Sr. Maria Louise Edwards
Vice President of Águilas del Desierto, Sr. Maria Louise Edwards earned a BFA in theater from New York University and began an acting career before becoming a Felician Sister. Prior to her role at Águilas, she worked as a mission leader at Holy Name of Mary College School in Canada and served as assistant director of Angela Spirituality Center in Pomona, CA where she ministered to women living on the streets and caught in human trafficking.
Saving Lives at the Borders
A reflection by Sr. Maria Louise Edwards on a life-saving mission at the border.
Serving where needed since 1874
Founded in Poland in 1855, the Felician Sisters are a congregation of women religious inspired by the spiritual ideals of their foundress, Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska, and Saints Francis of Assisi, Clare of Assisi and Felix of Cantalice. Arriving in North America in 1874 following Blessed Mary Angela’s directive “to serve where needed,” they helped to weave the social service system. Today, the Felician Sisters founded, sponsor or support through the presence of our sisters, more than 40 ministries – all continuing to evolve to meet the needs of the people they serve.
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