id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt news-007284 Sister Norma Pimentel, M.J., champion of immigrants, to receive Notre Dame’s 2018 Laetare Medal | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame .html text/html 982 32 48 Sister Norma Pimentel has given her life to welcoming Christ in the immigrant and refugee,” said Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.  “In awarding her the Laetare Medal, Notre Dame celebrates her witness of seeking and generously serving Christ in the most vulnerable.”  Sister Pimentel, a religious sister of the Missionaries of Jesus, has overseen the charitable arm of the Diocese of Brownsville (Texas) since 2008, providing a range of services that includes emergency food and shelter, housing assistance, clinical counseling and pregnancy care to all four counties in the Rio Grande Valley. News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Sister Norma Pimentel, M.J., champion of immigrants, to receive Notre Dame’s 2018 cache/news-007284.html txt/news-007284.txt