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At heart of our mission, we are called to walk alongside those who face injustice. Here you will find posts and resources on social justice, advocacy, and good citizenship so you can walk with us.
We, the Leadership Team of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ of the United States Region, wish to publicly share our commitment to advocate for an end to gun violence and its root causes and to promote pragmatic solutions through significant and meaningful dialogue and legislation.
By Sister Krystal Funk, ASC Like thousands of people around the world, I viewed with deep sadness a video of a terrified and bloodied Syrian… Read More »A Syrian Child Cries While We Pick a President
Sister Ann “Anitawa” Fearday, ASC is celebrating big mile-markers this year: her 70th birthday in June and her 50th Jubilee as an Adorer of the… Read More »Q&A with Ann Fearday
Enjoying the night, relaxing with friends, In a moment became the beginning of the end. Hearts racing to music just moments before, Silenced in an… Read More »Orlando Weeping
By Sr. JoAnn Mark, ASC A little more than a year ago, I moved from my university job at Newman University in Wichita, Kan., to… Read More »War, Women and Girls: A Special Kind of Violence
By Sister Regina Siegfried, ASC Gardeners are happily digging, planting, seeding and weeding these days. Community garden plots are a particular love of mine because… Read More »Urban Gardening
By Sister Janis Yaekel, ASC I am Sister Janis Yaekel, ASC and I have pancreatic cancer. In fact, I have lived with cancer since 2012.… Read More »Mysteries in Cancer and in the Garden
We, the Leadership Team of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ of the United States Region, wish to publicly share our commitment to advocate… Read More »Adorers’ Statement on Ending Gun Violence
By Sr. Regina Siegfried ASC In the preface to her excellent “Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love,” Elizabeth Johnson, CSJ quotes the… Read More »Entangled Bank
by Sr. Sara Dwyer, ASC Pope Francis’ long-awaited encyclical on the environment, released today, focuses squarely on ecological justice. “Laudato Si,” or “Praise Be” challenges… Read More »Pope Francis’ Encyclical and ‘The Beautiful Order of Things’
by Sr. Sara Dwyer, ASC This has been a week of human violence and extreme natural disasters, not only in Baltimore and Nepal, but in… Read More »Baltimore, Nepal, and Standing Witness
by Sr. Sara Dwyer, ASC Celebrating Easter, with the lilies and the tulips, and singing Alleluia is easy. Even joyfully energizing! But then comes the… Read More »Easter: The Season for Hope, The Season for Justice