events
Modern Day Slavery Exhibit
The Florida Modern-Day Slavery Museum, which recently was on exhibit at the US State Department and the Mall in Washington, DC, will travel throughout the northeastern part of the United States from July 25 through August 14. The purpose of the exhibit is to raise awareness among consumers about the[...]
July 19th, 2010 - 12:56 pm § in Latest News
Immigration Quiz
Explanation of answers to the immigration quiz 1. False- two thirds of immigrants are in the United States lawfully. In the United States, almost half of all undocumented immigrants entered the United States legally on visas that allowed them to reside in the country temporarily either as a touris[...]
July 14th, 2010 - 5:55 pm § in Advocacy, Latest News
Immigration Reform
Attorney General Eric Holder has filed a lawsuit to stop an Arizona law, SB 1070, which effectively mandates racial profiling of Latinos. As expected, there has been a backlash from people who oppose civil rights protections for immigrants, so it’s important that we show Attorney General Holde[...]
July 14th, 2010 - 7:38 am § in Advocacy, Latest News
Immigration Reform–Texas
Sister Rosemarie Goins participated in the “Isaiah 58 National Solidarity Vigil for Arizona” sponsored by the Interfaith Immigration Coalition. Sister signed up for a half out of prayer in support of comprehensive, just and humane immigration reform on July 27. The vigil began on [...]
July 1st, 2010 - 7:16 pm § in Advocacy, Latest News
July 1–New Jersey Vigil for Immigration Reform
Sister Mary Angela Machowski, Sister Mary Elvine Dymnicka, and Sister Maryann Agnes Mueller participated in the “Let My People Go” National Solidarity Vigil for immigration reform this afternoon at the Court House in Hackensack, NJ. The event was part of a rolling vigil which began J[...]
June 29th, 2010 - 9:35 am § in Advocacy, Latest News
Worker’s Rights
Bangladesh’s garment workers, over 2 million of whom are young women, have not had a wage increase in the last four years, since 2006, when the minimum wage was set at 1,662 Taka ($23.91) a month. The factory owners are proposing a new minimum wage of just 14 cents an hour. Go to the [...[...]
June 29th, 2010 - 9:35 am § in Advocacy, Latest News
Children for Hire
This summer as you enjoy the fresh summer blueberries, take a moment to think who may have picked those berries. In many states, children as young as four years old are “employed” to work on the farms. Hundred of thousands of children under the age of 18 work each year harvesting crops from ap[...]
National Solidarity Vigil and Fast for Arizona
The Interfaith Immigration Coalition invites you to participate in the “Isaiah 58 National Solidarity Vigil for Arizona” to support those who are praying and supporting comprehensive immigration reform. The vigil began on June 6 and continues throughout the country with constant prayer and publi[...]
June 28th, 2010 - 8:46 pm § in Latest News
Haiti–Clinic
All the homes on one side of the mountain were destroyed—it is a tent city. On the Brothers’ complex the school, church, and clinic were destroyed in the earthquake. I worked as the “pharmacist” in the clinic. We saw far too many cases of Protein Calorie Malnutrition, along w[...]