Our solidarity with the cry of the poor and the cry of the Earth deepens our commitment to bring fuller life to others and urges us to work to sustain all of life by caring for our common home, providing for the poor, and urges us to embrace the call to ecological conversion.
Anti-Human Trafficking
“It is not possible to remain indifferent before the knowledge that human beings are bought and sold like goods” (Pope Francis March 5,2014)
As a congregation we have committed ourselves to do all that we can to stop this “crime against humanity” by reaching out to victims, empowering survivors, educating the public, and partnering with governments, NGO, organizations and other religious congregations who are committed to make a difference.
Eliminating Single-use-plastic
Plastic waste is threatening waterways, aquatic habitats, and the ecological balance of our global communities. We, the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother, commit ourselves in doing our part to eliminate our use of single-use- plastic in all our communities and ministries wherever we serve in the world.
Laudato Si’
The Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother have enrolled in the Vatican’s Laudato Si’ Action Platform, joining our world Catholic community in a seven-year commitment to study, help put into action and live more fully an aspect of Catholic Social Teaching that has been given scant attention until Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’.