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Chapter Call The Chapter Call is a distillation of the Congregation’s participation and response to the presentations, discussions, prayer, and sharing through the various Chapter processes in 2020-2022. Unanimously affirmed at Chapter, the Chapter Call provides a guiding principle for the many decisions that will challenge the Congregation in coming years. Sister Anita Baird, Keynote Speaker
The Congregation received input and inspiration from Sister Pat Murray, IBVM, Executive Secretary of the International Union of Superiors General; Sister Anita Baird, DHM, the first African American to serve as Chief of Staff to the Archbishop of Chicago and co-founding director of the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Office for Racial Justice; and Bana Gora, Chief Executive of Muslim Women’s Council. Sister Pat stirred the hearts and spirits of sisters and associates at their June 2021 Congregation Assembly with her talk, “Follow the Lights within to the Edge of Tomorrow.”
“More and more we realize that we can only make the future by walking together, sharing the lights of the Holy Spirit as we move towards the edge of tomorrow.” At the March 2022 Chapter of Affairs, the Congregation was inspired and challenged by their keynote speakers, Sister Anita Baird, DHM and Bana Gora.
“We can complain, or we can stand up and do something about it.” – Bana Gora
Bana Gora, Keynote Speaker
“To be on the edge of tomorrow requires that we examine and reassess our underlying attitudes and beliefs rooted in white privilege and access. We must reexamine and reassess our miseducation about power and dominance over everything and everyone, including Mother Earth.” – Sister Anita Baird, DHM “It doesn’t matter how big a step you take, as long as you take a step.” – Bana Gora
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LIVING PEACE
