Called to Action: A School Sisters of Notre Dame Central Pacific Podcast

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Called to Action: A School Sisters of Notre Dame Central Pacific Podcast

The School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) have supported education and enrichment since its founding in 1833. To continue the tradition of education and enrichment, SSND Central Pacific Province has created a podcast, Called to Action, where we feature sisters, staff, SSND ministry leaders and prominent women in our communities who are leading efforts to change the world within five focus areas: Care of Creation, Immigration and Refugees, Human Trafficking, Gospel Peace and Nonviolence and Racial Justice. A new episode is released every other week!

  1. 1D AGO

    St. Bakhita Catholic Worker House

    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 traff...

    20 min

  2. FEB 26

    Alliance to End Human Trafficking

    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.

    20 min

  3. FEB 12

    TraffickCam app: A way everyone can help

    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...

    21 min

  4. JAN 29

    Advocacy in Effingham, Illinois

    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.

    21 min

  5. JAN 15

    Human Trafficking: Systemic Roots and Advocacy

    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 so...

    15 min

  6. 05/22/2024

    Racial Justice, A Call to Action

    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!

    23 min

  7. 05/08/2024

    High School Students Views on Social Justice

    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 ...

    20 min

  8. 04/24/2024

    Ecological Economics and Environmental Racism

    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.

    26 min
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The School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) have supported education and enrichment since its founding in 1833. To continue the tradition of education and enrichment, SSND Central Pacific Province has created a podcast, Called to Action, where we feature sisters, staff, SSND ministry leaders and prominent women in our communities who are leading efforts to change the world within five focus areas: Care of Creation, Immigration and Refugees, Human Trafficking, Gospel Peace and Nonviolence and Racial Justice. A new episode is released every other week!

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