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Fall Two Thousand Fifteen
Volume 44, Number 1
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2015–16 Calendar of Events
October
18 Mass for Benefactors
Holy Family Church, Chicago
November
1 Mass for Benefactors
Mount Carmel, Dubuque, Iowa
12-14 Dubuque’s Got Sisters
Discernment Weekend
18-23 Kino Border Initiative
Immigration Immersion
Immokalee, Fla.
20-22 School of the Americas Vigil
Fort Benning, Ga.
December
2 Prayer Concluding
Year of Consecrated Life
St. Raphael Cathedral, Dubuque, Iowa
January
13-17 Immokalee Immigration Immersion
Immokalee, Fla.
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Wake Up the World
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Seasoning
by BVMs Teri Hadro,
Mira Mosle and Kate Hendel
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Consecrated Life, Prophecy,
Postmodernism
by Mary Donahey, BVM
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Mary Ellen Caldwell, BVM:
Powerhouse in a Small Package
by Mary A. Healey, BVM
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Pope Francis: ‘Wake Up the World!’
by Jody Iler
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Initial Membership: Sharing the
Mission of Mary Frances Clarke
by BVMs Kathy Carr and Lou Anglin
Editor/Design: Angie Connolly
[email protected]
Managing Editor: Jody Iler
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Sisters & Students
Build Lasting Friendships
by Ellen Reiss
12
‘Circle of Friends’ Fosters
BVM Charism
by Associate Dan Abben
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Jubilarians Reflect on
Year of Consecrated Life
by Jody Iler
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Golden and Diamond Jubilarians
by Jody Iler
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SALT Briefs
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In Loving Memory
20
Midwest Catholic Sisters
Support Laudato Si’
10
March/April
Ecuador Immersion Experience
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S A L T MAGAZINE
On the cover: Pope Francis has called on each of us to “Wake Up
the World”—sharing our gratitude, passion and hope with others.
This issue of Salt illustrates the responses of both lay persons and
consecrated religious to the pope’s call to action. BVM Carolyn
Farrell (Lester) and Kaitlyn Timm, a student at Clarke University
in Dubuque, Iowa, forged a close friendship during an oral history project this year, fostering the link between the past, present
and future.