Revitalized Joy! This is what our SLW direction statement says is ours.

It’s all of ours. Not just joy, but revitalized joy. 

It never ceases to amaze me how creative my nieces and nephews are when they have to give “time outs” to their little ones in need of “behavior-attitude adjustments.” I was reminded of this when I started reflecting on the readings for the Second Week of Advent that call for spiritual “time outs,” in other words repentance and conversion.

We are saddened to share that Sister Jean Krieter passed away on November 29th, the First Sunday of Advent. She will be dearly missed.

Happy Advent! So many people loved our Advent Reflection books and we hope that you will also find our weekly reflections helpful in celebrating this beautiful season.

Click here to register for our November 15th Sister Chat with Sister Joanne Grib on her experiences volunteering to help the homeless.

175 congregations of women religious pray for peace on Election Day; Sisters will offer perpetual prayers for 24 hours

40 days of prayer lead up to next phase of the Laudato Si’ Action Platform. The prayer campaign supports the seven sectors joining the Laudato Si’ Action Platform with a dedicated day of prayer for each, connecting each sector with a Laudato Si’ Goal.

Join us from the comfort of your own home for the Sisters of the Living Word 2021 “All That Jazz” Virtual fundraising event!

Our event this year will include daily prize giveaways for our registrants, a silent auction, a cash raffle, our mission update, and the annual SLW Volunteer of the Year and Partner in Mission Awards.

Every month we gather for an intimate 45-minute discussion with a SLW Sister to talk about their ministry, service, life experiences, and the work that they are passionate about. These moderated discussions are followed by an open Q&A with our event attendees.

I greet you during this Easter season, those 50 days after Easter Sunday and before Pentecost, which will be celebrated this year on May 23rd. It is a time characterized by the joy of the glorified life and the victory over death expressed most fully in the great resounding cry of ALLELUIA.

Sister Elaine Tworek began her autobiography with this statement: “It has always been of special significance to me that I was born into life and New Life on the same day”. As desired by her parents, Alois and Helen Tworek, and the pastor she was brought to St. Francis Church the very evening of her birth, May 21, 1940, in Lindsay, Nebraska, to be baptized.

“There are 3 “H’s”: holiness includes recognition of our humanity that leads us to humility.” -Sister Marie McKenna, featured guest for SLW’s March Sister Chat.

Every month we gather for an intimate 30-45 minute discussion with a beloved Sister to talk about her life experiences and the work that she is passionate about! Chats will take place on the last Thursday of every month during the lunchtime hour at 12pm CT. Each conversation will be anchored by a service topic chosen by the featured Sister and will include a moderated discussion followed by an open Q&A with our event attendees.

A Message from Leadership

The Sisters of the Living Word stand to promote the value of respect in every aspect of life and society. People, today of every walk of life are our neighbors, our friends, our faith journeyers, our community leaders, health workers and laborers, and sharing the same home — Earth.

Over the last year we heard a resounding theme in the messages and phone calls that we received- many of us have experienced a difficult time maintaining a deep sense of closeness and community without being able to see other people. We have missed, and even longed for, the simplest of conversations and connection opportunities that felt so naturally accessible in the past.

Lent is a time for a renewal of heart! As we pray in psalm 51, “Create in me a new heart, O God.” What does this mean? For each of us it means conversion, returning to God’s ways. There is always some aspect in our lives in which we are not living fully as God created us to. One of the Core Values of the Sisters of the Living Word is CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME- Earth.

The 2021 SLW Ministry Grant Applications are now open! We, the Sisters of the Living Word, are a community of 46 women religious founded in 1975 and headquartered in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Our Mission is to reflect and affirm the Word, Jesus, who frees the oppressed and gives new life.

January 11th is Human Trafficking Awareness Day. This document created by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange shares more on human trafficking, a structured prayer calendar, and information on the National Human Trafficking Hotline (888-373-7888).

The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) joins with the world in praying for peace after witnessing the violence and lawlessness yesterday in our nation’s capital. We are deeply concerned about the state of our country and the future of our democracy.

Remembering the bus that I saw going around the city providing for the needs of the homeless, I decided to see what they might have to offer for volunteering.