Associates and Sisters of St. Agnes celebrated the Feast of St. Agnes with an afternoon Mass followed by dinner last January 20.

For more than 100 years many Christian denominations observed January 18 - 25 as a Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Please join in prayer with Jesus who also pleaded “that all may be one.” John 17:21

Sharing the Gift of Mission: CSA's Legacy of Service to Fond du Lac Community (from Action Advertiser, Sunday, January 8, 2012; Photo by Patrick Flood)

TR Knitters Help Keep Chicago Students Warm from the Lakeshore Chronicle
TWO RIVERS -- Think of a circle with children in the center wearing warm knitted hats, scarves, mittens and gloves. They are from St. Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Grade School on the south side of Chicago. The circle surrounding them is made up of a unique group of adults, some from Two Rivers, who have created the smiles on these children's faces. READ MORE

Last January 5, 2012, Sisters of St. Agnes and representatives of Agnesian Health Care came to bless the employees of Nazareth Court and Center who transitioned into being under the "umbrella" of Agnesian Health Care. Click here to view the Video.

Dispelling the Myths . . .

Quest Newsletter - Winter 2012 a testimonial to Sister Judith's ministry

Human Trafficking Awareness and The Superbowl Initiative
That's also the goal of Sister Stella Storch, OP, a Dominican who works as the justice coordinator for the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes in Wisconsin, when she makes presentations about the signs of trafficking and what people can do if they observe them. Excerpted from The Catholic Digest, from second half p. 62 and all of p, 63

Sister Katie Schilling recently visited the Maureen Courtney School for Special Needs Children in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua. Together with CSA Development Ministry Director Terry Letvinchuck, she is exploring options for donor mission visits to the areas in which the Sisters of St. Agnes minister.

New York Leo House Has Fond du Lac Roots
Hundreds of police and firefighters in need of respite during 9/11 rescue and recovery work found their way to The Leo House, three miles north of New York City's World Trade Center. READ MORE

A video from St. Elizabeth's Health Center in Tucson, Arizona

Enjoy the newsletter of sisters along the border entitled CSA Community Along the Border.

Sisters Nancy and Mary Ann talk about their ministries on video.

Sister Ann McKean talks about Adelante Mujer in this video. 

For several years Sisters Jomarie and Ann, CSA, have served as members of the Common Ground Core Team. Today Sister Jomarie proudly shared what she called “a tremendous accomplishment” in dealing with home foreclosures in Milwaukee. Read more.

Sister Mary Ann with friends and volunteers at Tarboro Community Outreach (TCO) in North Carolina. The following are videos from TCO. 1 2 3 

Some time was spent over the weekend with Sister Donna in Michigan where she ministers to assisted living residents.

Sister Madeline and Sister Pat and their ministry of providing holistic healing options for the poor on the South side of Milwaukee at Core/El Centro.

Sister Annette in one of her volunteer areas at a high rise apartment building where she works with coordinating a companion care program for S.E.T. Ministries.

Sister Edie is a social worker at the People’s Resource Center. Last year they served 31,500 individuals with food, clothing, literacy, homeless prevention and job search assistance. She shared that they are seeing many middle class families coming for services for the first time.

Sister Joanita has worked for a laboratory located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota for the past eleven years which is one of the largest manufacturer of hearing aids in the world. She works for Hear Now of the Hearing Foundation. Last year they provided 7,090 recycled, repaired and cleaned hearing aides to low income adults throughout the U.S.

CSA's role in the history of St. Joseph's/Jefferson West/Kennedy Middle School in Hays, Kansas
The history is very colorful as it includes historical connections with John F. Kennedy when he was a senator and famed atheist Madelyn Murray O'Hare when she almost launched a lawsuit against the school district for alleged violations of the separation of Church and state.

Sister Mary Alice is Coordinator of Religious Education at St. Stephen's Parish in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.

Sister Mary, who teaches 5th grade at Mary Queen of Saints Catholic Academy in West Allis, Wisconsin, had a visit from Communications Director Val Graczyk. 

CSA Continues Commitment to Stop Sex Trafficking in the United States - Press Release

See Sister Peg Spindler speak at length about the growing number of homeless people in Gary, Indiana.