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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...

Cathy reflects on her connections with the Sisters of the Presentation as a teacher and Associate, and her new means of continuing connections with former students through Facebook...

When did this incredible, ever changing and challenging journey begin? I would  have to say from early childhood to the present day.  My introduction to Presentation Women took place during my elementary school  years...

Capacitar – Spanish for “to empower, to encourage, to bring to life” – is the life work of Associate Pat Cane. Today, the organization she founded works around the globe, bringing relief and helping people heal their own lives and transform their families and communities in conflict-stricken areas...

By Kay Sweeney, Associate Program Facilitator Betty Canton Self is a woman (pictured) who has never allowed her heart or feet to stay still. She has been a Presentation Associate for more than twenty years. After leaving Texas, where she lived after escaping the civil...

Earlene was born on November 21st, the Feast of the Presentation, in Oakland. She states, “How blessed I was and still am today.” Her introduction to the Sisters of the Presentation came at age 7 when she became a boarder at St. Joseph's in Berkeley...

Barbara “Bobbi” Evans was part of the first graduating class of Our Lady of Loretto High School in 1953. She had her heart set on attending Immaculate Heart High and “not that new school,” as she pleaded with her mother, but fate had other plans. There she made many dear and life-long friends...

Christa Hanson grew up in Davenport, Iowa, the middle child of three in a Catholic family. Although her father worked in a factory and money was always a challenge, the family was committed to Catholic education. The three girls attended St. Alphonsus School. Christa noted, “One of my first memories of Kindergarten was when Sister Miriam Elizabeth greeted me outside the school. I ran up the sidewalk and...

As a little girl after finishing her chores and homework, Jane would gaze at the world map on her bedroom wall and dreamed of the countries she hoped to visit one day. Growing up in New Jersey she got bitten by the wanderlust bug at an early age and it has stayed with her all her life...

Sandra spent her childhood in Honolulu with her family, and it was very good. She attended private schools and was baptized when she was nine years old and in the 4th grade at St. Theresa’s. Attending this Catholic school changed her life...

Three young women in India have hope for the future with our help. Associate Nanette Miller, works with the the Diocese of Miao in northern India and has this report on the use of funds provided these girls through the annual “Easter Egg Grants...”

After a year of preparation, Yolanda Montano Santillan, Our Lady of Loretto High School, Class of 1974, Los Angeles, joined the Presentation Associates at the 2019 Assembly on June 22, 2019. She was presented to the community by Rosalie Cabrera, Our Lady of Loretto...

Spotlight on Ministry – Kay Sweeney met the Presentation Sisters when she was participating in a Maryknoll summer program in Guatemala. She had gotten a taste of ministry to the Spanish speaking on a trip the year before...

At its June 2019 Assembly, the Presentation Community welcomed three new Associates. All are graduates of Our Lady of Loretto High School, Class of 1974, and active with the Loretto Friends of the Presentation Sisters. By becoming Associates, they have now forged an even closer bond with the Presentation Sisters and their charism. The Spotlight in this issue is on Katherine (Kathey) Valenzuela Sias...

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico was the birthplace of Maria Guadalupe Vital, who is known as Lupita. As a very young child she felt called to share and educate others in the faith. By the time she was 14 years old, she was involved in her parish, El Calvario in Guadalajara, as a catechist. Lupita says, “The leadership came from my mom and dad. They influenced me...