addiction

  • Sister Inspiration: Francetta McCann, OP

    Sister Inspiration: Francetta McCann, OP

    October 25, 2019

    Here I am, Lord is Sister Francetta McCann’s favorite hymn. For a time, in her younger years as she lay in her bed at Marywood contemplating ministry, this song woke her night after night. “That’s when I knew I was being called to work with people with addictions.” A nurse by training, care-taking has long […]

  • Sister Inspiration: Dorothy Ederer, OP

    Sister Inspiration: Dorothy Ederer, OP

    May 31, 2019

    See the Person Before You “It is a mistake to stereotype women who are at risk, addicted to drugs, prostituted, or living on the street,” cautions Catholic Chaplain Dorothy Ederer, OP. Sister Dorothy counsels women as young as 18 up to age 65. Lately the majority at Holy Cross Services in Lansing and Corcoran House […]