Two weeks before her death, Persch attempted to bring Communion to detainees at the Broadview, Illinois, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility where for decades the Sisters of Mercy ministered to migrants and refugees. In 2022, the two nuns cofounded Catherine’s Caring Cause in response to a request to help a family seeking asylum, a mother from Sierra Leone with five children, to resettle in the Chicago area. Sister Susan Sanders, president of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, said: “How will it be when we will miss JoAnn’s clear voice — quiet, insistent, regular, and respectful — about the new and daily injustices being perpetrated on already-suffering people?
Author: CNA Staff
Published at: 2025-11-19 22:48:00
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