Sister Barbara Battista
Sister Barbara Battista is a native of Indianapolis who currently ministers as the Congregation's Justice Promoter. She credits her social justice activism to her mother Alice's strong example. Raised in a large and extended Italian family household, Sister Barbara comes by community organizing quite naturally. She is a passionate and energetic advocate for full equity and equality for women and girls in church and society.
Living the Gospel: What’s Next
So, what can I do? What can we do?
Holy Saturday – Waiting in Darkness
Whatever the call, let us resolve to extend the Light of Christ however, whenever, and wherever we can.
U.S. Climate Regulations Rollbacks: A Call to Action
Will you join us?
A note from Sister Barbara from her experience in the death chamber
'I watched a man die.'
A Note from Sister Barbara Battista: August 12, 2024
Voting in elections is how we voice our values and shoe genuine respect for others
A Note from Sister Barbara, July 10, 2024
New research is underway on the history of the land where we settled
A note from Sister Barbara, June 12, 2024
"When you think about the 'homeless' or 'unhoused,' what comes to your mind?"
A Note from the JUSTus Podcast Team, May 8, 2024
Edna Ruth Byler of the Mennonite Central Committee started working on Fair Trade in 1946 after visiting a women’s sewing circle in Puerto Rico. Although living in poverty, the women of the village created beautiful lace – which she brought…
A Note from Sister Barbara Battista, April 9, 2024
'Our perspectives have been shifted a little ...'