JANICE HARTMAN

As a child, I wanted to be a religious sister but was a member of another Christian Church and put the idea on hold for decades. I married young and had nine children. I was interested in the Catholic Church and was baptized with seven of my children. Then I received First Communion and was confirmed. Read more

MARY KESTELL, SDS

As I enter novitiate, I have been asked what attracted me to the Sisters of the Divine Savior and why I chose to come here. Ultimately, it is God’s call within my heart and where he has led me through the people and events of my life. Read more

Susan Whitney remembers that her interest in religious life started when she was 6 years old. She was drawn to her parish church during school recess loving the beauty and the quiet. But her life took several abrupt turns. Read more

BOB SPOERL

I am a privileged student. On May 11, 2009, following the end of my spring semester and junior year of college seminary at St. Joe’s on the campus of Loyola University Chicago, a small group of us from the Loyola University community went on what is called an Alternative Break Immersion to spend 11 days in El Salvador. Read more

MEGAN SCHIELE

Service to me is what I can do to help someone else. During the summer, I served on a staff of 10 college-aged students who worked for the Catholic HEART Workcamp. I began my journey in Providence, R.I., and then traveled to Boston, Mass., Prince Frederick, Md., Pittsburgh, Pa., and Dayton, Ohio, and with a final stop in Kearny, N.J. Read more

MARK KOBER

Last summer, I had the opportunity to serve in the mission of S. Sudan with the Comboni Missionaries as part of my vocational discernment. It is something I have wanted to do for a long time, and, I know it is often said, but it was a life changing experience! Read more

MJ GROARK

May 2006, I began a drastic reordering of my life. For many years I had constructed a personal mindset in which I expected the world to serve me. I had profound ups and extreme downs, but at either end, I expected others to serve me.
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SISTER ELLEN REILLY, RN

It was a blessing to be welcomed by the Daughters of Charity in Milwaukee and the staff at Columbia St. Mary’s Health System when, in 2008, I was sent there for the first stages of formation: pre-postulancy and postulancy.
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JULIA WALSH

I believe that my baptism is what beckoned me into the Christian church. During my infancy, God called my name and designed a life for me. Read more