Volunteers and Donors Invest in the Lives of Women
Greetings! My name is Carol Fendt, and I am starting my 5th year as a Board Member for Mary’s Pence. Prior to serving as a member of the board, I...
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Celebrating Gilda Larios’ Two Decades of Commitment to Justice & Solidarity
For 20 years, Gilda Larios has made significant contributions to the work of Mary’s Pence –– first as a Mary’s Pence grantee in Mexico, then as a Mary’s Pence board...
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Meet Laura: St Joseph Worker at Mary’s Pence
This fall I joined Mary’s Pence as a volunteer with the St Joseph Worker (SJW) Program, a service year for women created by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet...
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Intern Kiyomi Kishaba shares her “verse”
One glance at her room decor of “the future is female” and “empowered women empower women” posters and any common passerby would know Kiyomi Kishaba is a feminist. Take a...
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Reflections on the MPP and Injustice at the Border
Image: Volunteers bringing supplies over the border to asylum-seekers. Yesterday, March 11th 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld Trump's policy of forcing asylum-seekers to remain on the...
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Love Your Neighbor: A Common Theme in Major Religions
The United States is a religious country. With a population of 330 million people, 185.54 million identify as religious. The major religions practiced in the US are: • Christianity –...
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The Death of the Forest is the End of Our Lives
Sr. Dorothy Stang, SND Advocate for Brazil’s Indigenous Poor and the Amazonian Rainforest An Inspiring Woman Featured in the Mary Pence Women’s Calendar Sr. Dorothy Stang, SND lived and died...
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Meet Bridget – What I Value About Mary’s Pence
I could’ve chosen not to work with Mary’s Pence. As a St Joseph Worker, I had a few options as to where I wanted the program to place me for my...
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Holy Week: Radical Love
This Holy Week we honor the many individuals who engage in the struggle for justice throughout the world. The women of ESPERA and Mary’s Pence Grantees are devoted to uplifting the poor and oppressed, ceaselessly going against the grain of societal acceptance. This commitment to Radical Love flows out of and is nourished by the story of Easter.
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Celebrate Lent: Use the Season as an Opportunity to Delve into Justice and Peace
Prayer, fasting and giving, the three pillars of Lenten practice, are meant to build relationship with God and those beloved by God. These practices are the means to respond to God’s saving love by loving the poor, the oppressed and the marginalized. Lent is an invitation to solidarity with all of God’s creation in seeking justice and peace.
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