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

Call to Action's Season 3: Migration, We Stand in Solidarity is a School Sisters of Notre Dame Central Province podcast. Season 3 will feature the return of co-host Sister Anna Marie Reha, and the addition of Adam Schicker, School Sister of Notre Dame's  (SSND) newest Communications Manager. This season will focus on the SSND corporate stance on comprehensive immigration reform and will feature guests that offer the audience perspective and education on this global issue. 

On episode 1 we will welcome our guest Sister Rose Ann Ficker, who will provide an introduction to immigration reform and discuss the importance of the SSND corporate stance as we all stand in solidarity to enact change.

In this last episode of Season 2, Sister Anne Marie Reha and Kaitlyn Holdmeyer speak with Hawley Iseke, Theology Department Chair and SSND associate in Guam. Hawley shared how choices matter and it's important to recognize the interconnectedness of everything. For more information download this pdf: Recognize our interconnectedness with all creation.

Sister Jeanne  Wingenter has a passion for justice and peace. In this episode of Called to Action, Sister Anna Marie Reha and Kaitlyn Holdmeyer, speak with Sister Jeanne to better understand the just war theory and its five principles. For more information download these pdf: Challenge the validity and application of “Just War Theory" and The Challenges of Global Conflict and Eradicating.

Sister Paul Mary Draxler, a member of the Gospel Nonviolence and Just Peace committee, shares how important it is to understand the myths of war. In order to have peace, we need to have prayer and open communication. Join co-hosts, Sister Anna Marie Reha and Kaitlyn Holdmeyer, as they learn from Sister Paul Mary. For more information download this pdf: Promote peace-building through nonviolent policies, practices and strategies. You can also sign up to get notifications from Voter Voice. 

Season 2 of Called to Action,  discusses the theme of Gospel Nonviolence and Just Peace with co-hosts Sister Anna Marie Reha and Kaitlyn Holdmeyer. In this episode, we talk with Sister Alice Zachmann. Sister Alice is a champion for peace and has participated in many peaceful protests over her 73 years of professed life. She also founded the Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA in order to protect the many Guatemalans she came to know and love when missioned there. For more information download this pdf: Foster a culture of peace and eliminate violence.  Find the Prayer for Torture Awareness month written by Sister Dianna Ortiz, an Ursuline Sister, and friend hero of Sister Alice. 

Sister Anna Marie Reha and Kaitlyn Holdmeyer speak with Sister Ruth Mori from Kyoto, Japan.  She shares how the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki affected her family and Japan. To Sister Ruth, Gospel Nonviolence and Just Peace is a longing from a person’s soul, and its living out should start personally and should spread gradually among people like gentle water.  For more information download this pdf: Advocate for the use of diplomacy and dialogue to abolish war and nuclear weapons.  Read Sister Ruth's reflection shared in the August 2020 SSND monthly eNewsletter. This episode does have a transcript available.

Sister Lois Martens, shares the importance of Gospel Nonviolence and Just Peace (GNJP). She has served on the GNJP committee for many years and still feels that living GNJP is a journey that can take a lifetime. For more information download this pdf: Recognize our interconnectedness with all creation.  Sign up to get notifications from Voter Voice and learn more about the seven-year commitment made by SSND to the Laudato Si' Action Platform. 

Anne Vidacovich, a SSND associate shares how having an open mind and heart can create space for Gospel Nonviolence and Just Peace (GNJP) with co-hosts S. Anna Marie Reha and Kaitlyn Holdmeyer. For more information download this pdf: Recognize and respect the dignity of each person; live and teach love and compassion for all.  Gain a better understanding by reading the Gospel Nonviolence and Just Peace Corporate Stance Statement. 

Learn more about Gospel Nonviolence and Just Peace (GNJP) from Sister Paulissa Jirik who is on the GNJP committee. For more information download this pdf: Cultivate our own inner peace, self-respect and recognition of one’s own dignity.  Read the Gospel Nonviolence and Just Peace Corporate Stance Statement. 

In this episode, you learn more about the School Sisters of Notre Dame's corporate stance on Gospel Nonviolence and Just Peace from Shalom/JPIC director, Tim Dewane. For more information download this pdf: Nonviolent Policies, Practices, and Strategies.  Read the Gospel Nonviolence and Just Peace Corporate Stance Statement.