The American Sign Language track of the 2012 Eucharistic Congress in Atlanta, Georgia, featured Sister Shirley Bodisch, OP, as a presenter. Sister Shirley, a native of Boston, has worked in deaf ministry for more than 30 years in Louisiana and Mississippi. Read story in Georgia Bulletin

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“The year was 1858. Three brave women religious—Maria Benedicta Bauer, Thomasina Ginker, and Cunigunda Schell—leave Germany by boat for the new world with a mission of teaching German immigrant children and eventually caring for elderly women,” noted Racine Dominican Vice President Sister Agnes Johnson as her community began a year of sesquicentennial celebration. After traveling the United States, the three pioneer women settled in Racine, Wisconsin, on May 12, 1862, to start a new community. Read more