The Province of Mid-North America has dreamed for years of how we will move things forward toward success for the mission. The new Province Leadership Team (PLT) is in place, and they know that a dream of a better province begins with them and each of us. The PLT is excited about what we can…
The Province of Mid-North America welcomes Antonia “Toni” Ponder as Director of Province Administration/General Counsel. In this new role, Toni engages directly with the Province Leader Madeleine Munday, RGS, and the Province Leadership Team. She also works directly with the Province Administration Staff, Sister and Lay Partners-in-Mission, and ministries to actively implement the Province’s core…
Trees are spiritual for me. Trees are what I seek when I need counsel. I walk among trees and talk out loud to them when I am discerning something momentous. I bellow out to them when I am outraged, and I lean on them in whispered prayer. My relationship with trees began a lifetime ago…
This is the story of how one Good Shepherd Apostolic Sister went from counseling to advocacy and saved a family in the process. Chris Hock, RGS, left Portland, Oregon, and the counseling ministries that fed her soul to return to her roots in southern Indiana. When she applied for counseling jobs in the largest neighboring…
The Juneteenth celebration at Earth Dance Organic Farm School in Ferguson, Missouri, spotlighted youth who performed an original play. Community members gathered under an outdoor pavilion at Earth Dance for the Juneteenth celebration on June 19, 2021. The evening’s highlight included a theatrical performance of “The Ancestors Cabinet,” a play written by Karon Majeel and…
Featured panelists on the Exploring Intersections webinar series in July were Vista Maria CEO and President Angela M. Aufdemberge; Ann Oestreich, IHM; and Bailey, a survivor of human trafficking and graduate of the Vista Maria WINGS program. How can we help those we cannot see? How does one empower those who are in chains? These…
