Solidarity Bridge

Our Oncological Surgery Medical Mission team is departing for Santa Cruz, Bolivia, tomorrow! Please wish them well and keep them in your prayers ?? as they and the local Bolivian medical team treat 20 patients next week for cancers including gallbladder, liver, thyroid, gastric, and others. We'll post more updates throughout the week.

Have you RSVP'd yet?? Just 6 days left to reserve your spot at our Fiesta Gala on April 5th! Reserve now: https://buff.ly/mruWWvn Join us for an elegant and joyful evening on April 5th at the Chicago Botanic Garden in celebration of women in health featuring a silent auction, raffle prizes, live auction, dinner, and music with the Solidarity Bridge community.??

?? A reminder that Solidarity Bridge will speak today at all the Masses at St. John XXIII Parish in Evanston about our healing mission and the week's Lenten readings. We hope you can join us in person or online. ?? To live-stream the Sunday Masses, connect to the parish YouTube page today at https://buff.ly/3WVVje4 at 10:30am (English) or 12:30 pm (Spanish). Join us at Mass in-person for the following services, at either the St. Nicholas campus at 806 Ridge Ave, Evanston, IL, or at the St. Mary campus at 1012 Lake St., Evanston: Sunday Masses: St. Mary Church 8 a.m. (English) 10 a.m. (English) St. Nicholas Church: 8:30 a.m. (Spanish) 10:30 a.m. (English) ** 12:30 p.m. (Spanish) ** We are grateful to the St. John XXIII community for their ongoing support and solidarity!

Today, on International Women’s Day, we honor the incredible contributions of the women who make our work possible. We celebrate the female medical providers who donate their time and expertise to provide life-saving care in Bolivia and Paraguay, and share their knowledge through training the next generation of medical professionals. We recognize the women of our sister organization, Puente de Solidaridad, whose compassion and support help guide patients through every step of their healing journey—logistically and emotionally. We are grateful for our all-female Solidarity Bridge staff team, who works tirelessly to ensure the sustainability of our programs We also thank the Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach for their generous donations of medical equipment. Our gratitude extends to our dedicated female medical translators who bridge communication between U.S. and Bolivian teams, and the female Bolivian doctors who volunteer their time to care for low-income patients on campaigns throughout the year. Finally, we honor the women on our board and among our donors, whose support makes all this possible. Thank you to all the women who help us transform lives and build healthier communities! Today, we celebrate you ?? ?? ?? Celebrate Women in Health with us at our annual Fiesta Gala, on April 5th. Learn more and purchase tickets before March 17th by following the link in our bio. #InternationalWomensDay2025. #IWD2025. #ChooseToChallenge. #WomensRights. #GenderEquality.

This Lent, St. John XXIII Parish Evanston is partnering with Solidarity Bridge, through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. This weekend, Solidarity Bridge members will speak at all the Masses about our healing mission and the week's Lenten readings. We hope you can join us in person or online. Two of the Sunday Masses will be live-streamed. Connect to the parish YouTube page at https://buff.ly/3WVVje4 at 10:30am (English) or 12:30 pm (Spanish) to live stream the service. Join us at Mass in-person for the following services, at either the St. Nicholas campus at 806 Ridge Ave, Evanston, IL, or at the St. Mary campus at 1012 Lake St., Evanston: Saturday Vigil Mass: St. Nicholas Church 5 p.m. (English) Sunday Masses: St. Mary Church 8 a.m. (English) 10 a.m. (English) St. Nicholas Church: 8:30 a.m. (Spanish) 10:30 a.m. (English) ** 12:30 p.m. (Spanish) ** We are grateful to the St. John XXIII community for their ongoing support and solidarity!

Lent is a time that invites us to transform our lives; an opportunity to open ourselves to all of the new things God has in store for us. By joining together as a community of solidarity, we pray that all of us might experience God’s healing and transformation throughout this holy season. Solidarity Bridge seeks a just, compassionate, and interdependent world, where the health needs of those most vulnerable are prioritized and medical professionals have the necessary resources to serve their communities. Your solidarity and almsgiving this Lent provides critical equipment donations to hospitals, access to surgical care for patients, and medical training to surgeons in Bolivia and Paraguay. Join us in our lenten journey at: buff.ly/40DIu9c

We're hiring!! ?? Solidarity Bridge is seeking a part-time Director of Mission Integration to join our Evanston team. Please help us share the job posting with your networks: https://lnkd.in/gWmXFzrD

What impact does a single surgery have? Ask the mother of our most recent pediatric heart patient, and she'll tell you— it saved her entire world ??. Solidarity Bridge's heart surgery program operates year-round, ensuring a future for some of our youngest patients, thanks to the efforts of our sister organization, Puente de Solidaridad, our compassionate partner doctors, and generous donors ?? . Learn more about the program at: https://buff.ly/3MQzgzZ

"How wonderful would it be if the growth of scientific & technological innovation would come along with more equality & social inclusion. How wonderful would it be, while we discover faraway planets, to rediscover the needs of the brothers & sisters orbiting around us." -Pope Francis ?? #WorldDayofSocialJustice #SocialJusticeDay

As the Solidarity Bridge organization contemplates recent events at the national level, we reflect deeply on the meaning of the word “solidarity.” This value lies at the heart of our work, is reflected in our name, and has served as the core motivating principle of our mission for over 25 years. Rooted in Catholic social teaching, we seek a just, compassionate, and interdependent world, where the health needs of those most vulnerable are prioritized. Out of these values, we feel called to speak about the recent US cuts to foreign aid, international cooperation, medical research, and global healthcare funding, which threaten essential services while undermining efforts to prevent and respond to health crises, in the low-income regions in which we work and around the world. Read the full statement at: