The pursuit of justice is not the task of a single individual; it is a collective effort that requires the engagement and collaboration of an entire community. While individuals may initiate and coordinate advocacy efforts, addressing systemic injustices demands the involvement of all members. Many prophetic paths have been taken by various sisters throughout the years in responding to injustices. The listing below attempts to highlight some of these pathways.

• Began a major pastoral planning process centered around reaching the needs of the world to prepare prophetic strategies.
• Committed to the needy and marginalized of society and to the ecological needs of the world with equitable distribution of resources.
• Took on new initiatives among the poor urged by the World Vision Committee.
• International Presentation Association attained status in Economic and Social Council at the United Nations to advocate for equity.
• Conducted immersion experiences in El Paso and the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, and into Mexico.
• Advocated lawmakers for systemic change through NETWORK, the McAuley Institute, Children‘s Defense Fund and the Coalition on Human Needs in Washington, D.C.
• Ministered to immigrants and migrants in Florida and later rural Iowa through Hispanic Outreach Ministry of Evangelization (HOME). Accounts of the journeys and challenges endured by immigrants and asylum seekers in the United States were published.
• Lived and worked among the Appalachian poor in Tennessee.
• A peace pole on the Mount Loretto property was created in several languages stating: “May peace prevail on Earth.”
• Weekly demonstrations for peace and nonviolence took place.
• Joined other religious congregations in making a public statement of opposition to the war in the Persian Gulf.
• Accompanied the Guaraní people of Bolivia as the Guaraní People’s Assembly liberated themselves from peonage, and increased production, infrastructure, health, education and territory.
• Accompanied the Quiche people of Guatemala in Chupol and the surrounding area in their struggle for a better life.
• Taught and provided support at an underprivileged school in Arizona staffed by Presentation Sisters from Ireland.
• Served the mentally and physically challenged in foster care at La Posada del Valle in San Juan, Texas, and continued to serve the dying in hospice care in the Rios Grand Valley.
• Began advocating on issues from the Catholic social teaching perspective at the federal, state and local levels, paying special attention to leading justice issues.
• Volunteered and taught at a needy school in San Antonio, Texas.
• Taught at St. Francis School for exceptional children in Illinois.
• Provided new border experiences, offering education on the plight of the immigrants and theological reflection.
• Worked with the Mercy Affordable Housing Ministry in Dubuque, creating new housing projects and affordable apartments for low-income families.
• Coordinated parish life and service groups in Oglala, in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of South Dakota, and accompanied the indigenous people, even surviving a devastating tornado.
• Offered prison ministry in Florida and Minnesota.
• Worked in shelters, latch key programs, teen centers, affordable housing and job training in Muscatine, Iowa.
• Directed an afterschool program and other assistances for students at Okolona, Mississippi.
• Offered multiple services to the Latino population of Dubuque centered at St. Patrick Church.
• Assisted the preparation of women religious leaders in Tanzania, East Africa.
• Administered the inner-city food pantry at St. James Parish in inner city Chicago.
• Established the Presentation Lantern Center in Dubuque to offer hospitality, English language learning, citizenship classes and a multitude of other services. Retired Presentation sisters, associates and others offered their well-developed teaching skills and hundreds of donated hours as tutors.
• Protested the violation of the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty by the U.S. government with an act of civil disobedience at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, followed by months of prison time in Lexington, Kentucky. The line at the School of the Americas (known as the School of Assassins) was crossed protesting the formation of brutal Latin American dictators.
• Adopted the Earth Charter, with principles for justice and peace, a global society and encompassing the needs of Earth.
• Justice promoters from each Presentation congregation worldwide met in Cebu City of the Philippines to coordinate justice work among countries and continents.
• Prepared young African Americans to be future food service chefs and entrepreneurs at Café Reconcile in New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Joined Presentation Conference members to respond to homelessness after the Katrina flooding in New Orleans and collaborated on the joint mission of the Lantern Light Ministry.
• Began receiving homeless women and children at Hotel Hope in New Orleans and assisting them to resilience and home independence. Service trips to Lantern Light and Hotel Hope began, heightening awareness of the painful realities of women, children and men and fostered ongoing relationships.
• Made connections to services for unattended needs of immigrants of Central Iowa through an outreach program of Mercy Hospital in Mason City, Iowa.
• Supervised schools for a very diverse population in Birmingham, Alabama, including upgrading curriculums for schools in need.
• Facilitated collaborative efforts among the six local congregations of women religious to address immigration issues as well as care of creation. These congregations participated in the United Nations Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2009.
• Directed St. Pius X Parish‘s Social Justice Outreach recuperation efforts from the major flood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 2008, obtaining donations and grants for attending to food, water, clothing and all basic needs of the hundreds of persons affected.
• Joined the Tri-state Coalition Against Human Trafficking to alert bus drivers, law-enforcement, social workers, county attorneys, mayors, business owners and others to discover and capture traffickers and then provide recovery services. The coalition began to educate sisters, associates and the public and train hotel personnel, law enforcement and companies on how to apprehend traffickers.
• Began serving Hispanic immigrants in Mason City, Iowa; Caminando Juntos in South Dakota, and established La Luz Hispana, a welcoming and educational center in Hampton, Iowa.
• Volunteered to help asylum seekers in El Paso and Kino to legally reach friends and family members.
• Met with the tri-state congregational justice promoters to coordinate justice efforts in the area.
• Established the Laudato Sí Committee, inviting sisters and associates to respond to the cries of the earth and the poor, adopt sustainable lifestyles and become empowered.
• Established the Land Justice Committee to look at restoration and reparations around land issues.