School Sisters of Notre Dame from the Atlantic-Midwest and Central Pacific Provinces will be among Catholic sisters from about 50 congregations across the United States gathering for prayer and a press conference at the Capitol on June 24.
Along with social justice groups and other concerned people of faith, the group will urge the Senate to reject steep budget cuts that will gut healthcare and food assistance, inflicting serious harm on families, children, the elderly and disabled, and to oppose the massive increase in spending for inhumane roundup of immigrants, deportation without due process, and cruel family separation.
For more than a century, Catholic sisters have been at the forefront of serving vulnerable communities in the United States through their ministries. They witness the struggles faced by these vulnerable people, and how they will be harmed by these inhumane, unprecedented cuts to social safety net programs.
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- Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia
- Franciscan Action Network (FAN)
- Network Lobby
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Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
