Learning your community rejected a woman because of her race

Jul 22, 2022
by A Nun's Life Ministry
Social Justice

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Protesters in Washington stand with a sign reading "Racism is Our Longest Plague" Aug. 28, 2020, at the spot where civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. (CNS/Reuters/Tom Brenner)
Protesters in Washington stand with a sign reading "Racism is Our Longest Plague" Aug. 28, 2020, at the spot where civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. (CNS/Reuters/Tom Brenner)
Clip from "In Good Faith"

While serving in leadership within her own community, St. Joseph Sr. Mary Pellegrino learned that years ago, in 1960, her community had rejected a woman because of the woman's race.

In this clip, Pellegrino, speaking with Sister Rejane, shares her experience and how it influenced her.

Click here to listen to the full "In Good Faith" podcast where this clip is from.

Read more about this story here.

Related: Reckoning: White sisters respond to their own racism, to one historian's call for justice

GSR shares clips from our friends at A Nun's Life Ministry. Check out full episodes of all their podcasts (Ask Sister, In Good Faith, Random Nun Clips and more, like the archived Motherhouse Road Trips) on their website, ANunsLife.org.

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