Celebrating the Call to Social Justice: Sister Annette Sinagra
Currently ministering at the Motherhouse in Adrian, Michigan, Sister Annette served rural and urban people in the Dominican Republic. Her ministry in the Dominican Republic focused on the education and organization of struggling farmers.
With experience in the Dominican Republic, Sister Annette developed expertise and interest in matters of economic, political and social equity and responsibility. Now working as a corporate responsibility analyst, Sister Annette brings her commitment to social justice to the Congregation’s Portfolio Advisory Board.
As a pure Lakewood product committed to the moral order and betterment of the world, Sister Annette believes not only that a publicly-owned business must be challenged to act justly but also that everyone must share in the process of conscience and system of justice that establishes accountability and mutuality.
“She has taken the lead for the Adrian Dominican Sisters, when approaching large commercial banks, such as Bank of America, Citigroup, and J.P. Morgan Chase and Co., on issues of money laundering, predatory lending, equal access to capital, both domestically and internationally,” explains Anthony Sinagra who with his wife Lucy and family organized an event in celebration of Sister Annette’s Golden Jubilee.
“Her ministry affords a venue for practicing her deepest beliefs that greed must be abolished, racism and sexism confronted, structures that institutionalize poverty transformed, and the integrity of the earth’s ecological balance must be protected,” notes the former Lakewood Mayor in testament to the accomplishment of Sister Annette’s practice.