The Journey 2011 Volume I

The JOURNEY

THE LOVE OF CHRIST IMPELS US

Vol. I 2011

New SCN Book is Released

Impelled By the Love of Christ

A publication of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth

INSIDE THIS ISSUE COVER STORY: 3 Impelled by the Love of Christ: New SCN Book is Released 4 SCN Bicentennial 5 SCN Artist Unveils Paintings

Art Works On Loan

6 Flaget Memorial Celebrates 60 Years 7 Gone but Not Forgotten 8 Heinz Museum Highlights Sisters 9 Sisters Place 10 Inspired by Ellis Island 11 Belizean Family Thanks Pittsburgh Sisters 12 Adventure in Botswana 13 My Travels to India 16 Forging Into a New Frontier in Nepal 17 Associate Reaches Out to the Homeless 18 Offering Comfort at the End of Life 19 Highlights 21 Journeying On 22 Memorial/Honorary Donations

ON THE COVER: Frances Krumpelman, SCN, shares her new book about the Congregation with members of the SCN family.

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Helen Gertrude Fontaine, SCN, celebrates turning one hundred by connecting with Sisters in India via the Internet.

Three SCNs Turn

Ruth Marie McGaughran, SCN, celebrated her 100th birthday in January. Helen Gertrude Fontaine, SCN, marked her 100th birthday in February and in March, Mary Justin Wheeler, SCN, turned 100. Each Sister has a remarkable story and a faith filled life of ministry.

Sister Ruth Marie was joined by family members, friends and SCNs for liturgy and a meal on her birthday, January 2, 2011.

Mary Elizabeth Miller, SCN president, welcomed all those gathered and remarked, “Much has changed in these 100 years since your birth, but the inspiration of your life of faithfulness and zeal for the Gospel is alive and well. As a true daughter of Catherine Spalding, our foundress, you continue to announce the Gospel, and by your daily example, you invite us to fashion a deep link between action and contemplation in our lives.”

Sister Ruth Marie was born in Memphis, Tenn., the second of four children. She attended 12 years of school at Nazareth Academy, and was awarded a scholarship

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for two years at Nazareth Junior College, where she earned a teaching certificate.

During her senior year in high school, she felt called to religious life and entered the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in 1930. She made first vows on March 25, 1932. Sister had 17 teaching assignments over a 40 year span, including all levels of education in six states. She spent several years in pastoral ministry in two states, and then came to Nazareth where she continues to share her special gifts. When she questions why she is still alive, she says that the message she receives from God is to continue doing what she does every day — to take one day at a time and do whatever she can do to make things better. Every decision in her life comes out of her deep relationship with God and the belief in God’s guidance and wisdom. She chuckles that people tell her she is remarkable, but then admits that it is remarkable that she has lived to see so many changes in the Congregation and in the Church.

Sister Helen Gertrude embraced technology to celebrate her birthday,

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Dozens came together to help Mary Justin Wheeler, SCN, mark her 100th birthday in March at a Mass at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky.

Ruth Marie McGaughran, SCN, can be seen walking around the Motherhouse daily. She enjoyed a birthday party in January to honor turning 100.

connecting with her Sisters in India via Skype. The Sisters and members of Leadership greeted her personally and sang “Happy Birthday” both in English and in Hindi. Sister Helen Gertrude also spoke with a dear friend, Sister Ann Roberta Powers, one of six SCNs who travelled to India six decades ago and is still there today. Sister Ann Roberta, who is in her 80s, wished Sister Helen Gertrude a happy birthday and lamented that she had grown old since 2005 when she last saw Sister Helen Gertrude in person.

Sister Helen Gertrude responded with a laugh, “join the club.”

making cards for various occasions.”

Sister Helen Gertrude, a native of Lewiston, Maine, was born on February 18, 1911. In 1915, her family moved to Brockton, Mass. Sister Helen Gertrude moved to Nazareth, Ky., in 1929.

Sister Helen Gertrude was drawn to the Congregation because of a favorite teacher she had at St. Patrick School in Brockton.

Sister Mary Dominica was her first SCN teacher and Sister Helen Gertrude says she immediately became very fond of her and wanted to become a Sister.

Sister Helen Gertrude’s ministry in the Community has been almost entirely in education. From the time Sister Helen Gertrude was a little girl she recalls that when she played “school” with friends, she almost always asked to be teacher. Her first “real” classroom was at Sacred Heart School. She recalls life at St. Anne convent in the early years of her vocation. “Life at St. Anne’s was like a second Novitiate,” says Sister Helen Gertrude. “We led a very regimented life. We were up at 4:30 no matter the season or the day, prayed many prayers before leaving by taxi for school.

Arriving home, we prayed again, ate supper, studied for an hour, recreated for an hour, prayed and went to bed. This routine never varied for the eight years that I lived there.”

Sister Helen Gertrude says she has loved her missions in Kentucky, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Alabama and is grateful for her good memories and faithful SCN friends. She is also grateful that God has blessed her with good health and eyesight so that she can continue to indulge in her love of reading. And she adds that in her 90s she, “learned to use the computer and enjoyed

Sister Helen Gertrude emphasizes, “Truly, ‘wherever one of us is, we all are’ has been proven in my life. I have felt the support of the Sisters in times of sorrow, joy, hardship and fear. This has helped make my journey one of ‘smooth sailing.’”

Sister Mary Justin celebrated triple digits in March. She is one of five children and fondly recalls life on the family farm near St. Thomas in Nelson County, Ky. Her early memories include horseback riding, particularly on a very gentle white horse.

Inspired by Sister Mary Rita Knight who taught her at St. Thomas School and by the simplicity of life of the SCNs, as a student in the classroom, Sister Mary Justin began to experience a calling to religious life. At 17, she entered the SCN Community and professed vows as Sister Mary Justin in 1930.

Sister Mary Justin, though small, has been described as ‘mighty’ in the kitchen and dining rooms of St. Vincent Academy (for eight years) and St. Bernard in Corning, Ohio (for two years).

Parents and former students in Owensboro, Ky., feel a particular closeness to Sister Mary Justin as she was in ministry at St. Frances Academy, later Owensboro Catholic High School (with enrollments as high as 1,300), for 43 years.

When asked what has kept her going, Sister replies, “I live for Christ. Without Him I am nothing.” She often expressed her faith to students and to the young priests teaching at SFA and OCHS. She knew the favorite snack of most--hot yeast rolls, butter and jelly. She also knew when those in her presence needed her ear and a word of encouragement - more than the cheese soufflé just lifted from the oven. Years later, when one priest stopped by to see her he told her, “Sister, you saved my vocation in those days.”

Sister Mary Justin thinks of herself not as a 100-year-old lady, but as an older lady young at heart.

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As the SCN Congregation prepares to celebrate 200 years of ministry, one exciting endeavor is publishing a series of books dedicated to the second 100 years of the Congregation. The first in the series has been completed. Impelled by the Love of Christ, The Life and Ministry of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, 1912-1924, is the culmination of years of dedicated work and careful research by Frances Krumpelman, SCN. Sister Frances writes in great detail about the SCN community and the many ways Sisters responded to needs in education, healthcare and social services, deftly adjusting as the times demanded. Reverend Clyde F. Crews, Ph.D. of Bellarmine University, a respected historian and noted author, shares the following review of this new SCN book.

Frances Krumpelman, SCN, signs a copy of her new book, Impelled by the Love of Christ, The Life and Ministry of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth 1912-1924. The book is the culmination of years of dedicated work and careful research.

In 1792, Kentucky entered the Union as the fifteenth state, the first Western star in the American flag. Only 20 years later, the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth were established, and the commonwealth and community have been integrally related ever since. One of the oldest women’s religious communities in this country, the Sisters of Charity will observe their bicentennial next year, 2012.

As part of their celebration of that historic event, the Sisters of Charity have undertaken a daunting publishing venture: a multi -book series of historical narratives, planned to appear in volumes that cover 12 year periods. This time-frame is dictated by the usual term in office of respective Mothers General. Since a centennial history covering the first 100 years was written by Anna Blanche McGill nearly a century ago, the present venture begins on the eve of the First World War, in 1912.

St. Joseph’s Hospital in Lexington.

Those who are researching and writing this series face quite a methodological challenge. The apostolic works of the Sisters of Charity — especially in the fields of education, healthcare, childcare and social service — are diverse and expansive.

They have founded, operated and staffed colleges, hospitals, orphanages, and academies. They have taught in dozens of parochial schools. From their Motherhouse in Nelson County, the Sisters have gone forth in service in locations ranging from Massachusetts to Oregon. Today they not only continue to serve in the United States, but they are a considerable presence in India, Nepal, Belize and Botswana as well. How to tell such a wide-ranging story?

If the first installment proves to be representative of the series, then the answer comes out something like this: Research The first volume of this series has now just appeared, and it is a carefully. Organize thoughtfully. Write clearly. Balance very good beginning indeed. The author is a seasoned researcher institutional facts with the biographical richness of selected and writer, Sister Frances Krumpelman, who in 1998 produced individual lives. And finally, come up with clean design and an a carefully wrought and extensive volume detailing the history of abundance of well-printed photographs.

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This first volume begins with a dramatic flourish. In the Nazareth centennial year of 1912, Mother General Eutropia McMahon falls suddenly ill on Easter Sunday. Within a day, she has died, and the reader is quickly introduced to the impressive Mother Rose Meagher who will be the abiding presence throughout.

In addition to the work of the centennial celebration and the presentation of a new set of community constitutions, Mother Rose helped to oversee the founding of three colleges, two hospitals and three schools of nursing. And all of this was accomplished while she was ultimately responsible for over 1,000 Sisters, the members of her community. Any who might be searching for early twentieth century examples of female corporate leadership need not look much farther.

Sisters of Charity volunteering to nurse soldiers and others during the influenza epidemics of the years 1918-1920. There follows a thorough index and very helpful appendix items such as chronologies, institutional listings and a glossary.

Not the least engaging facets of Impelled by the Love of Christ (a title derived from the community motto: Caritas Christi Urget Nos — The love of Christ impels us) is its reportage of small details that help to define an era. Sister Mary Ida Walsh procures a projector and shows the first film, “The Last of the Mohicans”, at Nazareth (p. 34). At Bardstown, the pastor forbids students to date until they graduate from high school (p. 42).

The Sisters lived lives of genuine sacrifice, earning at one point the astounding sum of about 12 cents a day in salary for their work in orphanages (p. 128). Some pastors were stingy with financial resources and in paying the teachers (p. 14).

The period from 1912 to 1924 was one of change for the United States. World War I, the flu epidemic and women’s suffrage were among the events facing Americans — some welcome, some not.

The Sisters at times faced anti-Catholic feeling in their labors, and not only in the South (p. 160). And there are lighter moments. When the new Bishop John A. Floersh of Louisville first visits St. Thomas Orphanage, the Sisters bring him a glass of milk. “Is this the strongest you have in Kentucky?” he asks (p. 133). Louisvillians in particular may be interested to learn that in the 1920s, the Sisters purchased land at Bardstown Road and Tyler Lane, hoping — unavailingly — to move Nazareth College (later Spalding University) from Fourth Street to the suburbs.

The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth are preparing to celebrate 200 years of ministry in 2012.

Plans for the celebration are in full swing and members of the SCN family will have several opportunities to celebrate.

Among the highlights is an Opening Prayer in December 2011 that will take place on the Motherhouse Campus in Nazareth, Ky. Also, look for our current logo “Celebrating 200 years in 2012” on materials and signs. Visit our web site to share your thoughts and reflections. And make plans to attend a special public concert by “Earth Mama.”

More information about our Bicentennial Celebrations will be shared on the SCN family web site and in upcoming publications.

The book concludes with a particularly moving chapter of the

This book and the entire series will be an important component of any book collection that seeks to tell the in-depth story of the history of Catholicism not only regionally, but in American lifeat-large.

Stephanie Hornback, an award winning journalist, also provides insights into the book. Below are excerpts from her article in the Kentucky Standard.

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As the Bicentennial for the SCN Congregation approaches, several SCNs have come together to author a series of historic narratives that bring to life the rich history of the second 100 years of the Congregation. The books will come out in volumes that cover twelve-year periods. Pictured are authors (l-r, front row): SCNs Julie Driscoll, Maria Vincent Brocato, Rachel Willett, (l-r, back row): SCNs Elaine McCarron, Frances Krumpelman, Patricia Kelley, and Mary Ellen Doyle. A second group of SCN family members is helping to edit and publish the series of books.

They are not pictured.

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SCN Artist Unveils Paintings

the meanings of each. She titled the paintings “The Seeds That Were Sown” to emphasize the faith-filled beginnings of both the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth and An unveiling of two of St. Vincent Infirmary. The paintings by Sister Marie separate paintings show St. Becker, SCN, took place in the Vincent de Paul, for whom St. lobby of St. Vincent Infirmary Vincent is named, and Mother in Little Rock, Ark., in March. Catherine Spalding, founder St. Vincent commissioned of the Sisters of Charity of the paintings two years ago Nazareth. to illustrate the heritage and Though no longer owned legacy of St. Vincent. nor operated by the Sisters of Peter Banko, president and Charity of Nazareth, SCNs still CEO, of St. Vincent Health maintain ties to this health care System, and Sister Marie, ministry they founded. unveiled the oil paintings.

Sister Marie helped explain

THE NATIVITY; oil on canvas; Bartoni; Italian; Collection of Sisters of Charity of Nazareth

Art Works On Loan

If you are a frequent guest to Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Motherhouse in Nazareth, Ky., you may have noticed that a few paintings that hang in our historic hallways are missing.

The paintings are currently on loan to a museum in Western Kentucky.

The five paintings loaned to the Owensboro Museum of Fine Art for the Divine in Art: Ecumenical exhibition from Regional Collections include The Nativity, Madonna Kneeling with Child, Nativity (with Joseph), Blessed Virgin 5

with Angels, and Madonna and Child.

“These paintings have a rich history and have inspired many at Nazareth with their breathtaking beauty,” says Kathy Hertel-Baker, director of SCN archives.

The Nativity painting usually hangs in the Administration Hall at the Motherhouse, so too does the art work Madonna with Child. Another painting, Nativity (With Joseph) dons the walls in the East Parlor and in the Colonial Hall foyer, residents and guests often stop to take in the Blessed Virgin with Angels.

The SCN paintings are being featured as part of a major survey of art in a religious genre collected or produced in the region in the past century.

Highlighting the collection of more than 150 objects dating from the 15th century to the present are works by European masters including Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), Giovanni Tiepolo, the 18th century Italian painter, and 16th century German engraver,

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Albrecht Durer.

The exhibition, on loan from museums, historical societies, universities, churches, cathedrals, monasteries, Motherhouses, and private

collectors throughout Kentucky and Indiana, is slated to continue through the end of May.

St. Agnes Honors Sisters St. Agnes Parish in Louisville, Ky., recently honored the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. The Parish is kicking off a year-long celebration of Women Religious and on a recent Sunday, those gathered recognized the SCNs. The Compassion and Action Committee at St. Agnes chose the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth for the first celebration. During liturgy a blessing was given in thanksgiving for the women who have educated, shepherded and cared for the Church.

After Mass, parishioners were invited to thank and talk with the Sisters. Several Sisters were present for the gathering.

There was also a Memorial Book available for people to share their thoughts and reflections.

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Flaget Memorial Celebrates 60 Years Sixty years have passed since the Sisters opened Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown, Ky. Countless lives have been touched by this ministry. In recognition of the impact this hospital has had, in his first official duty as Bardstown’s new mayor, Bill Sheckles, signed a proclamation declaring Jan. 7-14, 2011, Flaget Memorial Hospital Week.

We have seen the growth of Flaget over the years in response to the expanding health needs of the community which led to the building of a new hospital that is twice the size of the old facility. Flaget is part of the St. Joseph Health System, a network of facilities across Kentucky as part of Catholic Health Initiatives.

We rejoice and give thanks and ask for God’s continued guidance on this vital ministry.

Picured above LEFT to RIGHT — Susan Gatz, SCN, Most Rev. Joseph E. Kurtz, DD, and Eugene Woods, CEO, St Joseph Health System

Judy Raley, SCN, gave welcoming remarks during Flaget Memorial Hospital Week at a Mass in honor of this milestone. … It seems fitting that we gather here in this Church at Nazareth built by Catherine Spalding, our founder, whose heart went out to the sick of her day and whose legacy is carried on at Flaget.

From our beginnings in a log cabin at St. Thomas in 1812, the Sisters of Charity have had a long commitment to meeting the health care needs of the people of Bardstown and the surrounding community.

During the cholera epidemic of 1832 the Sisters closed Nazareth Academy here on this campus and turned it into a hospital. They also went to the homes to care for the sick.

Father Tom Clark, who is here with us today, was an altar server at the first Mass at the hospital. The medical staff consisted of eight members: one surgeon and seven general practice physicians. Sister Bridget Garvey was the first administrator, who with five other Sisters, formed the Sister Staff.

Rooted in the healing ministry of Jesus as portrayed in the healing of the paralytic in today’s Gospel, Flaget Hospital stands as a living witness to the healing presence of Christ as it continues to serve this community guided by its core values of reverence, integrity, compassion and excellence.

Over the last six decades, more than 15,000 babies have been born at Flaget. Historian Frances Krumpelman, SCN, recalls how in the 1940s people in Bardstown gave to the hospital so that it could be built. It was to be the first hospital in the area.

“Before the hospital was built and cars were common, if anybody needed to be transported to a hospital, they went to Louisville, on a baggage car in the train,” Krumpelman says. Noting that even as cars became more widespread but ambulances were still scarce, patients sometimes went in hearses.

Flaget officially opened in 1951.

In 1968, SCNs transitioned the hospital to an independent board of directors. And in 2005, the staff and patients of Flaget moved into a brand new hospital building on New Shepherdsville Road.

So in 1946 when plans were being developed for a hospital, it seemed natural for the leaders of the Bardstown community to turn to the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. Both groups contributed funds to build the first Flaget Hospital, which opened on January 7, 1951, with a capacity for 23 patients and 12 bassinets.

Among those giving thanks for the hospital during the celebratory Mass, were twins, two boys, the first children to be born at Flaget Memorial Hospital.

Imelda Greenwell recalls that when the doctor came into her room with her boys in his arms he introduced them. “He came to me after they were born and said, ‘We’re going to name this one Benedict Joseph after Bishop Flaget,’” Benedict Joseph Flaget was Bardstown’s first bishop in 1809. Greenwell said she didn’t mind the doctor naming her son but asked that he name the other boy as well.

So the doctor obliged, and the other twin was named John Sebastian, after Ann Sebastian Sullivan, the mother general of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. Mother Ann Sebastian raised funds to build the hospital and helped to run it for many years.

Both mother and sons expressed their thanks for the SCN ministry of Flaget Memorial Hospital.

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Gone but Not Forgotten Over the years, she often passed by the painting of a woman, a Sister, as she made her way through the hallways of Saints Mary & Elizabeth. She didn’t know who the woman was or why her portrait hung in the hallway of the South Louisville hospital.

But anyone who knows Maria Vincent Brocato, SCN, knows that she is not one to shy away from a mystery.

And so one blustery and dark March morning, Sister Maria Vincent gathered representatives of the hospital and the SCN Congregation to shed some light on the identity of the woman in the painting.

A portrait of John Miriam McMahon, SCN, pictured here, now hangs in its new location at St. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital in Louisville, Ky., the main entrance.

When I came to Saints Mary and Elizabeth Hospital to visit or volunteer I saw her picture in a hall but no one around me knew who she was. To my delight I discovered who she was while involved in research for a Sister of Charity history project. As I read the archival material and scanned the many pictures I realized what an important part she played in the life of this hospital.

John Miriam McMahon, SCN, came from a family of 12 in Hyde Park, Mass. She and three of her blood sisters became Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. When Sister John Miriam came to Kentucky she had already been a pharmacist for 10 years; as an SCN she studied and became a registered nurse as well. She was sent to Ohio to be an administrator of an SCN hospital and after six years came back to be Assistant Administrator at St. Joseph Infirmary.

Then, in 1953, she was assigned as administrator to Saints Mary and Elizabeth Hospital, located at 12th and Magnolia, which, as many of you know from study or experience, was very much hemmed in by commercial industry and the railroad. Saint Mary’s had the first elevators in the city, the first Catholic nursing school; it was widely known for its excellent maternity services but it could not expand. Sister John Miriam knew and SCN leadership realized that the hospital should be moved. When Sister visited Archbishop Floersh, he asked if the hospital could be moved downtown amid medical centers developing there. Sister John Miriam’s strong reply; “No, that’s not for us. We are a community hospital and we want to stay that way.”

And so the search began for land. The southern part of Louisville was underserved medically, and in the 1950s, 44 acres at Bluegrass and Churchman was the chosen site.

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administrator of the old hospital. The cost of the hospital was projected to be four million, a huge sum anytime but then even more than now. There was a Federal matching grant for the nursing school, for convalescent care and a Ford Foundation grant. Still the amount to be raised was over three million. A fund drive involved 3,000 volunteers who visited parish after parish. I read Sister John Miriam’s notes for her talks to the parishes and I could almost hear the burden she carried.

The hospital was completed by the end of 1957. On January 12, 1958, there was an open house and the Archbishop led the dedication service. Thousands attended, perhaps some of you here. On a cold, wintry January 25, there was an historic moving day. Persons, equipment and furniture were taken from the city out “into the country,” as it was here then. Sister John Miriam and the leaders of Teamsters Local 89 had an excellent plan in place. The Teamsters kept wonderful pictures and details of the cavalcade of volunteers, including 428 members of the Teamster Local 89 driving 100 vehicles donated by the Kentucky Motor Transport Association. Amateur radio operators relayed messages; police provided the escort; Fort Knox and private ambulances brought patients who had not been discharged before the move. I spoke the other day to Sister William Marian Meany, who is present for today’s unveiling, about that day. She was one of our Sister nurses who rode in an ambulance with another Sister patient. She said “At the end of that day I was never so tired in all my life but never so happy and proud” Sister John Miriam’s ability had been recognized from the beginning of her ministry at Saint Mary’s. The year after she came she was made President of the Hospital Conference of Metropolitan Louisville; later she would become a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. This portrait was a surprise gift from the medical staff to her, letting her know of www.scnfamily.org

Heinz Museum Highlights Sisters

Vincentian Sisters of Charity (now Sisters of Charity of Nazareth) are pictured in their early years of ministry caring for patients at the facility that was at that time known as Vincentian Home for the Incurables.

their admiration and appreciation.

Perhaps the greatest compliment and recognition for Sister John Miriam of a job well done is this feedback from the Joint Commission in 1959, the year after she left St. Mary’s. “This hospital is highly recommended for its splendid physical plant, its dedicated administration and medical staffs. There would be little need for a Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals if all hospitals gave service as this one does.”

Members of the SCN family are honored to be part of The Angels of Mercy health care exhibit at Heinz History Center, in Pittsburgh, Pa. The exhibit which was originally scheduled to close in January has been extended until June 30. The “Sisters in Healthcare History Project” documents the work of 16 orders (among the orders highlighted, the Vincentian Sisters of Charity, now members of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Congregation) in Western Pennsylvania from 1847 to 1969. It features artifacts ranging from 19th-century habits to a crutch used by a soldier wounded in the Civil War. The exhibit highlights Sisters as medical pioneers who built the region’s first hospital, invented life-saving devices and made health care available to the poor.

It is also a story of regional disasters, as the Sisters responded to epidemics, floods and battles of the Civil War. These women religious came to perform acts of service and through these acts became business women, social welfare activists, educators, and nurses; impacting Western Pennsylvania and other parts of the United States in ways some could never have imagined.

What a great legacy you have here!

Those gathered were stunned and pleased to find out about Sister John Miriam and the part she played in medical care history in Louisville. The group applauded as the portrait of Sister John Miriam was unveiled in its new location, the main entrance of the hospital, complete with an explanation of who she was and what she accomplished.

Though no longer owned nor operated by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, SCNs continue to volunteer at the hospital and a few Sisters live on the grounds. Sts. Mary and Elizabeth continues to provide quality, loving care in South Louisville.

A member of the SCN family, Vincentian Regency in Pittsburgh, Pa., was honored in January for providing superior care to its nursing home residents. Pennsylvania Secretary of Aging John Michael Hall visited the facilities to present the 2010 Excellence in Quality Care award. Of the 631 Pennsylvania nursing facilities eligible, only 12 earned this distinction. Honorees were chosen because they received the highest possible rating under the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Five-Star Quality Rating System and had no deficiencies during inspections by the Department of Health in 2009. As part of the recognition, Vincentian Regency receives up to $40,000 in state funds to enhance the quality of life for their residents.

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people, especially the economically poor and women …” Sisters Place helps meet the needs of the time and carry out the SCN mission.

SCN Barbara Maynard has served on the board for four years. She praises the work of all connected to this ministry. “Sister Mary Parks, the Executive Director of Sisters Place is truly an outstanding leader,” says Sister Barbara. “She both inspires and ignites the members of the board to use their talents creatively in service to the families who have come to live at Sisters Place. I have been amazed at the dedication and enthusiasm shown at our meetings.”

Sisters Place Eleven years ago Sara was a young single mom to four boys — sixyear-old twins, a four-year-old and a toddler.

With limited education, and no support from family members, she was on her own struggling to provide for her children. She spent her time moving from place to place, staying with friends willing to take in her and her four small children. She lived for a time at a domestic violence shelter. Then she found Sisters Place.

“When I came here I was so unstable, living house to house,” she shares.

And then her life began to change and improve.

Sisters Place, Inc. is a housing community which assists homeless single parents like Sara in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Families are offered an opportunity to live in a safe, healthy, supportive environment. Residents are also assisted with rent, transportation, groceries and clothing.

Founded in 1993 by the Tri-Diocesan Sisters Leadership Conference (TDSLC), Sisters Place, Inc. was created in order to serve the poor in the community. The 14 religious communities that make up TDSLC recognized the critical need that many impoverished families have for stable housing and services. Sisters Place purchased and renovated individual townhomes and families began moving into their new homes in 1997. In 2000, transitional housing was added. Today, housing is provided for nearly 30 families at a time.

The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth are proud to be one of these 14 religious communities supporting this ministry. Sisters Place is a congregational ministry of the SCNs. SCNs are members of the board of directors and the member board. The SCNs share governance over the ministry with others in various legal arrangements. This agreement advances the legacy of the Congregation and gives guidance to the ministry’s future. As it states in the SCN mission statement “… in solidarity with oppressed 9

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Sisters Place provides a range of supportive services, helping families to become self-sufficient. For the children, these services include a mentoring program, a learning center, homework assistance, computer and library access, field trips, guest speakers and a summer camp. For the parents, Sisters Place provides case management, goal planning, counseling, education and job training, and recovery groups for drug and alcohol dependency. Parenting education, family activities and in-home supportive services help build a safe and healthy home environment.

In addition to housing, Sisters Place has assisted Sara and her family’s journey in countless other ways over the years. Sara was provided books and resources to help study and further her education. One of her children really wanted contact lenses. He earned a pair after reaching a goal of straight A’s at school. Over the years, Sisters Place helped Sara to fill in the gaps, whenever the need was there.

She emphasizes that her case worker and all the staff at Sisters Place have truly become an extended family for her; a source of financial and material assistance, of course, but also a place of emotional support. This supportive atmosphere has been invaluable. And adds Sara, the encouraging words from her friends at Sisters Place always pull her through her doubts and keep her motivated.

“They always have your back. I’m always able to talk with them and they push me when I feel down and like I can’t do this anymore,” Fast forward to today and Sara’s twins are applying to college.

The younger two are doing well in school. They are involved with the youth group at church. Sara is studying to be a nurse. Her devotion to her children earned her Sisters Place’s “Mother of the Year” award in 2009. Her commitment to her own success and her example to others earned her the “Resident of the Year” award from Sisters Place in 2010.

But for all of her accolades, Sara feels there is much more work to do. “I’m still trying. I’m not quite a success yet,” she reflects.

And she is most proud of the example she is setting each and every day for her children. Pointing to a cabinet in her dining room, Sara describes homes she has seen with walls covered in awards and honors for their children. “I want my kids to have a cabinet full of awards. I never had that.”

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Inspired by Ellis Island Judy Raley, SCN, provincial for the western province for the SCN Congregation and SCN representative of participating congregations in Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), along with Eleanor Martin, SCN, was privileged to join the board of stewardship trustees, representatives of the participating Congregations and some of the national staff of CHI on a pilgrimage to Ellis Island in New York City.

The group travelled there to see the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) exhibit: Women and Spirit. This travelling exhibit, has been displayed throughout the United States.

It chronicles the more than 600 congregations of women religious who came to the United States or were ‘birthed” in this young country.

Sister Judy writes that the experience was profound: The day was cold but our hearts were warmed by the experience of the exhibit in the setting on Ellis Island where so many of our ancestors first entered the United States.

As I wandered through both the Ellis Island exhibits and the Women and Spirit exhibit the words of the song, “Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears,” ran through my mind. It was a profound experience to stand in the Great Hall which was the first place some 17 million immigrants entered. In the words of the song, it was indeed a place of hope, of fear, of tears and of freedom for so many. I was filled with gratitude for those who endured many hardships with great courage in crossing the ocean in the crowded steerage and endured the rigors of being screened at Ellis Island.

I recalled our own history and charism as I remembered the three women who came together in the log cabin at St. Thomas to meet the need for education of girls on the Kentucky frontier.

I remembered Mother Emerentiana and the Sisters who came to Braddock, Pa., to serve the educational needs of the newly arrived people from Slovakia. As I read Abraham Lincoln’s message of protection of Nazareth against the ravages of war raging around Nazareth, Ky., I remembered our Sisters who served as nurses to both sides in this conflict. Ellis Island and the Women and Spirit exhibit is a story of courage and response to needs and today we walk in the footsteps of those brave men and women. I wonder how we will be daring enough to meet the needs of our day with that same courage and determination.

After visiting the exhibit, each of the nine representatives of the participating Congregations present, gave a brief account of how

their Congregation fit in with the timeline and story of the Women and Spirit exhibit. Again the courage in response to call and need came through these presentations. Several congregations had come through Ellis Island to serve the immigrant population in various parts of the U.S. We also visited the Elizabeth Seton Shrine on the site of the house where Elizabeth Seton lived with her husband and children. In 1883, the Mission of Our Lady of the Rosary was opened and over the years helped over 100,000 Irish young women find shelter, employment and reconnect with relatives already in America.

Father Meehan, pastor of the church, shared the mission of the church and house over the years. The theme which ran through his presentation was a ministry of love and care.

At the Board meeting the next day, we spent an hour in a theological reflection on the experience. The participants shared how they had been touched by the experience and their desire to continue what the women religious who founded CHI had begun.

That CHI took the time to visit the exhibit and to reflect on the experience filled me with gratitude for the men and women to whom we have entrusted our acute health care ministry. Our charism and commitment lives on in them.

Sister Eleanor shared Sister Judy’s sentiments and was inspired by the travelling exhibit. She especially enjoyed its location at Ellis Island. She writes: Ellis Island was a truly poignant site for our viewing of the exhibit as the depictions of the works of women religious in the United States throughout the 19th and 20th centuries focused on providing sustenance, education, heath care and spiritual support to generations of newly arrived people from throughout the world.

Many of the Sisters, first generation immigrants themselves, suffered the same privations, disease, hunger and discrimination experienced by their fellow countrymen and women. They too often struggled to learn a new language as they ministered to families as they made their way further westward.

They responded to the call of the disenfranchised and moved across the country meeting whatever needs were presented to them. From one room schoolhouses and outdoor clinics, these women created systems of health care, education and social service one person at a time.

With a renewed sense of hope and conscious of the giftedness of our foundresses, we left Ellis Island deeply aware that the charism and spirit of our pioneers lives on in our works and the concerted efforts of our brothers and sisters in ministry.

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came together to raise several thousand dollars to build the house. The house, the 150th house in the Hand in Hand Ministries Building for Change program, was completed in January.

Belizean Family Thanks Pittsburgh Sisters A woman in Belize now finds herself, quite unexpectedly, a Pittsburgh Steelers fan, happily living in a gold and black house (Steelers’ colors) built for her by members of the SCN family.

Luke Boiarski, SCN, is overwhelmed by the support she received from the Sisters at St. Louise Convent in Pittsburgh. When she was first approached by Hand in Hand Ministries about partnering to build Nicole’s house, Sister Luke wasn’t sure just how things would come together to make the house a reality. But one thing led to another and when she met with Sisters at St. Louise Convent in Pittsburgh to share some of her experiences as director of the Lay Mission Volunteer Program, one of the Sisters asked how those living at St. Louise Convent might help. Rose Riley, SCN, suggested that perhaps the Sisters could help raise money to build the house and from there, the project quickly took off. Together the Sisters wrote letters asking family and friends to donate money to the project and each Sister signed the letter. With each donation, the Sisters became more and more excited and in January they came together to send off volunteers to Belize with their blessings. When the volunteers arrived in Belize their connection to Nicole’s family was immediate and powerful.

Nicole was overwhelmed by the support and love shown by the Sisters and members of the SCN family who raised $8,780 to build How did a woman living in Central America end up with a house her house and to send an employee as a volunteer builder. She sporting the team colors of a National Football League team in was further moved by the many prayers and kind words offered America? Well, Nicole Lovell is a single mom, a mother of three, for her three children, 13-year-old Coleen, 8-year-old Devante, who worked tirelessly to support her children. Towards the end of and son Glenford (12), who passed away after a 2-month battle 2010, one of her children, her 12-year-old son, became very ill, with encephalitis. The volunteers, many of whom are Steeler fans, and died. Nicole, wanting to be with her son and other children to had their own ideas about what might make a good paint scheme comfort them during this heartbreaking time, found it difficult to for the new house. Nicole wanted to find a unique way to thank also maintain her job. With no income to cover rent, she moved in the volunteers, many of whom are Steeler fans. She decided the with her mom. Throughout her entire ordeal, Nicole had faith that all new house should be painted - what else - gold and black! When would be okay. the house was completed, the volunteers presented Nicole with a Terrible Towel, a widely-recognized symbol of the NFL team. And Little did she know that some of her prayers would be answered so the Steelers, just weeks later, played in the Super Bowl as the by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Associates, employees and paint dried on the home of a few new fans, a lovely family living in friends. SCN family members in Pittsburgh Belize … in a house of their own.

SCNs Luke Boiarski and Nancy Gerth stand with the volunteer group and home owners outside of the newly built, “Steeler” house in Belize City, Belize.

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Adventure in Botswana SCN volunteers returned from Botswana, Africa, with moving stories, powerful pictures, and profound memories. Luke Boiarski, SCN, along with SCN Associates Evelyn Faldowski, Trudi Maish and Pat MacIsaac and five other volunteers went on the three week adventure from March 27 through April 15. While in Botswana, they worked alongside members of the SCN family in Kanye, Lobatse and Metsimotlhabe.

Among the highlights, volunteers were able to leave behind a work of art in the village of Ntlhantlhe. Sister Luke and volunteers Peggy Downs and Pat MacIsaac, SCNA, worked their magic painting animals on the walls of the day care. With the group just returning, we look forward to their stories in a future issue of The Journey.

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My Travels in India A Travel Journal by Spalding Hurst

On my first morning in India I was taken to one of the brothels in the infamous red-light district of G.B. Road in Delhi. We travelled by rickshaw through the crowded streets to arrive there. Sister Beena told me to climb up the dark hallway of steps to reach the brothel entrance. This is why I came here, to experience India the same way the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth do. So I went up.

As the communications specialist with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, I am part of a team that helps to connect this global community. I travelled for three weeks in January and February of 2011 with the SCNs throughout India — learning first-hand about their ministry work, helping to connect the community through technology, and record the stories of the Sisters.

I began at Asha Niwas, “The House of Hope,” where 30 girls between the ages of three and 18 live on the first floor. There are orphaned children, some who are staying here while their mothers are working in women’s hostels and others, taken in from the brothels that they were born into.

There are 72 women religious congregations working in the Delhi area. Of those, the SCNs are the only ones who meet with the women of the brothels.

In Janta Colony, one of the slums of Delhi, young women are taught the art of mehendi to earn a living for themselves.

Beena Chirackal, SCN, often seeks out children who are in need to come to the hostel. On my first morning, she took me to the G.B. Road brothel, to meet some of the mothers of the children of Asha Niwas.

Garstin Bastion Road is Delhi’s local red light district. The madam of this brothel sat on top of her bed from a small room off to the side. She told us that she currently had 15 girls she supervised. I met two mothers whose children are staying with the SCNs at Asha Niwas. The Sisters visit here to check on the young children who are not yet old enough to come to Asha Niwas. They also check on the health of the women who are working there.

I saw first hand where the women “work” and where they in turn sleep. One woman was sleeping as we came in with her young son. The spaces in which the girls live are smaller than closets.

Some spaces were less than three feet in height. Though I was assured that this was one of the cleanest brothels, for me, it did not appear that way, and on that day, this was indeed the saddest place on earth.

Sister Beena says that the Sisters encourage the girls to leave prostitution, to reunite with their children if they are able to care for them, and that the Sisters will help them every step of the way — to leave G.B. Road behind.

My trip had only just begun. I had 20 more days to go.

In the following days I found myself in Janta Colony of Delhi, on Republic Day of India, the date commemorating independence in India. Children performed dances and gave speeches about solidarity and community. The celebration began with the national anthem and raising of the flag by the local police chief. The program concluded with a speech about community pride from Agnes Tudu, SCN, and the singing of We Are Many Parts by all of the children in attendance.

It is in this slum that the Sisters are working to build community pride among the residents, to teach them life skills that can be used to earn a living and help them rise to healthier living conditions. I visited women learning tailoring and the art of mehendi. I met with a group of boys who formed a cricket team.

From this union, these young men continue with educational and

Regina Ekka, SCN, leads a classroom at Deepanjali in Gumla, a hostel for girls work studies in nursing, computer training and english.

empowerment programs that help them and those around them lead a better quality of life.

Close to Janta Colony lies the next great challenge for the Sisters working in Delhi. In these slums of Dharampura, Ann Moyalan, SCN, did not even permit me to leave the vehicle. From the truck, I could see how much work was needed for the people living here.

The outreaches of this area were tattered at best, littered with garbage and waste, plumes of black smoke filling the air from trash fires set for warmth.

Sister Ann was just beginning this ministry at that time, but now reports that it has “picked up well, with 50 girls attending tailoring, beautician and literacy classes.” After seeing the progress made in Janta Colony, I know that a better future lies ahead for Dharampura.

Far away from the metropolis of Delhi, we travelled to the remote and beautiful Chechadi Valley. Home to SCN ministries in the villages of Sale and Kutuderi. Here the Sale school provides education to over 1,000 children from the surrounding villages.

In Kutuderi the Nazareth Health Center has ministered to the health needs of this rural area since 1986.

Sisters gather in front of the SCN convent in Mokama.

Josephine Arockiam, SCN, leads her classroom at St. Vincent Matriculation School in Trichy.

Spalding Hurst, communications specialist for the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, is presented with gifts at a Republic Day celebration in Delhi.

There is no electricity and limited transportation in this valley.

The people in the area are tribal, mostly of Oraon, and the Brijia tribes. The people are economically poor, and the literacy rate is very low.

schools in the area. Through street plays, media presentations, and teachings, people are learning to prevent tuberculosis, malaria and HIV.

Anjana Kunnath, SCN, leads the Nazareth Health Center in providing health services to the economically poor. Each year 4,000 patients visit the clinic. In 2010, 350 inpatients came to the center’s nine-bed ward. Among them, most are treated for cerebral malaria.

Around the clock service is available to the 24 villages along with two local parishes in a 15 kilometer radius. Tribal people make up 95 percent of the patients.

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Sister Anjana also grows herbal medicines on the grounds at the clinic. After cultivation they are prepared into various forms to treat many common health ailments. Local villagers are taught how to grow their own herbal medicines at their homes. The powerful artemesia plant, also grown on the grounds of the clinic, has treated and prevented malaria in over 200 patients.

Near Gaya, I met the students of the Residential School for Blind Children. Rena Fernandes, SCN, works to keep this school operating. The children live and learn all under one roof in a www.scnfamily.org

small home. The largest hardship faced for these children is food.

Sometimes the children of the school do not have enough to eat — Sister Rena is working to bring in government aid to these students so they can continue their education.

In Rajgir, the Sisters minister to children who have been affected by polio. Polio has been eradicated in much of the world. However, several years ago a polio epidemic occurred in the villages surrounding Rajgir. Rose Plathottathil, SCN, runs this school and hostel, where the SCNs provide housing, proper nutrition, medical and rehabilitation care, and an education to children who have been affected by polio. Many of these children are limited in their mobility because their limbs have been affected so severely. The goal is for these children to learn skills and gain self-confidence so that they can live their lives with dignity and a feeling of self-worth. One hundred children currently receive care here.

Another interesting ministry in Rajgir is the Maria Health Center.

I was told by Sister Rose that sometimes in the middle of the night, she is awakened by the barking of her dogs. When she moves to the front porch she can hear cries for help coming from people at the entrance gate, another local villager has been stung by a scorpion.

Every April to November, scorpions come out of their hiding places to soak up the hot Indian sun. When one of these creatures attack a villager of Rajgir, the victim often comes to see Sister Rose.

When patients are brought to the health center they are treated with snake stone. The snake stone, which is actually bone from a cow, absorbs the poison from the point of the sting. The stone sucks the poison out of the blood. As soon as the stone contacts the blood, it sucks itself tight onto the wound and does not let go until all the poison and secretions have been absorbed. It drops off

several hours later, but may take as long as a day.

Once the poison has been absorbed, the stone is placed into a bucket of cow’s milk to cleanse the stone so it can be used again the next time a scorpion attacks.

On the Southern banks of the Ganges river, I visited the first ministry of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in India, in the city of Mokama. SCNs first began their ministries here more than six decades ago. Ministries on campus include a hospital, hostels, and a nursing school.

During my visit in Mokama, I had the opportunity to witness on the first Sunday in February, the Shrine Feast of the Mother of Divine Grace. Just outside of the SCN Convent thousands of villagers from all around the state of Bihar, the Archdioceses of Patna and Ranchi, and even farther parts of India and Nepal, visit the holy shrine to pray to Holy Mary of Mokama.

People make the pilgrimage with aspirations of healing. The morning of the Shrine Feast a healing mass was held by the Most Rev. Archbishop William D’Souza, SJ, followed by a colorful procession around the shrine.

I am deeply moved when I think back on all of the missions that I visited and the caring and positive change happening in peoples’ lives through the Sisters’ loving hands. India is a place where the vision to bring about a transformed society is acted out every day.

It is a place where love, peace and justice prevails in harmony with nature as Jesus envisioned.

This was an awe inspiring journey through a beautiful country.

An experience that I will never forget. It has been my honor to be able to work along side the Sisters and to visit the SCNs in India, however brief it was. I now know the beauty that fills India.

Forging Into a New Frontier in Nepal Cecilia Simick, SCN, who ministers in Surkhet, Nepal is now venturing to a new part of that country, the remote area of Jajarkot. She and other members of the SCN family will offer much needed medical care.

Travelling there is difficult, as it can only be reached by ferry, operational only during the dry season. The only other access

Health facilities are very much needed since a diarrhea and cholera epidemic broke out two years ago taking many lives in the villages which is quite far away from the district hospital and health posts. is by foot on a hanging bridge across the Bheri River. People have to walk miles for days in order to reach Jajarkot. Once across the river the Sisters still have to manage a road that is only three years old and still under construction. Rivulets and land slides make it difficult to reach this poor and remote district.

Many in Jajarkot do not

have proper drinking water, electricity, cultivation, and face many bare rocky steep hills. Sister Cecilia says, “The situation is really dire and I am moved to extend our work with mind and body, with our ever willing heart, to the poor.”

The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth are being welcomed to Jajarkot by the district health officer, Dr. Jhalak Gautam.

Sister Cecilia reflects, “Indeed we feel called to do something for the people of Jajarkot villages who are deprived of basic needs for health, shelter and food. We will try our best to make this dream come true, reaching out to the suffering people in Jajarkot. Keep us in your prayers.”

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Associate Reaches out to the Homeless To many, she is a familiar face at St. John Center in Louisville, Ky. She is a caring presence to those who come looking for a kind word or a place to rest in a safe and welcoming surrounding.

SCN Associate Charlotte Hazas’ ties to St. John Center go back to 1987. The day center was founded to serve chronically homeless men in Louisville and Charlotte first began working there as a job counselor not long after it opened. Charlotte felt called to do even more at St. John’s so she enrolled at Spalding University to get certified as a drug and alcohol counselor and eventually went on to become assistant director.

She speaks passionately about her calling to serve the homeless.

“One of the best parts of St. John Center is that we reach people on so many different levels. Some guys come here just to get coffee or a hot shower. Others, who are mentally ill, look to us as a safe place where they are not preyed upon. Some come for drug or alcohol treatment, others are hoping to be placed in apartments,” says Charlotte.

just calling her a volunteer does not seem to do justice to all the ways she continues to minister at St. John’s.

As Charlotte advocates daily on behalf of the homeless, her message is quite simple. “Every person has an interesting story … the best way to understand people is to get to know them. How do you understand homelessness? Well, if you get to know homeless After nearly two decades of having ties to St. John Center, people, you can grasp what it is and how these guys got here …

Charlotte decided to retire in 2006. That didn’t last long. “I knew These guys are thankful we are here to help them. I love it here — I wanted to come back. I didn’t feel like myself. This place is a big the spirit and welcoming atmosphere.” part of who I am and what I’ve done,” says Charlotte. So she took four months off, a time she describes as a breaking point to let the guys know she was taking on a different role as a volunteer. But

Congregational Ministries Gather Directors and administrators representing SCN Congregational Ministries around the country gathered at Nazareth, Ky., in March. These members of the SCN family took part in a series of prayerful reflections and exercises revolving around the work they each do in their individual ministries.

The administrators and directors represent a variety of ministries, including senior housing and services, a camp, rehab to home institutions, retreat ministries and an academy. More information can be found on the website at www.scnfamily.org.

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Offering Comfort at the End of Life Believing in the sacredness of every step in life, Nazareth Home offers a special ministry to those who are in their final days.

Barbara Peterson, SCN, shares her insights about the Ministry of Presence. It is a ministry provided to Sisters and residents at Nazareth Home in Louisville, Ky., as they make their final journey home.

Mary Ann Burkhart, SCN, started the Pastoral Presence Volunteer Program in 2004. Volunteers receive training with regard to what it means to be a pastoral presence to the dying. The group also comes together to support and share with one another throughout the year.

Sister Barbara reflects that it feels encouraging to her to know that someone will be with her as she is dying, provided she does not die suddenly. A member of the “presence team,” herself, she shares the following insights.

and physically in order to bring about a spiritual formation that takes place outside of space and time.

At Nazareth Home the nurses and primary care givers diagnose when a patient is actually beginning the dying process. Each volunteer is assigned a segment of time to accompany the patient by prayer and to offer comfort to them.

The “presence” person talks to the patient, even if she seems unconscious; believing that hearing is the last sense to leave the body. The Sister may be reminded of the great ministry that she accomplished during her life and the reward that is in store for her. Prayers are also offered for her peace. Often these prayers are said silently by the volunteer so that the volunteer can keep watch and be aware of any significant change in the person who is dying. If any changes occur, the nurse is alerted. As one Chinese proverb states, “Life is a dream walking; death is going home.”

The SCN presence to the dying person is a witness of our love.

During this time, we offer the patients gratitude, support and encouragement. As the “watcher” leaves after her allotted time, she communicates with the next companion what she has observed during her watch.

Touching the patient in a gentle, caring way sends a message of love and support. Holding the hand of the person elicits relaxation physically, emotionally and mentally. Tension will often lessen while her breathing becomes a little easier and induces a more peaceful sleep. Instrumental music soothes some patients while others respond better to silence. A cool cloth on the patient’s forehead, swabbing the mouth or applying lip balm sends a message that someone is with her and is caring for her.

The volunteers are dedicated to this ministry. Each one believes that it is a life altering opportunity to accompany others on this There is a group of Sisters and Associates who volunteer to ultimate journey especially the companions who are present when be with our Sisters in their final journey to God. Like most the patient actually moves on to continue to live life to the fullest experiences, death has a process when the body completes its in the company of God. The mystery and peacefulness of this natural course of shutting down. This only happens after the spirit moment is overwhelming and very rewarding. completes its method of reconciling and concluding what it needs to do on this earth. Death requires a “letting go” both mentally

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Sabina Mattappallil, SCN, received the “2010 Best Institution Award” for Asha Deepam, Trichy, India, from Dr. M.K. Stalin, the Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on “World Disability Day.”

this award in recognition of her “generous Barbara Joseph Lammers, SCN, has 9 contribution of time and effort to educate been appointed the chair of the SCN these students … as well as her efforts to Committee on Corporate Responsibility. provide significant lessons concerning life.”

Sister Barbara Ann has been with St. Jude Garifuna pastoral leaders representing 10 for 26 years. five dioceses and four countries, (New Maureen Taaffe, SCN, is a 2010 York, U.S.A.; Trujillo and San Pedro Sula, 2 recipient of the Bishop Cheverus At the annual Youth Villages Honduras; Izabal, Guatemala; and Belize) 5 Medal. The award honors those in the Conference which 1,400 employees gathered to discuss the issue of Archdiocese of Boston who “have worked attended, Barbara Spencer, SCN, was enculturation at the Diocesan Pastoral in their own quiet way to make the recognized for her 30 years of service and Center in Belize City in Belize. The kingdom more visible.” received a standing ovation. meeting was hosted by Barbara Flores, SCN, and Rev. Larry Necasio, Pastor of St. Sharen Baldy, SCN, was featured in Tonya Severin, SCN, earned the 2011 Ignatius Parish in Belize City.

3 6 the Catholic Times, a publication of the “Manifesting the Kingdom Award” Diocese of Columbus. The article focuses from the Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pa. Also: Company of Charity Formation on Sister Sharen’s ministry JOIN (The Joint Personnel (CCFP) gathered for a meeting Organization for Inner-City Needs). She is Presentation Academy is celebrating at Nazareth, Ky., during the first week of 7 the assistant director at the facility which the beginning of 180 years of dedicated March. This group of vocation, formation, serves 3,400 clients per month. service with a number of events in 2011. volunteer and associate directors of the Sisters of Charity Federation gathers Barbara Ann Lengvarsky, SCN, Kelly O’Mahony, SCN, is the new annually to pray, plan and create ways to 4 8 received a Lifetime Achievement resident director at Bethany Spring – invite others into the circle of Charity and Award as an outstanding educator at St. The Merton Institute Retreat Center. This to extend the Vincentian charism into the Jude Educational Institute in Montgomery, ministry, though no longer owned or future.

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Four SCNs from Pittsburgh, Pa., 15 Nine women entered the Novitiate in presented Slovak Easter traditions to a 12 Mokama, India, on March 5: Anita group of Vincentian Villa residents and Murmu, Jonice Lepcha, Kalpana Kerketta, guests from the Pittsburgh area. Sisters Little Hema Santhosha Mary A., Mansuri thoroughly enjoyed being able to share Kujur, Maya Amolik, Mandapati Prusanthi, information about various traditions and Nirmala Diggi, and Sosanti Xaxa. customs. They also served a sampling of ethnic foods.

Tess Browne, SCN, is actively working 13 in support of the Coalition of The children of Asha Niwas (“House 16 Immokalee Workers in Boston, Mass. The of Hope”) have moved into their new Coalition is a community-based residence, Asha Kiran (“Rays of Hope”). organization of Latino, Mayan Indian and Because of the tremendous number of Haitian immigrants working in low-wage children currently being served at Asha jobs throughout the state of Florida. Sister Niwas, this new home has been built in Tess, a member of the Massachusetts Dharuhera, India. Visit the news section of Interfaith Worker Justice Committee, the SCN family website to learn more about encourages other members of the SCN this ministry. family to advocate on behalf of the people picking tomatoes. The work of this group Six candidates were received into the 17 was featured in a number of recent articles.

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Basanti Lakra, SCN, vice provincial, spoke of Catherine Spalding’s vision for women and how SCNs would like to further that vision through the ministry for women on the margins. The center is being praised by many leaders for its visionary training and education programs. Learn more about this ministry by visiting the news section of the SCN family website.

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Journeying On M. Bertille Janek, SCN, 92, a native of Natrona, Pa., died at Vincentian Home, Pittsburgh, Pa., on December 18, 2010. Sister Bertille entered the Vincentian Sisters of Charity in 1934, and was a Sister for 76 years.

Theresa Podlucky, SCN, 82, a native of Johnstown, Pa., died at Vincentian Home, Pittsburgh, Pa., on December 17, 2010. She entered the Vincentian Sisters of Charity in 1947, and was a Sister for 64 years.

Sister Theresa served in the Dioceses of Pittsburgh and Greensburg, Pa., as a teacher in both elementary and secondary schools and as a CCD Coordinator. She spent one year as an instructor in the English language in Ruzomberok, Slovakia. She also was in ministry as a vocation recruiter and director, formation team director, and as aide at the Vincentian Child Development Center. In retirement, Sister served in community service and the apostolate of prayer.

Sister Theresa received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Home Economics from Mount Mercy College (now Carlow University) and a Master of Science in Clothing and Textiles from Penn State University.

She also obtained Certification in English from Duquesne University.

Sister Bertille served in the Dioceses of Pittsburgh and Greenburg, Pa., as a teacher in elementary education. In the Diocese of Mobile, Ala., she was the principal of St. Jude Educational Center and in Venice, Fla., she was the CCD Coordinator. Sister was the first director of the Vincentian Child Care Center in Pittsburgh. Later she assumed the duties of sacristan at Vincentian de Marillac (formerly Villa de Marillac). In retirement, she served in the prayer ministry while living at Lourdes Hall in St. Louise Convent, Pittsburgh, Pa. Survivors include many nieces, a nephew and her religious community.

Marina Martin, SCN, 93, a native of Sedalia, Mo., died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky., on April 5, 2011. She was a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 72 years.

Survivors include numerous nieces and nephews and her religious community.

Kathleen Mary Bohan, SCN, 85, a native of Lebanon, Ind., died at Nazareth Home, in Louisville, Ky., on March 24, 2011. She was a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 66 years.

In Louisville after nurse’s training at St. Joseph Infirmary, Sister served as director of nursing at our Lady of Peace Hospital and was chair of the nursing Department at Spalding University (formerly Spalding College). Sister Kathleen Mary served as provincial of an SCN Louisville Province. She was director of health care education at Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital, dean of the School of Nursing at Spalding University, and administrator of Nazareth Home. Sister also served as vice president for mission at St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington, Ky., and became a resident at Nazareth Home in February 2008.

Sister Marina served in the apostolate of education as music and classroom teacher in Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky. In Louisville, Sister taught at Holy Family School, was a student in higher education at Spalding College, now Spalding University, from 1967-69, and served at Spalding College as an office assistant from 1970-71. She also served as secretary at Bethlehem High School in Bardstown, Ky., from 1971-83. Sister Marina later served at Nazareth Montessori and Catherine Spalding Center, Nazareth, Ky. Sister Marina is survived by her religious community.

Francis Anthony McDonald, SCN, 90, a native of Jackson County, Miss., died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky., on March 27, 2011. She was a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 62 years.

Survivors include cousins and her religious community.

Roberta Maria Wimpsett, SCN, 89, a native of Bardstown, Ky., died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky., on March 27, 2011. She was a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 73 years.

Sister Roberta Maria served in community service and child care in Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee for 68 years. Sister became a resident at Nazareth Home in October 2008 where she served in the apostolate of prayer.

and in Louisville.

Sister Francis served in the United States Army Nurse Corps as a surgery nurse. After leaving the military with the rank of First Lieutenant she entered into religious life with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. As an SCN she served as a nurse in Chattanooga, Tenn., Mt. Vernon, Ohio,

Survivors include a sister, Joan M. Rogers, and brother Judge Michael O. McDonald, nieces and nephews, cousins, and her religious community.

Survivors include three sisters and one brother: Martha Willett and J.C. Wimpsett of New Haven, Ky.; Dorothy Ballard and Alice Beam of Bardstown, and her religious community.

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EDWARD BARLOW Marietta Putzig, SCN JOSEPHINE BARRIEAU, SCN Romeo\Rachel Dube MARGARET BARRY Evelyn Hurley, SCN Agnes Ann Fuhs, SCN Janet Dougherty, SCN CHARLOTTE ANN BARTLEY, SCN Kenneth\Joanne Upham Mary Angela Shaughnessy, SCN MARIE\PETER BASSFORD Joyce Abramson VIRGINIA BAUER, SCN Thelma Saphara Thrift-Shop-Our Place, Inc.\ Greensburg, Ky. Jesse\Carol Baird Saint Rita Church Parish Staff\ Louisville, Ky. Bernadine Sullivan Peggy Kelleher McClure Joan McGlen Kenny Barbara Blaikie Janet Hoffman Murphy Marilyn Hopkins Stone Marie Perry Roy Thelma Saphara Mary Angela Shaughnessy, SCN John A. Donoghue, Jr. CAROL GIANCOLA BAUGUES Ruth A. Johnson Joan Knasel VINCENT BAUMAN Sharen Baldy, SCN MARY ROBERT BECKER, SCN Helen Dahlberg JOHN RANDALL BELICH Frances Capodanno CLARENCE BELL Rosamary Bell ANN DELLA BELLA SCN Spirituality Center DON BELVIY Marilyn Lilly JOHN A. BENNETT Barbara Bennett Leslie B. Branch, M.D. MARY MARGARET BENSON Evelyn Hurley, SCN Janet Dougherty, SCN Gwen McMahon, SCN Shirley Nugent, SCN Catherine Lee, SCN JAMES MATTHEW BLAIR Jim\Anne Tennison, SCN KATHLEEN MARY BOHAN, SCN John Loretto Mueller, SCN Marlene Lehmkuhl, SCN Marilyn Shea, SCN Mary Ann Schianchi Martha Joan Bennett Wass Brady, SCNA Connie Lusher, SCNA Mark\Kathy\Jack\Nathan Kargl Diane Pharo, SCN Ann\Gene Harp Pat Kelley, SCN Dorothy Wilson, SCN Elizabeth Blandford, SCN Virginia Blair, SCN Brenda Gonzales, SCN Claire Breen Eileen Mary Meyer, SCN Agnes Scully George Gates, Jr. Mary J. Hill Mary Eula Johnson, SCN LAURITA BOHN, SCN Elizabeth A. Christ MARY MONICA BOLL, SCN Gregory Boll David\Theresa Kline MARY BONN Mildred M. Smith MARY STELLA BOONE Marilyn Shea, SCN Marlene Lehmkuhl, SCN Mary Ann\Al Bowling MARY TERESA RAQUE BOONE Grace Mary Whittaker, SCN Loretta Weller, SCN Rosemarie Kirwan, SCN

JOHN BOURKE Dolores Bourke BOURKE FAMILY\ DECEASED MEMBERS Dolores Bourke MILDRED BOWLING, SCN Ernest\Mary McCubbin GABRIELLE BRANSCOME, SCN Catherine Cox REV. BERT BRIAN William Leslie Keene, Jr. ANN\STAN BRINKMAN Margie\Dan Kennedy BROSEY FAMILY\DECEASED MEMBERS Dolores Bourke WILLIAM L. BROWN Kathryn Christiansen\William J. Smith CAROLYN KLAPHEKE BRYANT Grace Mary Whittaker, SCN Loretta Weller, SCN Rosemarie Kirwan, SCN NANCY BUBE Keith Bube CLAIRE BUCKLEY Bill\Marion Coughlin SAMUELLA BUCKMAN, SCN Anonymous JULIUS BULOTA Paula Palotay JOHN J. (JACK) BURKE Marlene Lehmkuhl, SCN Marilyn Shea, SCN Maureen Taaffe, SCN Shirley Nugent, SCN Gwen McMahon, SCN MR.\MRS. JOSEPH C. BURNETT Margaret B. Leibson CATHARINE JAMES CAIN, SCN Paul\Phyllis Dawson Lisa\Robert Hiatt DONNA CALIPARI Eleanor Willett, SCN THELMA CAMBRON, SCN Robert\Kerry Cambron JOHN CAMPBELL SCN Associates MARY CATHERINE CAMPBELL, SCN Richard Campbell MARIE\ROY CANNINGS Harold\Marie Cannings PAUL CAPPELLANO Evelyn Hurley, SCN Agnes Ann Fuhs, SCN Janet Dougherty, SCN DENNIS CAPPIELLO Catherine Lee, SCN MARY MARGARET “PEG” CARPINO Luke Boiarski, SCN Anne Magruder, SCN MARY MARGARET CARR, SCN Patricia S. Kelly ANN MARIA CARRICO, SCN Jean A. Morgan MARIA CARROLL Mary Loretto Krimple, SCN ROBERT J. CARROLL, M.D. Louis\Jean Raimond Teresa Petrick Susan\Martin Obrien Thomas\Wendy J. Namey Brown Jug Golf League Mary Cole Janet Burkardt Joann F. Warren Katherine Vidakovich Tri-State Orthopaedics\ Pittsburgh, Pa. Jim\Jeanine Sismour Lois Scherder Dorothy L. Baker Amy Lowen Jean D. Howard Maureen E. Lally Green Dr.\Mrs. George Gerenth Marjory A. Wilson Nancy O’Toole Betty Taylor Mr.\Mrs. Robert Deasy James\Audrey Hohman

Dr.\Mrs. Robert E. Lee Richard\Cathy Pieper Janet\Harold Weil Marcia J. Clark Suzanne\Bernard Werner Renee Ann Carolan Mary C. Miller Ann Estop Pennsylvania Medical Society Nardini Family Sarah\Justin Middleton Edward\Alice Carey John\Betty Moraca Dick\Mary Beth Gemperle MARYANNE CARROLL CAVANARO Nazareth High School\Class of 1948 WINIFRED CAWLEY Ellen Paul McGovern, SCN Martha Louise Walsh, SCN ROY CHASE Janet Dougherty, SCN Agnes Ann Fuhs, SCN Evelyn Hurley, SCN ALBERT CHAVES Margaret Rodericks, SCN WILLIAM MARY CHAWK, SCN James M. Morris MR. MING WEI CHU Margaret Wang VERONICA CIMPRICH, VSC Bernadine Cimprich Teresa\Anthony Igo ERMELINDA CINQUE Antoinette Cinque CLEMENTIA CLARK, SCN Mary K. Bower FLORENCE MARY CLARK, SCN Mary K. Bower JOSEPH CLARK Marian Clark RITA MARIA COCO, SCN Phlip\Susan Coco ED CONLON Kathleen Mary Bohan, SCN (dec.)

Eileen Mary Meyer, SCN JEANETTE CONNOLLY Joseph L. Connolly MR.\MRS. CHARLES M. COOLEY Mega Mulroy\Family MARY ANGELITA COOMES, SCN Paul\Henrietta Coomes ANNA CATHARINE COON, SCN Martha\Joseph Marston MARGARET MARIA COON, SCN Martha\Joseph Marston LAVERNE KURTZ CORBETT SCN Spirituality Center

MARY JEAN CORCORAN Miriam Corcoran, SCN ALGAR HUBERT COSBY Pat Kelley, SCN NORMAN COTE Luella E. LeBlanc, SCNA CECILIA MARIA COYNE, SCN Jean A. Morgan RITA CLARE COYNE, SCN Jean A. Morgan MARY JUDE COX, SCN Robert Arbour VIRGINIA CRADDOCK Catherine Barrett JOAN ELLEN CREGG, SCN Rev. Jim Graf AGNES CRONE, SCN Bob\Stella Crone Patricia Lynch-Hayes MARY COLLETTE CRONE, SCN Bob\Stella Crone CROWLEY FAMILY\ DECEASED MEMBERS Della Crowley DANIEL\MARGARET CROWLEY Della Crowley MARGARET DANIEL CROWLEY, SCN Della Crowley Ann Martin Thomas Capasso David\Ann Martin ANNE P. CUNNINGHAM Kathleen Cunningham PEARLENE CUNNINGHAM SCN Motherhouse Coordinators ANN CORNELIUS CURRAN, SCN Robert Arbour JAMES MARION CURTSINGER, SCN Marian Schwind EMILIANA CRYAN, SCN Florence Cryan RAY D’ANDREA Luke Boiarski, SCN Anne Magruder, SCN HERMAN DAHLBERG Helen Dahlberg JOE DANT Mary Jo Dant REV. WALLY DANT Rev. John A. Schwartzlose Eleanor Willett, SCN Dorothy Wilson, SCN Elizabeth Blandford, SCN Virginia Blair, SCN DAVENPORT FAMILY\ DECEASED MEMBERS Margaret Lillian Davenport, SCN Rose Andrew Waller, SCN DAVE DECOURCY Catherine Lee, SCN

RITA DEMATTE, SCN Rita M. DeMatte PHILOMENA DEMETER David Demeter MARY SUE DENNOM Barbara Spencer, SCN Betty Fracchia, SCN EVELYN DEPENBROCK Rachel Willett, SCN DEVASIA DEVASIA Rosemarie Kirwan, SCN ROSEMARY DIBA, SC Robert\Mary Belloto THOMAS\ELOISE DICKERSON John\Julia DuPlessis THOMAS MARIA DICKERSON, SCN Dr.\Mrs. John J. DuPlessis JOSEPH DIGRAPPA Yolanda Ferzoco LUIGI\CONCETTA DIGRAPPA Yolanda Ferzoco FRANK DICHTEL Grace Maria Saia, SCN Barbara Spencer, SCN Betty Fracchia, SCN Gertrude Foster, SCN DR. GERARD DOMINIQUE Miriam Corcoran, SCN Maria\Michael Berthold VINCENT DRAGO Susan Lewandowski MARGARET DRIES Gertrude Foster, SCN CATHARINE LUCILLE DRURY, SCN Ruth T. Wimsatt GEORGETTE DUFFIELD Anonymous THOMAS DUNAVANT Bill and Georgia McSwain Stephen Songy Barbara Kaferle Billy\Jacqueline Sewell Barbara Spencer, SCN Betty Fracchia, SCN Nissan North America Facilities Dept.\Franklin, Tenn.

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ALUMNI OBITUARIES Carol Giancola Bauques, LaSalette Academy, 1951 Lorene Etienne Jones, Sts. Mary and Elizabeth, 1940 Patricia Hellmueller Hoeck, St. Joseph Infirmary, 1949 William Peugh, St Vincent de Paul, 1953 Catherine Schroeder, Nazareth College, 1945 Marshall W. Sprigg, St Philip Neri School Dorothy Kuchinka Ney, St. John School, 1946 Mary Pearl Woods Dolley, Nazareth Jr. College, 1942 Ann P. Cunningham, Presentation Academy, 1952; Nazareth College, 1956 Catherine L. Kearns, Presentation Academy, 1944 Mary Louise Neuling Atcher, Sts. Mary & Elizabeth, 1937 Helen Jane Murphy, Nazareth Academy, 1945; Nazareth Jr. College, Nazareth 1947; Nazareth College, Nazareth 1949 Rose Marie Kraus, St. Joseph Infirmary, 1953

Betty J. Clark, St. Joseph Infirmary, 1947 Sallie McAuliffe, St. Joseph Infirmary, 1943 Gladys Gregory Schipper, St. Joseph Infirmary, 1933 Yvonne Rossie Abraham, Sacred Heart Academy and St. Joseph School of Nursing Ann O. Bressler, St. Frances Academy John Wurtele, St. Catherine Academy, 1942 Lou Briscoe Gardiner, St. Mary’s Academy, 1944 Nancy Bube, Presentation Academy, 1977 Helen Battaile Jaubert, Nazareth Jr. College, 1934 Zora Gellhaus Smith, Spalding University and Nazareth Academy, 1943 Joanne Lehmkuhl Donner, LaSalette Academy, 1950 Bobbie Sue Kidwell, Nazareth Academy, 1964; Nazareth College, 1969 Mary Elizabeth Roach Kidder, Nazareth College, 1947

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Continued from page 4: Impelled by the Love of Christ The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth have always focused on community involvement and thus were not immune to the flux in which the country found itself. …

there were so many sick and dying soldiers that the army doctors and nurses, even with the extra help of the Red Cross, were unable to cope with the situation,” Krumpelman writes.

Several sisters answered a call Author Frances Krumpelman, for help and took up residence SCN, said she and the late Mary at the camp.

Collette Crone, SCN, decided about eight years ago that there Another interesting aspect of needed to be a written history of the book is SCN’s reaction SCN’s second 100 years. There to women winning the right were histories on the first 100 to vote. The mother general years and SCN’s work in India advised them to vote, pray and Belize, but none on the and follow their conscience. second 100 years.

Bardstown politician Ben Johnson visited and encouraged “We decided if it was going to them to exercise their new get done, we’d have to do it,” privilege.

Krumpelman said. …

So many sisters voted that it In Krumpelman’s book, that turned the tide of the election. history includes the SCN’s exhausting effort during the The book also covers the Spanish influenza crisis, which facilities SCN built during hit the U.S. in 1918. the 12-year span; schools and colleges opened, including “At Camp Taylor in Louisville, Spalding University;

renovations to the local campus, and more.

From helping starving European children after World War I to opening maternity wards for women, who in that era had just begun having children in a hospital instead of at home, “Impelled by the Love of Christ: The Life and Ministry of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth 1912-1924” covers it all.

In writing it, Krumpelman gained an even deeper respect for her religious community because of “the amazing amount of ministry that the sisters did — diverse, geographically far-flung, really with minimal resources, and how willing people were to help,” she said, including priests and the people of Bardstown and Nelson County. …

The book is available at the Visitor Center on the Nazareth Campus and at Bardstown Booksellers in Bardstown, Ky., and Readers Corner in Louisville, Ky. Sister Frances has been sharing her insights through a series of “Evenings with the Author.” For more information about Sister Frances and her book, please visit www.scnfamily.org/books.

The Journey is produced by the Office of Congregational Advancement. Contributors for this publication include: Diane Curtis, Dana Hinton, Spalding Hurst, Dianne Smith, Janice White, Leslie Wilson, Robin Weber, Mary Beth Brown, SCNAs Trudi Maish, Jo Ann Paulin, Patsy O’Toole, and SCNs Mary Anne Burkardt, Teresa Kotturan, Malini Manjoly, Marlene Lemkuhl, Barbara Peterson, Judy Raley, Eleanor Martin and Luke Boiarski.

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We Sisters of Charity of Nazareth are an international Congregation in a multicultural world.

Impelled by the love of Christ, in the tradition of Vincent de Paul and the pioneer spirit of Catherine Spalding, we and our Associates are

committed to work for justice in solidarity with oppressed peoples, especially the economically poor and women, and to care for the earth.

We risk our lives and resources, both personally and corporately, as we engage in diverse ministries in carrying out this mission.

Partners in Mission Check out a new way to partner with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, a new website. It’s called rerouteit.org. Rather than filling your life with things you don’t need, send it where it counts. We can help you do that with Reroute It. The website allows you the opportunity to see ways in which your money will make a concrete difference in the lives of others. Your donation will go where it makes a difference for people in great need. Among the folks joining the “rerouteit” movement, the Sisters at St. Louise Convent, Pittsburgh, Pa. The Sisters recently held a competition to see who could raise the most money to donate to rerouteit.org. We encourage you to do the same. Help spread the word.

Learn more at: www.rerouteit.org

The SCN Legacy Society was established to recognize and honor benefactors who have named the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in their estate plans. With deep faith, these individuals have chosen as their legacy a share in the SCN mission. Members of the SCN Legacy Society are valued partners in bringing the love of Christ to coming generations.

If you would like information about including the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in your estate planning, please contact Leslie Wilson at (502) 3481547 or lwilson@scnazarethky.org.