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MinistryCaminando Juntos
Services provided include:
Caminando Juntos provee las siguientes areas de servicio para los inmigrantes Latinos en Sioux Falls:
Caminando Juntos Brochures:Caminando Juntos Ministry Brochure - (PDF)
SISTERS IN MINSTRYSister Janet Horstman
Sister Sheila Schnell
Sister Consuelo Covarrubias
Sister Gabriella Crowley
Pilar Baron
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Our sisters have a long history with ministry with Spanish-speaking women and men. Mission StatementCaminando Juntos, sponsored by the Presentation Sisters, is a ministry with the Latino population in the Sioux Falls area. Inspired by the zeal of our foundress, Nano Nagle, and her deep love for those made poor, Caminando Juntos responds to the Gospel mandate to “welcome the stranger.” Our primary purpose is to help create a welcoming presence and respond to the needs of newer Latino immigrants as they seek to integrate into a new culture and make a home among us. Nuestra MisiónCaminando Juntos, patrocinado por las Religiosas de la Presentación, es un ministerio para la población de Latinos en el área de Sioux Falls. Inspirado por el celo de nuestra fundadora Nano Nagle y su profundo amor por aquellos que son pobres, Caminando Juntos responde al mandato del Evangelio a “recibir al forastero.” Nuestro propósito principal es ayudar a crear un ambiente acogedor y responder a las necesidades de los nuevos inmigrantes Latinos que buscan integrarse dentro de la nueva cultura y hacerse un hogar en medio de nosotros. Immigration Issues:Go to the Bishops' Justice for Immigrants Campaign website to learn more about immigration issues: Justice for Immigrants (www.justiceforimmigrants.org) The Conference of Presentation Sisters Statement on Immigration Read more
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Caminando Juntos, meaning walking together, is the name of the Presentation Sisters' ministry among the Hispanic people in the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, area. This ministry, which began in 2002, continues to grow as the population in Sioux Falls and the surrounding area becomes more diverse. In February 2006 Caminando Juntos was Recognized by the United States Immigration Board of Appeal and Sister Janet Horstman was Accredited to provide legal immigration services.
Sister Janet, educated by the Presentation Sisters in Mitchell, S.D., spent 19 years teaching in Catholic high schools in South Dakota and Nebraska. After language and cross-cultural studies, she spent two years ministering in Guerrero, Mexico. For nine years prior to beginning her ministry in Sioux Falls, Sister Janet served as Director of Outreach Ministry at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Omaha, Neb. Sister Janet is an Accredited Immigration Specialist and works with individual and families on their immigration needs.
Sister Sheila has worked in the area of spirituality and adult education for over 30 years, offering retreats, Bible studies and spiritual direction. In 1992 she visited Guatemala and Mexico and fell in love with the people and their cultures. After language and cross- cultural studies she taught English to poor street women and children in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Prior to moving to Sioux Falls to begin ministry in 2002, Sister ministered for five years at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Omaha, Neb.
Sister Consuelo, whose parents came from Jalisco, Mexico, is a first generation Mexican-American, born and raised in Montana. A former elementary teacher, she began ministry with her people in 1979. Since then she has been involved in a variety of Hispanic ministries including diocesan and parish ministry in Minnesota, Indiana and Wisconsin. Sister moved to Sioux Falls in 2002 to begin her ministry there.
Sister Gabriella served in health care and parish ministry for many years. From 1980 until 1997 she was a missionary in Guerrero, Mexico. After working with the Good Shepherd Center in Sioux Falls once she returned to the United States, Sister Gabriella now brings her compassionate heart to ministry with Hispanic people in the region.
Pilar is a Latina woman originally from Columbia, South America. She began ministry with Camiando Juntos in 2007 and is responsible for providing office services. Pilar responds to initial contacts, assesses the client's needs and refers the person to a staff member or another Sioux Falls agency. She also assists Sister Janet with legal immigration ministry.