Sally Leyda
Affiliate, Sisters of the Divine Savior

I have known restlessness in my personal and professional life. This is combined with my deep-rooted sense that life is a wonderful adventure and each day is a chance to know a diversity of experiences. One of those incredible experiences includes becoming an affiliate with the Sisters of the Divine Savior in 2010 and using the time to deepen my prayer life and volunteer activities. Read more

Alex Guzman
Seminarian from Colombia

Little did I realize when I was studying at the Pontifical University in Bogotá, that one day soon I would be studying English in the United States and find happiness in a food pantry in Cudahy! Read more

Barbara Knauf
Pre-Candidate, SSJ-TOSF

The example of many in my family who have answered the call to do something more with their lives has opened me to explore my call to serve. I had two great uncles and three great aunts who answered the call to priesthood and religious life. My Dad is a deacon and my brother is a Capuchin priest. Read more

Arrianne Whittaker
Volunteer

I was a senior at Marquette University and trying to discern my next step in life. I had always intended to attend medical school but couldn’t seem to commit to this plan. As the first semester closed, I found myself in a panic. What would I do next fall? A friend suggested I research committing to a year of service. Read more

Mario Laniez
Volunteer

I am a pastoral volunteer at St. Anne’s Salvatorian Campus, a retirement home sponsored by the Salvatorian Sisters in Milwaukee. Read more

Brother David Hirt, OFM Cap
Capuchin Franciscans, Province of Saint Joseph, Midwest United States

There is a whole generation of religious out there who have been moving their feet their whole lives. They were taught that moving their feet was the most important thing and maybe the only thing that counted. Now that they are retired, their bodies are no longer capable of moving the way they once did.

This summer I am living and working with some of those religious: my brothers among the Capuchins. Read more

Sister Julie Walsh, FSPA
Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration

While I was in my early 20s and discerning sisterhood, I felt insecure about my prayer life. I envied people who were able to wake up at the same time every day and pray in the same way. I had some silly impression that that’s what made a Christian a good Christian — whether they were able to sit still with God before they did anything else. Read more

St. Louise tells the Daughters of Charity that our first thought each morning should be that of God. This thought animates me throughout each day. Prayer calls me to service, and service calls me to reflect and pray. Read more

Lindsey Landgraf

I recently graduated from Divine Savior Holy Angels High School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and on Honors’ Night, received the Salvatorian Service Award along with 29 other seniors. The award was presented by the school’s sponsors, the Sisters of the Divine Savior, to seniors who volunteered on an extraordinary level. Read more

Sister Rosily Menachery, OSF
Hospital Sisters of St Francis, Springfield, Illinois

For me the meaning of “When You Pray, Move Your Feet” is getting out of my comfort zone to seek God’s will in prayer and to get involved in another’s life in a selfless way through my ministry – following the examples of Jesus and St. Francis of Assisi. Read more

Benjamin Babb and Michael Gallagher
Salvatorian Novices

Salvatorian novices blend prayer and action. These young men are no strangers to service. “If I were not a man of service,” Michael Gallagher explains, “I could not call myself a man of faith.” Benjamin Babb, who works with the St. Vincent De Paul Society, adds, “Service, for me, is about finding my own weaknesses, fears and wounds, and using those to connect with people and build a relationship with them. Read more