This year's 14th annual Founders' Day celebration honored the life of Sister Dorothy Stang, SND, who was murdered last February while continuing the social justice mission of the SNDs in the northern Amazonian regions of Brazil, where she lived and worked for nearly 40 years. Sr. Dorothy was committed to working to combat the social problems that existed for the landless people and small farmers in Brazil.

Speaking on Sr. Dorothy's work was Sr. Barbara English, SND, who was among the group who traveled to Brazil with Sr. Dorothy. Sr. Barbara discussed the challenges that the Sisters faced while working in Brazil and the call to action to continue their mission. She is currently Director of the Julie Community Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

Above: Michael Valanzola, Maria Torra, Sister Janet Eisner, SND, Sister Barbara English, SND, Jeff Joseph and Susan Aguiar