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Zooming Through 2020
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When Girls Rise, We All Rise
12 Life of Determination and Transformation 14 Using One’s Hands to Create and Meditate 18 Dedicated to God and Compassionate Care 20 Hope for Louisville Families 22 All Creatures Big and Small 25 Highlights 26 Journeying On 28 Super Raffle
Zooming Through 2020
(with help from friends) Like everyone else in 2020, Martha Walsh, SCN, has learned to adjust.
For 14 years, Sister Martha taught English to Chinese students. For all of these years except for this pandemic year, these classes have been in person, meeting weekly at the Chinese Lutheran Church in Quincy, Massachusetts. But like everything else in 2020, the pandemic altered her ministry in the ways she can reach her students. In the past, grants through the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth supplied textbooks and workbooks. A bit intimidated at first by the technology; she is now using Zoom. She started as a complete novice, beginning to use computers only 12 years ago. She doesn’t own a smartphone. With research, practice, and a few friendly helpers, she is becoming more proficient.
On the Cover Martha Walsh, SCN, of Massachusetts, where she teaches English as a Second Language.
The Journey is produced by the Office of Mission Advancement for the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. Contributors include Diane Curtis, Dana Hinton, Spalding Hurst, Dianne Smith, Janice White, Leslie Wilson, and SCN Associate Patsy O’Toole; SCNs Sangeeta Ayithamattam, Adeline Fehribach, Jackulin Jesu, Mary Margaret Nirmala and Ankita Thomas.
SISTERS OF CHARIT Y OF NA ZARETH • VOL. I 2021
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