Advocates for Life

During this time when anti-immigrant sentiments, misinformation and hatred are finding a way into laws, policies and ways of dealing with immigrants, we, Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, believe it is especially urgent that we stand with immigrants and with those who share our passion for justice for immigrants.
The Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters have been sent to immigrants from the very beginning. The first Sisters from our Motherhouse in Steyl were sent to an immigrant community in Argentina. We recognize that "the dignity and intrinsic value of the human person is more important than any material help we can give... In our efforts to combat hunger, ignorance and the denial of human rights, we follow Catholic social teaching and the directives of the local church."

We, the Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, stand in solidarity with the victims of human trafficking and take a corporate stance against the trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation, prostitution, forced labor and/or real or virtual slavery. Through valuing life and promoting the human dignity of each person, we uphold the dignity and human rights of those exploited and journey in building communities and societies of Gospel justice.
From the beginning of our congregation, we have served as women for and with women. "We consider it an important mission to enable women to grow in awareness of their personal dignity and their role in the family, the Church and society" (Constitution 109.3). The practice of human trafficking exists here in the U.S. and worldwide. It is a violent and inhumane exploitation of the human person and is incompatible with the values of the Gospel; therefore, the Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters oppose the trafficking of human persons.

We, the Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, believe the Earth was created as an inheritance from God to all of humankind - a gift the Creator entrusted to us to care for and use wisely. Every inhabitant of this planet is called to be a steward of Earth's bounty, beauty and resources.
A key element of this stewardship of Earth is the responsibility to protect God's gift from those who - either knowingly, or through ignorance - seek to destroy the precious endowment that is nature. As we see our fragile, but essential, ecosystem being threatened, we strive to protect and preserve the gift of our environment for present and future generations.