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In the early 1980s, Mother General Sister Patricia Maria Mulpeters encouraged Sisters and Associates to begin to form "Focus Groups" around areas of shared interest. Sister Rosemary McKean, Sister Rosemary Campi, and Sister Jacqueline (Jackie) Graham formed the core of the Focus Group on the Environment, with Sister Rosemary McKean as the leader. With advanced education and teaching careers in the field of science, these three Sisters were knowledgeable about human impact on the earth long before it was widely discussed in everyday discourse.

Sister Kathleen Curtin visited a very special convent in Guatemala this month. She is an advisor for the Missionary Sisters of the Eucharist, an order of religious women who are native Guatemalans that was founded by a former San Francisco Presentation Sister, Mother Tonia Orland.

May Barisone is an Associate with the Presentation Sisters, San Francisco. She was recently asked to share the story of how the Sisters have influenced her life and what being an Associate means to her. “My first memory of the Sisters of the Presentation was...

Annual contest raises awareness among high school students and the community. Sister Rita Jovick reports on the recent Teen Summit and award ceremony.

Gilroy: the Ohlones, garlic, ranches, agriculture, the San Francisco Presentation Sisters: all these define the town today. Learn more about the enduring influence of the Sisters at St. Mary School.

This month's pictures from the archives features Sisters working with the unhoused population in 1994, 2001, and 2005 in a variety of locations throughout California.