Sisters Make a Difference at the Southern Border

By Therese Horvat | Special to the Times
January 11, 2020

The sisters volunteered at Casa Alitas, a program of Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona that provides care, short-term shelter and help to reunite migrants with family members in the U.S. During their time in Tucson, the sisters were among those welcoming and assisting two busloads of asylum seekers each day. 

Pictured, far left, Sister Josephine Macias, CDP