Pastoral & Social

Section 2

Spiritual Care, Women & Children

During the 1960s, many sisters in both the United States and in Mexico began working in institutions not directly related to the Congregation.

Pastoral & Spiritual Care

Spotlight: Sr. Martha Josefina Rea González

Pastoral Ministry
Parish ministry was introduced in the United States in 1968 when Sisters Helen Ann Collier, Alice Maria Rothermich, Joan Holden, and Jane Frances McGrail served as assistants to pastors in two parishes in St. Louis, Missouri.

Pictured are Srs. Annette Pezold and Helen Ann Collier.

Migrant farm workers
Sr. Guadalupe Moreno, Michigan. Sr. Lupita has served the migrant farm work population in Michigan for many years.

Sr. Brigid Marie Clarke
After teaching and serving for many years as principal in Catholic elementary schools, Sr. Brigid Marie Clarke served as Director of the Catechetical Center for the Archdiocese of San Antonio and as a consultant and facilitator of the Catholic Consultation Counseling Center. Later she ministered as a spiritual director and facilitator for individuals, parish groups, and other religious congregations.

Women & Children

Sr. Neomi Hayes and Yolanda Tarango
Visitation House Ministries was founded by Sisters Neomi Hayes and Yolanda Tarango in 1985. Homeless mothers with young children are empowered through housing, education, employment, and a caring community as they become self-sufficient members of society.

Sr. Cindy Stacy
Sr. Cindy Stacy ministered at Visitation House for more than 20 years. Visitation House has extended into the broader community with La Casita Learning Center. Her work has empowered women through education, thus changing lives of future generations.

Women’s Global Connection
Women’s Global Connection was founded by Sisters Dorothy Ettling and Neomi Hayes. Women’s Global Connection strengthens families and communities and works for transformative change. The organization fosters innovative partnerships that support projects linking women and girls to education, technology, and business opportunities.

Pictured: Co-founder, Sr. Dorothy Ettling, far right.

Girls’ Summit
Local high school girls plan the Women’s Global Connection Girls’ Summit. They look at what it means to be a global citizen and ways they can empower women at home and worldwide.

Tampamolon Women’s Cooperative
The Congregation established Cooperativade Mujeres Tampamolon, San Luis Potosí, to train indigenous women to do needlework that will enable them to produce garments and jewelry that can be marketed and sold. This enables them to provide for their families and gain some financial stability.

Pictured is Sr. María Cardoso and one of the program’s clients.

Centro de Mujeres Tonantzin
The Congregation founded Centro Mujeres Tonantzin, Juarez, in 1998 to lift migrant women out of the poor quarters in Ciudad Juarez. Sr. Petra Peña, second from left, works alongside other women, making their own composting toilets.

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