The Religious of Jesus and Mary have ministered along the USA-Mexico border for many years. Ministries have included schools, residences, and other projects in Texas, and California.
Today, the RJM in San Diego are part of an inter-congregational community and are participating in the Sisters Collaborative for Border Ministries with women religious from 11 other congregations.
The RJM Border Ministry to Migrants has worked with Catholic Charities and Jewish Family Services on the USA side of the border and Madre Asunta shelter and Casa de Los Pobres on the Tijuana side.
This initiative is supported by the UISG (International Union of Superiors General), the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, and many individuals and groups through donations to the congregations of sisters involved in the collaborative. You can support the RJM Border Ministry to Migrants through prayer and with financial assistance.
Learn more about the word of the RJM and other sisters involved in the Transborder
Coalition for Border Ministries
California sisters form coalition to help migrants on border
Global Sisters Report – April 17, 2025
Sisters support migrants in need through nonprofit Border Compassion
Global Sisters Report – April 7, 2025
Sisters in Action
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of San Diego
Sister Networks Building Hope at the US/Mexico Border (video)
USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture – Oct. 11, 2023
RJM Srs. Rosie Nicholson and Sandra Salazar appear on the Winter 2025 cover of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus‘ Actions newsletter.
The Holy Child Sisters partner with the Religious of Jesus and Mary in San Diego in the Transborder Coalition for Border Ministries and they partnered with the RJM, along with the National Council of Negro Women, in founding the Washington School for Girls in DC.
Read more about the coalition on pages 2-3 of the SHCJ newsletter