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OLVM Sisters join thousands ringing bells to celebrate victory in DACA ruling

June 22, 2020

Victory Noll Sisters and associates responded to the invitation to celebrate the Supreme Court's ruling issued on June 18 on behalf of DACA recipients (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals).

They joined thousands of others in ringing their mission bell (or bells on their front porches) at noon today, to mark this major victory. This ruling by the Supreme Court means that hundreds of thousands of children known as "Dreamers," are now allowed to remain safe from deportation. The Court voted against President Trump's call to end the DACA program.

The challenge now is for the...

OLVM Sisters statement on the death of George Floyd and call to action to end institutional racism

June 4, 2020

The Leadership Conference of Women Religious in the United States made a public statement recently condemning the police-killing of another black man on the streets of our nation. We join all members of the Conference in mourning with the family and friends of George Floyd and with all who have lost loved ones to law enforcement violence, all who live in fear, all whose dignity is threatened. The continued killing of black men and women; the constant harassment of people of color; and the denial of the rights and dignity of our African American neighbors must end now.

Racism has i...