BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - In 2013, Sister Kathleen Atkinson founded Ministry on the Margins.

The Bismarck-based ministry has provided needed services to many people in the years since.

Sister Kathleen’s passion for helping people in transition and people in need is contagious. She’s created a safe space for those people, and a place for others to learn and serve. Now, she’s ready to retire.

Sister Kathleen Atkinson is happiest here. These are her people.

“It’s always about the people and who they are and what they need,” she said.

She says it’s about people like Nathaniel Bittman.

“She’s always been kind to everyone and helping out in the community,” said Bittman.

Since 2013, she’s been helping people at Ministry on the Margins, a ministry she founded to help people in transition.

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