Sister Mary Kay Brooks, Provincial Councilor, shares a reflection on social distancing and COVID-19, “This is a strange, humbling and surreal experience. The best way to explain my reaction is to imagine a teeter-totter. From moment to moment, day to day, I go back and forth from disbelief to frustration to fear to vigilance. How do we best protect our sisters, especially our elders who are more vulnerable? Even on a teeter-totter there is a base, an anchor, a center. When I feel myself swinging from high to low and back again, I see and hear signs of hope from the larger community. My heart turns to the base, to my anchor, to my center and I know God is here with us in compassionate love.”
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During this time of social distancing, many schools and non-profits are re-organizing and rethinking ways to stay connected to students, employees, supporters and the under-served. The School Sisters of Notre Dame ministries are working to maintain interaction and support for their students, clients and employees. Dr. Christine Pharr, President of Mount Mary University in Milwaukee shares, “This situation, however unfortunate, has sparked a sense of innovation and determination that demonstrates our creativity in the most challenging of circumstances. The care and concern that Mount Mary University shows for its students has never been more evident!”
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Three School Sisters of Notre Dame associates served at Casa del Refugiado in El Paso, Texas, Anne Vidacovich, from Irving, Texas, Anne Carey, from Florissant, Missouri and Mariellyn Kuske, from Waverly, Minnesota. They share how the experience has changed them. Anne Vidacovich shares, “The emotions I experienced as I drove a mother and her daughter to the airport remain with me. I continue to pray that the person who paid for their transportation and who is sponsoring them, truly cares for them. I pray the mother and daughter will not become part of the ever-increasing problem of vulnerable people who are trafficked.”
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