A Theresian Litany of Solidarity

Today and everyday Theresian women stand in solidarity through prayer with women throughout the world.

We stand in solidarity with women living in poverty around the world.

We stand in solidarity with single mothers nurturing children in strained situations.

We stand in solidarity with women who are left behind as their husbands are employed with the military.

We stand in solidarity with women who are forced into prostitution.

We stand in solidarity with women caught in the web of domestic violence.

We stand in solidarity with women caught in the web of human trafficking

We stand in solidarity with women suffering female genital mutilation.

We stand in solidarity with girls who are forced into marriage as children.

We stand in solidarity with women whose children are sold into slavery as servants and sexual slaves.

We stand in solidarity with women in mourning.

We stand in solidarity with women who watch their children waste away from malnutrition.

We stand in solidarity with women raped and ravaged as instruments of sexual torture.

We stand in solidarity with women in war torn places.

We stand in solidarity with women denied education and opportunities to discover their gifts.

We stand in solidarity with women denied professional recognition because of the patriarchy in churches, schools, businesses, and governments.

We stand in solidarity with women whose long suffering is tested every day – in every land.

We stand with women whose indomitable spirit sustains the roots of human development and still dare to explore the balance of right relationships.

We stand with women who risk death to protect the young – in homes, in hospitals, in schools, in the villages and cities of this world.

We stand with women who speak and write and sing and dance and create art that addresses the dignity inherent in all women.

We stand in solidarity with women who are victims of war, who become the tools of war, and gender violence.

We stand with women who choose to stand in solidarity today and every day.

We stand in solidarity with Theresian women in leadership:  local, district, regional, national and international.

We stand in solidarity with women emerging in leadership in the Church and society.

We stand in solidarity with our Theresians sisters everywhere.

We, as members of Theresians International, stand in solidarity in prayer with women who suffer in all parts of the world for all reasons.

May the gentle hand of our loving God embrace the world and help all people see the full value of half the human race.