“This is not something I do; this is God’s work.” Sister Joan Dawber, SC (Halifax) describes her experience of being called, through prayer, to a new ministry helping survivors of human trafficking.

Sister Maxine Kollasch, IHM, of A Nun’s Life Ministry, interviews Sister Joan in a recent podcast. Listen to the interview

Sister Joan is the founder of LifeWay Network, which provides safe housing for women who have been trafficked and offers education about trafficking to the general public. From Sister Joan’s bio on the LifeWay Network web site: “Since 2006, Sr. Joan S. Dawber, SC has been engaged full-time in working to abolish human trafficking. As the Founder of LifeWay Network, her focus has been establishing safe housing for human trafficking survivors in the New York area and educating the general public on this important issue. Sr. Joan’s contributions to the abolitionist movement have been lauded by numerous organizations, including St. John’s University, who awarded her their Caritas Medal in 2014; Pax Christi Metro New York, who presented her with the Sister Christine Mulready Peacemaker Award in 2015; and New York’s New Abolitionists, who named her as one of their own in 2014. A member of the Sisters of Charity Halifax, Sr. Joan is a former co-chair of the New York Coalition of Religious Congregations to Stop Trafficking in Persons, serves on the Sisters of Charity Global Concerns Resource Team, and is a board member of the US Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking.”

Source: Sisters of Charity Federation Website