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220 guests were very happy to gather again after a four-year hiatus due to Covid-19. All the usual features - visiting and catching up, raffles, beautiful decór and music were again in place at Quiet Cannon ballroom. Yolanda Santillan provides a report and great photos!

In April 2023, the Leadership Team made a visit to a migrant shelter in Mexicali. Their visit was to offer companionship and friendship to those who are staying there while awaiting appointments with U.S. immigration. Sister Pati Reinhert wrote about the experience, described as "bittersweet" by Sister Rosina Conrotto.

For many years the Sisters spent summer vacation at their retreat house, St. Katherine's, in Moss Beach. This issue of Presentation Roots includes a variety of photos and information about what such a vacation looked like over the years.

The Sisters in the Motherhouse took the occasion of National Gun Violence Awareness Day to engage in learning and advocacy, then witnessed on the front steps to all passing by. Let us all pray and do what we can to bring an end to mass shootings, and an increase of peace.