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| Sister Betty Smigla |
Recently Sister Betty Smigla, SP, did just that by agreeing to serve on the Guerin Outreach Ministries Board of Directors.
Guerin Outreach Ministries is comprised of three grassroots ministries founded by Sisters of Providence to respond to the needs of struggling individuals in their local communities. The three ministries are Providence Family Services, serving the Hispanic Humboldt Park area of Chicago; Educational/Family Services providing tutoring in West Terre Haute, Ind.; and Providence in the Desert which serves Hispanic immigrants in Coachella, Calif.
Sister Betty’s early missionary work as a Sister of Providence, in which she spent seven years ministering in the South American country of Peru, plus her decades of work with Hispanic populations in Chicago as teacher, principal and advocate, made her a great fit for joining the Guerin Outreach Ministries board.
"There’s a need, and I have the experience and background — the heart of hearing and seeing the needs of people. At Guerin Outreach Ministries we respond to a need; we help to make people whole by giving them respect," Sister Betty said.
Sister Patty Fillenwarth, SP, president of the Guerin Outreach Ministries board of directors and founder of Providence Family Services, has known Sister Betty since their days ministering together in Peru.
"I think that she is a perfect fit for us because the population she works for is very similar to those with whom we work. This is right up her alley. She knows exactly what the needs are of the people we are dealing with because she works with the same people."
"Sister Betty has always had the same mind: to help people in need," Sister Patty said.
And so Sister Betty has stepped up to offer what she can, both to her sisters in community and to those they serve through Guerin Outreach Ministries.
Read more about Guerin Outreach Ministries and Sister Betty Smigla.
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