With her soft voice, slight stature, and propensity to greet jail guards and prisoners alike with a hug or a touch on the hand, it may be hard to imagine that Persch, 80, is one of the most fierce and effective advocates in the Chicago area for detained immigrants, and one of the architects of the hard-won pastoral care program at McHenry. Persch and her colleague Sister Pat Murphy, 85, both nuns with the Sisters of Mercy religious order, have fought a dogged, years-long battle to secure rights and improve conditions for those in the crosshairs of the United States’ much-lambasted deportation policies. We have such gratitude for these Sisters of Mercy of the Americas and Nuns on the Bus JoAnn Persch and Pat Murphy, and all who are working to improve the lives and conditions of immigrants!
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 20:15:01 +0000
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