CHICAGO (CNS) – Dominican Sister Gabriella Williams in the Diocese of San Bernardino, Calif., gives her heart and soul to her ministry with migrant field workers, hourly laborers and their families living in trailer parks in California’s Coachella Valley.

Sister Rita Schonhoff, a School Sister of Notre Dame, and Dominican Sister Maria Yelitza Ayala live out their religious vocations by serving desperately poor communities in Missouri and Texas, respectively.

Benedictine Sister Kathleen Atkinson from the Diocese of Bismarck, North Dakota, is the founder and director of Ministry on the Margins, working with prison inmates, former prisoners, the homeless, at-risk youth and others who need to encounter God’s love.

These religious sisters and many more around the United States are being highlighted by Chicago-based Catholic Extension as part of National Catholic Sisters Week March 8-14.

The organization is sharing the stories of Catholic sisters who work in the U.S. mission dioceses it supports by sharing their stories online at catholicextension.org/catholic-sisters-week-2016 and on social media via Facebook and Twitter using the hashtags #NunsRock and #NCSW2016.