Sister Emily TeKolste featured in Global Sisters Report

“Before I entered my community, I worked part time at a food pantry in Indianapolis. The full-time-volunteer executive director and many people I worked with had different politics than I did. Then-Indiana Gov. Mike Pence once visited the food pantry (before I worked there), and his picture hung on the wall. 

“People who lived in the neighborhood volunteered there, and people drove in from the suburbs to volunteer. We were different races, had different income levels and socioeconomic backgrounds. We had different levels of education. And all of us came together to serve our community, to make sure people had enough food to eat.

“I don’t work in direct service anymore and don’t have as much time for volunteering these days, but I see it in my community in Terre Haute, too, when I do find time to volunteer with one of the local food pantries. It’s a human thing, to care for each other. 

“Now I spend my days in political ministry at the federal level in an increasingly divided nation, and the story on a larger scale looks so different.”

Sister Emily TeKolste, SP, was featured in Global Sisters Report with her recent column “The existence of billionaires is immoral.” Read the complete piece here.