Ministry Stories
Sister Margaret Jane's Ministry in El Salvador Continues
Sister Andrea Nenzel, CSJP and Sister Margaret Jane Kling, CSJP opened the Calle Real refugee camp in 1985, during the height of the Civil War in El Salvador. The camp, on land owned by the Archdiocese of San Salvador, became a place of refuge for many families displaced by the war; Andrea and Margaret Jane accompanied them, working with the Salvadorans to keep the camp healthy and fed and to keep the community safe. (Read about the current CSJP ministry in El Salvador)
Today, Sister Margaret Jane has returned to El Salvador and is teaching English to the children of many of the parents she worked with at Calle Real.
Margaret Jane teaches three English classes at the . Each class has three types of students: young people who need English as teachers, as guides for tourists, and for future work in the University. These have to be the luckiest English students in Central America: with donations from family and friends, 
Margaret Jane purchased Rosetta Stone programs, workbooks, and games for English learners, and she is always on the lookout for good materials for the classes. Each class includes individual one-on-one conversation with the maestra, computer study, reading aloud, language games and group conversations.
In this photo, Margaret Jane with her two newest students, Sulma and Rosa, both from the Marianella Garcia colonia of Suchitoto. Margaret Jane worked with their parents at the Calle Real Refuge; now she's bringing new energy and hope en inglés to the lives of the daughters.
This story adapted from .