Called to Action: A School Sisters of Notre Dame Central Pacific Podcast

In Episode 9: High School Students Views on Social Justice  we welcome two students from Notre Dame High School in St. Louis to discuss our country's youth and where they stand on the topic of social justice. Joy Garavaglia and Elizabeth Merrill share their experiences learning about social justice in high school and how they apply it to their relationships with their friends and family. We hope you get some helpful information from this episode and we appreciate you listening to Called to Action.

Please join us is prayer with Sr. Ethel Howley from our Atlantic-Midwest Province, as we pray "A Prayer for Our Environment" from Pope Francis' Laudato Si'. 

In Episode 8: Ecological Economics and Environmental Racism we welcome Sister Ethel Howley from the Atlantic-Midwest Province joins us to share her experience with Laudato Si' and help us explore ecological economics and environmental racism. We hope you get some helpful information from this episode and we appreciate you listening to Called to Action.

In Episode 7:  Learning about Segregation and Generational Poverty we welcome Sister Vicki Jean Chambers who discusses why there is still segregation in cities across the United States and why generational poverty is part of the systemic racism present in the country. We hope you get some helpful facts from this episode as we educate ourselves on segregation and generational poverty.

In Episode 6:  Understanding White Privilege and White Supremacy we welcome associate Judy Gregor who shares her experience as a SSND Associate and what she has learned as a member of the Racial Justice Committee. We hope you enjoy this episode as we explore understanding white privilege and white supremacy.

In Episode 5: Preserving the History of Indigenous People we welcome Sister Connie Schmidt who shares her experience working in ministry for 21 years on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation located in South Dakota. We hope you enjoy this episode as we explore the importance of honoring the history of indigenous people. 

In Episode 4: Understanding White Privilege, White Fragility; and Mircoagression we welcome Sister Rose Mercurio to help us define these terms, be aware of them, and address them to enact change. We hope you enjoy this episode and that you listen to each episode, available every other Wednesday!

In Episode 3: Learning Our Common History we welcome Sister Addie Lorraine Walker to help us dive into our common history and how banning books affects the narrative of American History. We hope you enjoy this episode and that you listen to each episode, available every other Wednesday!

In Episode 2: Catholic Social Teaching on Racial Justice we welcome Sister Janise Berberich to help us explain Catholic social teaching around racism. She offers a great perspective from her 35 years of teaching at Notre Dame High School, St. Louis. We hope you enjoy this episode and that you listen to each episode, available every other Wednesday!

Welcome back to another season of Called to Action! Season 4: Racial Justice, Episode 1: Introduction to Racial Justice helps us explain how to define racism and lays out the first steps someone can take when working towards dismantling their own racism.  Our first guest Sister Barbara Pfarr, part of SSNDs Racial Justice Committee, help us introduce the topic and walks us through the three pathways the committee suggests following when approaching the subject of racism.  We welcome you to listen to the conversation and to join us as we educate ourselves on how to better accept, navigate, and change the systemic racism that exists around us.