In the last episode of Called to Action Season 5, Episode 10: Corporate Social Responsibility , we welcome Sister Ann Scholz to discuss her role at SSND working with corporate investing. Sister Ann advocates for better manufacturing and business practices affecting social issues like labor trafficking. This discussion rounds out our five-season series focused on SSND’s commitment to Shalom’s Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation ministry.
May 21, 2025•23 min•Season 5Ep. 10
On Called to Action Season 5, Episode 9: Shalom Network – Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation Ministry we welcome Lisa Cathelyn, the new Director of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation in the School Sisters of Norte Dame Central Pacific Province. She shares her experience as a new team member, her vision for the future of the SSND mission as it relates to advocacy and also helps better explain what it means for SSND to be part of the Shalom Network.
May 07, 2025•21 min•Season 5Ep. 9
On Called to Action Season 5, Episode 8: Sorrow’s Prayer, praying the rosary for victims Sister Susan Adrians joins us to discuss her experience being a member of the human trafficking committee, the S.O.A.P project in Milwaukee and advocacy through prayer. She also explains a different way of praying the rosary by saying the Sorrow's Prayer for the victims of human trafficking.
Apr 23, 2025•22 min•Season 5Ep. 8
On Called to Action Season 5, Episode 7: Animal Trafficking Sister Annette and Sister Kay Fernholz join us to explore trafficking as we expand awareness to the fair treatment of livestock to understand what animals are trafficked to produce various products that we may use but have never considered how they are made. Animal trafficking awareness also relates to the SSND commitment to Laudato Si'. Please join us in a conversation about how we can be more aware of what we consume and how it affect...
Apr 09, 2025•21 min•Season 5Ep. 7
In Season 5 of Called to Action Episode 6: Atlantic-Midwest Province Human Trafficking Committee, we invite Sister Joan Pikiell from the Atlantic-Midwest Province and a member of the human trafficking committee. Sister Joan shares her story of becoming a SSND and some history on when the Atlantic-Midwest Province was created. We also discuss why she became a member of the human trafficking committee and what they do to advocate for the end human trafficking.
Mar 26, 2025•22 min
On Called to Action Episode 5: St. Bakhita Catholic Worker House we speak to Executive Director Ann Haines. We also welcome back Sister Vicki Jean Chambers who is a board member for the St. Bakhita Catholic Worker House. Sister Vicki helps provide the history of St. Bakhita Catholic Worker House and the relationship SSND has with them. Ann educates us on the history of St. Josephine Bakhita, explaining how the St. Bakhita Catholic Worker House helps rehabilitate women who are victims of traffick...
Mar 12, 2025•20 min•Season 5Ep. 5
In Season 5 of Called to Action Episode 4: Alliance to End Human Trafficking, we welcome Katie Boller Gosewisch, Executive Director at Alliance to End Human Trafficking. Katie shares the beginnings of the organization, which was originally called Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking. She also explains the work they do to educate and advocate for victims.
Feb 26, 2025•20 min•Season 5Ep. 4
In Season 5 of Called to Action Episode 3: TraffickCam app: A way everyone can help, we welcome Kimberly Ritter who is Director of Operations at Nix Conference and Meeting Management. Kimberly has a strong connection to SSND having daughters that went to Notre Dame High School, St. Louis, and was the guest speaker in 2019 at Women's Leadership Luncheon. In this episode, she shares how she began working with sisters to plan their meetings, how Nix Conference and Meeting Management became involved...
Feb 12, 2025•21 min•Season 5Ep. 3
In Season 5 of Called to Action Episode 2: Advocacy in Effingham, Illinois, we are joined by Sister Jane Boos to discuss why there is a need for human trafficking advocacy in Effingham. She also describes what the 57/70 Task Force has done to educate the community. We hope everyone can take the information from this episode and be encouraged to take action in their local communities as well.
Jan 29, 2025•21 min•Season 5Ep. 2
In Season 5 of Called to Action Episode 1 we explore our topics systemic roots and the importance of advocacy with our guest, Sister Helen Marie Plourde, who provides background for when the SSND Central Pacific Province Human Trafficking Committee was created. We also discuss how language and pornography lead to the ongoing exploitation of women and discuss why sex trafficking continues to permeate society. Also, Season 5, Episode 1 introduces Sister Jan Berberich as our new co-host, whom some ...
Jan 15, 2025•15 min•Season 5Ep. 1
In Episode 10: Racial Justice, A Call to Action we welcome Tim Dewane, Director, Office of Global Justice and Peace at SSND. Tim discusses the need for racial justice and how it is a call to action for all of us by outlining the three pathways the racial justice committee follows. We hope you found this season inspiring and educational, and we can't thank you enough for joining us this season as we explored racial justice. We look forward to Season 5, returning January 2025!
May 22, 2024•23 min•Season 4Ep. 10
In Episode 9: High School Students Views on Social Justice we welcome two students from Notre Dame High School in St. Louis to discuss our country's youth and where they stand on the topic of social justice. Joy Garavaglia and Elizabeth Merrill share their experiences learning about social justice in high school and how they apply it to their relationships with their friends and family. We hope you get some helpful information from this episode and we appreciate you listening to Called to Action...
May 08, 2024•20 min•Season 4Ep. 9
In Episode 8: Ecological Economics and Environmental Racism we welcome Sister Ethel Howley from the Atlantic-Midwest Province joins us to share her experience with Laudato Si' and help us explore ecological economics and environmental racism. We hope you get some helpful information from this episode and we appreciate you listening to Called to Action.
Apr 24, 2024•26 min•Season 4Ep. 8
In Episode 7: Learning about Segregation and Generational Poverty we welcome Sister Vicki Jean Chambers who discusses why there is still segregation in cities across the United States and why generational poverty is part of the systemic racism present in the country. We hope you get some helpful facts from this episode as we educate ourselves on segregation and generational poverty.
Apr 10, 2024•24 min•Season 4Ep. 7
In Episode 6: Understanding White Privilege and White Supremacy we welcome associate Judy Gregor who shares her experience as a SSND Associate and what she has learned as a member of the Racial Justice Committee. We hope you enjoy this episode as we explore understanding white privilege and white supremacy.
Mar 27, 2024•18 min•Season 4Ep. 6
In Episode 5: Preserving the History of Indigenous People we welcome Sister Connie Schmidt who shares her experience working in ministry for 21 years on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation located in South Dakota. We hope you enjoy this episode as we explore the importance of honoring the history of indigenous people.
Mar 13, 2024•25 min•Season 4Ep. 5
In Episode 4: Understanding White Privilege, White Fragility; and Mircoagression we welcome Sister Rose Mercurio to help us define these terms, be aware of them, and address them to enact change. We hope you enjoy this episode and that you listen to each episode, available every other Wednesday!
Feb 28, 2024•23 min•Season 4Ep. 4
In Episode 3: Learning Our Common History we welcome Sister Addie Lorraine Walker to help us dive into our common history and how banning books affects the narrative of American History. We hope you enjoy this episode and that you listen to each episode, available every other Wednesday!
Feb 14, 2024•23 min•Season 4Ep. 3
In Episode 2: Catholic Social Teaching on Racial Justice we welcome Sister Janise Berberich to help us explain Catholic social teaching around racism. She offers a great perspective from her 35 years of teaching at Notre Dame High School, St. Louis. We hope you enjoy this episode and that you listen to each episode, available every other Wednesday!
Jan 31, 2024•26 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Welcome back to another season of Called to Action ! Season 4: Racial Justice, Episode 1: Introduction to Racial Justice helps us explain how to define racism and lays out the first steps someone can take when working towards dismantling their own racism. Our first guest Sister Barbara Pfarr, part of SSNDs Racial Justice Committee, help us introduce the topic and walks us through the three pathways the committee suggests following when approaching the subject of racism. We welcome you to listen ...
Jan 17, 2024•24 min•Season 4Ep. 1
In preparation for the launch of Called to Action Season 4: Racial Justice we are releasing a special bonus episode that was recorded after the conclusion of Season 3. We hope you enjoy this episode with special guest Libby Keady who is a theology teacher at Notre Dame Preparatory School in Hampton, Maryland. Libby's senior class had been listening to Season 3: Migration, We Stand in Solidarity and offered us some great feedback that was helpful to have coming from a younger demographic. Our con...
Nov 15, 2023•20 min
On episode 10, our Called to Action season finale, we welcome Bishop Mark Seitz from the Diocese of El Paso. Bishop Seitz is currently involved in advocacy for immigration reform. He shares how the Catholic faith shows us how Catholic social teaching can intersect with legislation to find a solution to the problems he sees at the border of Texas and Mexico. We hope you join us for this amazing conversation. If you have any questions or comments please contact us at Communications@ssndcp.org . Al...
Jul 19, 2023•22 min•Season 3Ep. 10
On episode 9, we welcome Sister Lucy Nigh who has just completed 13 years of service in ministry at the border of Arizona and Mexico. She shares many stories that describe the dangers migrants go through when attempting to cross the Southwestern border and explains the type of enforcement the U.S. is currently using to police the border. We hope you join us for this amazing conversation. If you have any questions or comments please contact us at Communications@ssndcp.org . All content © 2023 Cal...
Jul 05, 2023•24 min•Season 3Ep. 9
On episode 8, we welcome Sister Cathy Doherty and a DACA recipient named Ivonne who she has assisted along with many other immigrants through her 30 years of experience working in ministry at Our Lady of Guadalupe located in Ferguson. Together we discuss what the term "dreamers" refers to and the process someone goes through to become a DACA recipient. We hope you join us for this amazing conversation and if you have any questions or comments please contact us at Communications@ssndcp.org . All ...
Jun 21, 2023•24 min•Season 3Ep. 8
On episode 7, we welcome Sister Limeteze Pierre-Gilles who is currently living in Maryland and works for an organization called Beyond Borders that primarily works with the Haitian community to help improve their overall living situations. Sister Limeteze also shares her experience working with migrant families affected by climate change that have been separated through their migration. We hope you join us for this amazing conversation and if you have any questions or comments please contact us ...
Jun 07, 2023•25 min•Season 3Ep. 7
On episode 6, we welcome Sister Kathy Schmittgens who is currently the co-director of the associates program for the School Sisters of Notre Dame Central Pacific Province. Sister Kathy shares her experience of being displaced in Africa with the local migrant community as she helps us explore the root causes of immigration. If you have any questions or comments please contact us at Communications@ssndcp.org . All content © 2023 Called to Action: A School Sisters of Notre Dame Central Pacific Prov...
May 24, 2023•25 min•Season 3Ep. 6
On episode 5, we welcome Sister Beatriz Martinez who is currently representing the School Sisters of Norte Dame at the United Nations in New York. Sister Beatriz offers a global view of how legislation and policies have affected migrants worldwide. She also shares with us her personal experience as a migrant, moving to different areas within Mexico as a child so her family could find better work opportunities. We are excited for you to join us in this conversation focusing on how migration is a ...
May 10, 2023•24 min•Season 3Ep. 5
On episode 4, we welcome Sister Christine Garcia who is serving her second term as a Provincial Councilor in the Central Pacific Province. Join us as Sister Christine talks us through the common myths that society has been told about immigrants. We hope you enjoy this episode and welcome you to contact us at Communications@ssndcp.org if you have any questions or comments you would like to share. Called to Action Season 3: Migration, We Stand in Solidarity is a School Sisters of Notre Dame Centra...
Apr 26, 2023•23 min•Season 3Ep. 4
On episode 3, we welcome Sister Jan Gregorcich, who has been a School Sister of Notre Dame for 53 years, as she shares stories with us about her visits with detained immigrants in detention centers in Kenosha and Douglas Counties in Wisconsin. Her firsthand experience helps us navigate immigration law and puts into perspective what visas are available to immigrants and the obstacles they face. We hope you enjoy this episode and welcome you to contact us at Communications@ssndcp.org if you have a...
Apr 12, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 3
On episode 2, we welcome Sister Jean Ersfeld, a School Sister of Notre Dame, who is currently in ministry at Sacred Heart Parish located in St. Paul, Minn. In this episode, Sister Jean explores the topic of what scripture and Catholic social teaching on migration tell us, and what part they play in the movement for immigration reform. Both Sister Jean and Sister Anna Marie offer great perspective and share stories from their experience working in ministry to help explain how faith plays a role t...
Mar 29, 2023•36 min•Season 3Ep. 2
