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SCNs participate in joint reconciliation prayer setvice attended the service, held at St. Joseph ProtoCathedral in Bardstown. Ky. The prayerful occasion provided an opportunity for members of the three congregations and the local community to pledge themselves anew to healing racism in today's world.

The congregations jointly expressed sadness that there were times in their histories when members were not alert to the iNustice of slavery and did not actively oppose this grave wrong. Today's members asked forgiveness as a means of coming to terms with this part of their histories so that they mi@ move into the future with a new dedication toward multiculturalism and What's Inside: social justice.

SCN President Maria Vincent Brocato said, "We believe L Mission Sunday focuses with certainty that Jubilee on Gospel call to oneness 3 Anti-Christian atmosphere calrs us to repefltance." in India heightens concern Three members of the African-American 4 SCNs adjust to life in community, Elaine Riley, Botswana an associate member of 5 SCNs in Belize continue to the Dominicans of St. assist victims of Hurricane Catharine, Kentucky: 6 Presentation Academy MarUIa Hickman. a Freshmen visit Nazareth member of St. Monica Parish in Bardstown; and 7 SCNs on the move Deacon James Turner of 8 Journeying On St. Nartin de Pores Church 9 Memorial & Honoraiy Gifts in Louisville, provided 12 Nazareth alumni gather for responses. They offered forgiveness and expressed campus reunion a desire to work together in the future challenging the

In a collaborative effort to

express regret for involvement in slave holding in the early 18OOs, the S C N Congregation joined with two other Kentucky orders of women religious to host a joint Reconciliation Prayer Service on December 9,2000.

The Dominicans of SL Catharine, Kentucky. the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, and the Sisters of Loretta joined together last year to determine how their congregations might acknowledge this past sin b d ask forgiveness during the year of Jubilee proclaimed by the Catholic Church. Over 400 people

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congregations to take concrete actions to combat racism. "Our ancestors are aying tears of joy in heaven," Hickman said, "and 1 am sure yours are too -to know that we have come together today."

A committee of nine sisters from the three congregations planned the

Through notices issued in church bulletins and through the Catholic and local media, members of â‚Źhe African-Amelican communities and the general public in areas invited to participate in the Reconciliation Prayer

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THE LIGHT OF HOPE: At a recent Reconciliafion Prayer Service the Sisters of Charily of Nazareth and two other Kentucky religious orders sought forgivenen fortheir involvement with siaveiy in the lms.During the conclusion of the service, members of the African-American Cadfrolic community and congregational leadersled those present in lighting candles and singing 'Amazing Gram" as an exprwion of healing and hope for righi relationships in the future. Pictored from left to right are Damn James Turner of St M d n de Pones Parish in Louisville; Martha Hjckman of St. Monica Parish in BanMown; Elaine Riiw an assodate member of the Dominicans of St. Catharine, Kentucky; Joan Scanlon, O t President of the Dominicans ofSt. Catharine;Maria Vincent B m t o , SCN President and Barbara Nichoias, SL, Vke President of the Sisters of Loretto.

prayer service that grew out of joint initiatives of the Multicultural Committee of the St. Catharine and SCN congregations. Earlier this year the Sisters of Loretto dedicated a monument at their Motherhouse to those who had sewed as slaves during the early years of the congregation's history.

Service. In her homily Joan Scanlon, O f ' , President of the Sisters of St. Catharine, Kentucky, concluded with a prayer, 'Today as we are shaped and stretched by the potter Qod, we look to the future asking for forgiveness and guidance. Mold us into something beautiful.'

..For I do hope to see you on my journey, and be sent on by you once I have enjoyed your company for a little while ..." Romans 1524

Mission Sunday focuses on Gospel call to oneness Excerpts from SCN Patricia Kelley's Homily given on Mission Sunday, celebrated at Nazart?thon October 22: N i m a g u a spirited Spanish order to cover our whatever is happenhg in me spirit to claim thegrace moment?

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Hk&on Sunday with its may of flags, C O & t U m ~ .

Rowers and incense, challenges us to a pwsmal reapnse to world-mhdedness. In a

pioneer sisters can,most bly, synchronize the& to drumbeats, while they &ain to pick up melodies sung at Mass. As let us t4y to dlscover the we think of SCNs around the worid today. we become aware of the diâ‚Źfemtt cultures impacting them.

WhatdQWmatFe wild uarit?ry within the Body of CNlstl What is the glue that holds It &I tagether? the delight others have Is it not faith- the same found in them. There is faith that built baslllcas and

BeUze as we empower IaIb to take the Wartf of UQdto R!e muld pithre a d a g e of such lirwrgiesSwe displayed the vari rituals seris aee a this very Sunday. more than hoK, hundred of lt9 are offering M a s s in

intewenes to insert a witness to in lndia where

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(orange) shawl around hts neck; women cany o f F e m of flowet.s--offen on their h W=fw lthuglcar movement in pracessions (t9 partkipants sft on the floor with the heavy aroma of incense pervadingthe i31urQll. In BeUze, the S i r s sing to the acfampaniment of a marimba and alap the .strong&ymmk beats of Spanish music. In

remlcrtlon of another p p l e if we open i ourselves to appreciate It. moment

ng. paiul SCNs have carrfed over the fâ‚ŹltnaliryanMounbfns to

mentally chdllenged women and chfldren. Faith that

Beyond appreciating our g m ~ u faith, s mis m i o n Sunday wIebration of biternationdlty calk us to move sat of any fsoiaUon we maylzave allowad to sumundus. ItchaEengw us to no longer @t out diffweacm atnag u8 in

Anti-Christian atmosphere in India heightens concern for SCNs there SCN Vice President Shalini

DSouza, a native of India, recently addressed sisters on the Nazareth Campus regarding concerns about the increasingly violent political landscape in India, where nearly 200 SCpIs serve in 39 different mission areas.

"Recenthappniqqsinlndla have given us much to ptay

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meansto be a'missiomqf in Indiat0day:SMershalini said. During India's fnst 48 yeam of independencethere were only 50 cases of lEgi&redMe6* Christians. But between 1997 and 1998 there have been 500 CBSes registened. thougll pcmlbly there may be even more mmnm."

She dted sevwal w n t eventsthathavebeen qakd in WOtldwEde media: > A number of sisters and priests, as well as other Christian missionaries. have been killed. raped and assaulted. For example, Australian

missionary ataham

Staines and his two children were murdered and the State authorities failed to openIy condemn s w h acts of violence.

Slnce the ktller has been found, the government has begun a new strategv of threatening to send foreign missionaries out of the country and of establishing what they call a "national church" such as the one in China. +ChIiStianChurcher,in many parts of the counhy are being deseaated or

bUmed, SWRd festivals

aredisnrpteaE5ibIestorn and h n p l e d upon. Last yearinQqjarat.the natlonlsts disrupted ChrtStmasmidnigM Maswi by h o l m rallies

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threatened by the Qovernmentif the policies of admissions and promotion are not consistent with government desires. m a l cathOliC &QQ& repofied In its January 5 issue that fiat' fi. John Peter survived an attach in which two men stabbed him 14 times. Although 110

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Church officials suspect

Hindu extremkts, as the attackers left a note warning the Catholic priest not to celebrate PongaI, the harvest festival of Tamils celebrated by all

outside catholic chtrches.In appmhvo weeks over the 1998

few days Mer the attack and warned not to celebmte a "Hbdu" festival.

Sister ShaM sgid that in MbalcMsttansbeaten. the past members of the t.In recent months convent SCN Congregation have lived and worked through: schools have been

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assistance in education and land, being sent to jail when preaching the Qospel in Nepal, being forced to halt work with and among the poor in Almora, X= the public humiliation of pr. CMstudas and the beheadm of Fr. A.T. Thomas, both loyal friends of the Congregation in India, > breakins, robbdes, and threats.

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WHAT roL k What the future will bring is unsure, Shah1said, m i s e for prayer.. , that the SCNS will

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16 churches were destroyed or burned, 8 houses damagedandattam,3 schools attacked,and 16

SCNs and trainees celebrate Graduation Day in Surkhet Fall Qraduation was a special time for Navjyoti Training Centre,Surkhet, Nepal. The rehabilitation center for women is modeled after another SCN ministry. Navjyoti in In thfs Brst

= the ill treatment of those converted,

conditlon of village women in Nepal. The drama and

puppet play touched on social, health and literacy problems faced by local women and children.

The Chief District Officer, Dhurwa Prasad Sharma em, 4.3 was the honored guest for women received the occasion. lqany d c a t e s for sewing, government officials, wm&and literacy s k k repmntativm of RonThe train- the-1~ aovernrnental presented a program that organizations, local included a welcome song, a journw, and l O a puppet play, drama* dance* women in we numbers activity report, and a QrouP were present for the soq based On the poor graduation activities. In his

speech the chief district officer praised and thanked Navjyoti for empowering the women with many skills. He challenged the women to start a new life with their newly acquired skillsand lnvit~d Navjoyti to its program to more Vruages.

According to Rosita KavilpmyidathiI, SCN, who operates Navjyoti Training Center, Teresa Mad-ry.

SCN was a great help to her In preparing for the day. (SWer Teresa has been recognized by

Luther King to say, however fnrstrgtingthe hour, it will not be 1 0 4 because truth pressed to the earth will rise again.'

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officials in Kathmandu and by the government of Nepal for the pioneering program she heads to lift village women from ignorance and poverty through leadership pmgmns.) Navjyoti Centre in Surkhet has accomplished much in a short period. The initial met of the program was to train 100 women in a 5 year period. 'Women are so eagerto learn and it is very hard to turn any one of them away," added Sister Rosita.

SCNs adjust to life in Botswana as they prepare for ministry Since their departure for the new land of Botswana in September, five SCNs have been working to become acquainted with the people and culture, learn the Setswana language, and finalize details of their ministry to those suffering from and orphaned by the AIDS epidemic in this African country. Numerous letters over past months have documented their triumphs

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A WHOLE NEW WORLD: SCNs Sarita Manavalan, Patricia Huitt, Angela Hicks, Ann Muthukattil and M i n i Mecharil are discovering the people and culture of Botswana as they learn the Setswana language and prepare for their ministry to those suffering from and orphaned by the deadly AIDS epidemic.

Here, local children enjoy braiding Sister Nalini's long hair, as most of theirs by Comparison is short

cereal and milk. The oarishionem here supply h e priest with his we&y needs also. They have no written music that anyone knows of they have sung these songs and danced these dances since they were children.

It can be so hot that you think your hair is going to bum off the top of your head, but the sun goes in December: down and it is almost pleasant. There is Re tsogYejang? How are freouentlv a breeze, which "vou? The starkness here is side bv side with is ;real hesaver. breall;takng beauty. They In mid-December the five have no grass in our SCNs in Botswana received compound - they chop it a visit from SCN President all out because you can't Maria Vincent Brocato and see the snakes in the Vice President Shalini grass. Trees will look dead DSouza, who met with and then bloom; the most them and Church officials beautiful tree you have regarding the ministries ever seen is full of putple there. Sisters Ann and Pat or yellow blooms. Every have to Kanye day I see another bird I had wheremoved Sister Pat will be not seen the day before. ministering in the parish The people who work at and Sister Ann in the Kanamo are verygentle, school. Sisters Angela, patient and helpful. When 1 Nalini and Sarita have say anything [in Setswana], moved to Jwaneng, where they either dap to praise they will begin their work me or smile and have me with children orphaned by the AIDS virus this spring. repeat after them. They live, eat and breathe music. When you go to a parish Mass it is the most joyful celebration you can imagine. They sing and dance into the Church and never stop. One person WHAT YOU CAN DO intones and the entire , . . . the wonderful day we had enioved toaether.

We will begin in the next week to take driving lessons so we can learn or relearn how to drive a gear shiff car or truck. We also need to learn to drive on the left-hand side of the road. Botswana drivers watch out, here we come1

commemorate the countrv's 34 vears of indeptndenck, we had a special Eucharistic celebration and then went for a picnic. We gathered on an island in an empty riverbed and used a giant shade as protection , . ..treesun. rrom me After a game of volleyball, we feasted on a picnic lunch that included prepared goat meat. The goat had been given to the

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Botswana, we are honored Patricia Huitt, SCN wrote in by the woman,s gracious, October: uenerous sift. A uoat is We are well settied into our &en only at very special congregationjoin+ four life at W a m o Centre. We times for honored guests. parts, no piano, no organ, are working very hard to After we had eaten, we did just the human volce. At learn the Setswana LOTS of danclng.

Dance is the offertory about 25 language. We study, study so natural t o the people o f people cany the gifts, and then study morel We singing and dancfng all the are makingsome progrm. Botswana. Then around 6 p.m. we brought our picnic way, Not bread and wine O m was to a close with Draver and alone, but nice, potatoe, September3 Independence Day for song. We praisid hod for toothpaste, toilet paper, Botnuana. To and s ~ s s l e as s they adapt

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SCNs in Belize continue to assist victims of Hurricane Keith E M S Note: In the

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SCM Brenda Qonzales, Director of SCN Center Belize said the media in Belize reports that the

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by Hurricane Keith has totaled 280 million U.S. dollars and has affected 1/4 of the population of the small Central American country. In addltion, sugar prices just announced show a cost increase due to the loss of 2,000 acres of sugar cane fields.

'Now we afe trying to do

homes of the elderly,

> the purchase of bunk

convnunity we have been blessed with very generous donors for hurricane relief.

have allocated money @en to them for flood relief: > Bishop Martin to repair badly damaged schools, the Belize Red Cross to aid river villages, W %.Ma~tinParish's %.Vincent defaul Society to buy mattresses, % Habitat for Humanity and Helpage to repair

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beds for hvo famtues who would othenvlse have to sleep on a wet floor.

In addition, the SCNs in Belize have received donations of school supplies that they disbibuted in the Orange Walk m a , and children's cloulig they donated to the Red Cross.

"We have 11 students from Rush University in Chicago here at the Center for two weeks helping some of the H agencies distribute supplies Two to Harry that have come fmn Kirwan (brother of Rosemarie abroad." Sister Brenda said. Kiwan, 5,-N, who Maggie Cooper, 5CK and in Belize) frwn the doorway ofa the faculty of Saint John's school in the StanrS Creek district of B College recently went to QYe Caulker for a day to paint the school and help clean the beach.

of2009 nqt pictured are Rymunda Agnes C&& Agnes Elizabeth Fenn Catherlne Louse lohnson. Leano tdPcemedJ Thd5a.Thomsb &, Helen Mauieeo h!e6,.Jane Miriam 5palding lucy P,h@g&ret Maginnis, Mary Rachel Rooks, Alke Teresa L@nd, Edth Maria Lancione (decesed), Agnes lwde Thmbkri+, Dorotha Obefst, Ella Rose H e W , Eileen Lehane, Gram Winv

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Presentation Academy Freshmen visit Nazareth On October 17, 2000 over 100 msmkrs of the

XNs are former faculty members and alumnae of Prwentation Academy.

SCN m i d e n t Maria Vincent Brocato, a former teacher at Presentation. welcomed the group. "We

wish for you that you

reach for the stars wtâ‚Źh hope and courage," she told the students. "that you realize your h u t y and glfiednw as women. that you stay convinced of God's love, and In turn, fmd ways of sharing that love with others."

Their visit included tours of the grounds at Nazareth and particularly Heritage Hall, a museum showcasing the n's history. The o had the oppoMity to visit oneonone with some of the retired SCNs. "This trip allowed us to learn more about the

Sisters and their work" Presentation freshman Katy Sutton commented. "The day we spent at N m t h with the Sisters of Charity

was a day filled with learning and spirituality," added classmate Kelly Bwles, "and a day we won't soon forget."

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Schmidt and her cousfn, dto trust

done with the money," she sald. "If we had given it to an individual7I feared that it would all be spent at once. By esWUshlng a charitable trust,our hope was that it would antinu8 and I'msure

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Ms. Schmidt first came in contact with the Sisters of Charity of Naaareth wKue earning her degree fmm rraearetR College, and she has since kept in touch. As she reads the a she is proud to Mow that she is a true partner in the

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N.Journey Is produced quarteay.s,a publication:of the O!fice of Congregation+ Aavancpment. Wrltkrd fop t!iisiSye Include c;aroryh len, Melissa Mayer, Patsy O'Toole. S C W and S C p l g ~ c h e WIUett; l k3Zricia KeJley,Brendir ffonzales,:Papi$a:Hnitt, Angela Hie$% Sh,t$i Lpouza and Barbaa Petepon. Photos were provided by ,Worn WUleft, Hany !Uqm, (brothe 'and?&v!Oroole, SCpvls. and the'SCNs in Botswana. Specialthanks to the South End Open

Sandra Elder, OSU, named Director of Financefor Sisters

ofcharityofNmft3th Sandra Elder, been named finance for the Sistem of

Mm.Alfred C Di&n@ked Ssrvlce Award. The a w d ,

pl;esent&atthe r d m i awards dinner and 5W annivesary celebration of BeuUrmhe Univedty onsGpt 16, is$ven to past or preeent staff or f d t y members wlno have made extraerdimary Eellarrnine Alumni Board. contributionsto the univc3rsity. Sister Rose served at Bellarmine as director of the S e c d a r y Mu&n pro(pzsm from 1975 to 1999.

Treasurer for the Dominican Sisters of St. Catharine Kentucky for the past five years. hs mber of the Mount Saint joseph UrSIIIjIl.39 r Sandra also serves on the plnancial Congregation. She has a Bachelor's idstration with emphasis on Finance and a Master's Degee in Management from Brescia University in Owensboro, Ky. S i r Saadra assumed her duties as Director of Finance on Janua~y2,ZDO 1, and reports to Vice President Mary FWbeth Miller, SCN. who oversees the financlal operation of the Congregation as Treasurer.

Sister Mary Elliezlbeth said, 'We welcome Sister Sandra Sharon Qray, SCN,was to Name&. She comes to us well qualified and with honored by Spalding as an assfsfant treasurer of the St. Cathgllne University for her work With We feel we are gahhg m the Russell Institute for of Finance."

Pastaral Ministty on Nov. 30 as the organhtlon Sister Sandra looks forward to working with the Sistem Shawhg w celebrated its 1W of Charity of Nazareth. "I am excited about becoming involved in the vmrious aspects of the SCN Mission adversary. The Russell which include worklng forjustice and carJng for the Institute provides training for those prrspefeing for ley earth,"she said. ministry in the Church and education for daacon candldata and their wives in preparation for the permanent diaronate in the Archdiwese d Lsuis\rille.

The Institute otTem &gees in pastw;?l and religious of two former education studies as well as in theology. versity to receive the Rev.

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Mary Camilla Donahue, SCN

She is survived by a brother, John Carroll of Florence, Ky. and several nieces and nephews.

Thekla Keller, SCN

Theresa Merimee, SCN

Sister Theresa Merimee.

Sister Thekla Keller died formerly Sister Theresa Nov. 6,2000 at Nazareth Sister Mary Camilla Home in Louisville at the Miriam, died Nov. 28,2000 Donahue died Oct. 1 1, at Nazareth Home in age of 91. Sister was a 2000 at Nazareth Home, Ruth Bickett, S3-4 Louisville at the age of 84. native of Lexington, Ky. Louisville, Ky. at the age of Sister Ruth Bickett, formerly and a member of the Sister was a native of 86.Sister was B native of Sister Ruth Agnes. died Qct. Sisters of Charity of Jeffersontown, Ky. and a New Haven, Ky. and a 23,2000at Jewish Hospital Nazareth for 72 years. member of the Sisters of member of the Sisters of in Louisville at the age of Sister Thekla sewed as a Charity of Nazareth for 66 Charity of Nazareth for 56 82.Sister Ruth was a native music teacher at Nazareth years.

She served as a years. She Served as a of Raywick, Ky. and a Academy and College and teacher and physical childcare worker and member of the Sisters of in Paducah, Ky. She Served therapy assistant in housekeeper in Kentucky, Charity of Nazareth for 62 as Provincial Superior of Kentucky, Massachusetts, Massachusetts and years. She Served as a the Southern Province from Ohio and Tennessee.

Tennessee. Three sisters, teacher, parish minister, 1965-66and as Treasurer Several nieces and Jane Frances Donahue. childcare worker and Qeneral of the nephews survive.

OSU and Sister Mary pastoral care worker in congregation from 1966Beatrice Donahue, OSU Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, 1980.Survivors include Margaret Aline Smith, SCN both of Maple Mount, Ky. Maryland, Ohio and two sisters, Virginia Cory of and Anna Catherine Sister Margaret Aline Tennessee. Several nieces Pullman, Wash. and Donahue of Upper Smith, died Dec. 10,2000 and nephews survive.

Josephine Burch of Arlington, Ohio, and at Nazareth Home at the Redding Cal. and several several nieces and of 88.

A native of age Thomas de Sales nieces and nephews. nephews survive her.

Bardstown, Ky., she was a Bailey, SCN member of the Sisters of Hilda Mueller, SCN Patricia Ann Carroll, SCN Sister Thomas de Sales Charity of Nazareth for 64 Sister Hilda Mueller, Bailey died Oct. 31,2000 formerly Sister Daniel years. Sister served as a Sister Patricia Ann Carroll teacher and pastoral care died Tuesday, October 17, at Flaget Memorial Hospital Elizabeth, died Nov. 26, 2000 at Nazareth Home at in Bardstown, Ky. at the 2000 at Nazareth Home in minister in Kentucky, age of 82.Sister Thomas the age of 88.She was a Louisville at the age of 86. Maryland, Ohio, Tennessee de Sales was a native of native of Covington, KY and Virginia. Sister A native of Louisville, Ky., Avenue, Md. and a member she was a member of the and a member of the Margaret Aline was the of the Sisters of Charity of Sisters of Charity of sister of the late Sister Sisters of Charity o f Nazareth for 64years. She Nazareth for 68 years.

Nazareth for 66 years. She Joseph Loretto. SCN. Served as a nurse, Sister served as a Teacher Survivors include a niece, Served as a teacher, anesthetist and hospital and Speech Pathologist in Mrs. Stanley Kemp, and a principal, parish worker administrator in Arkansas, Kentucky, Ohio and sister-in-law,Bonnie Smith, in Kentucky, and secretary Kentucky and Tennessee.

Wisconsin. She was a both of Louisville.

Louisiana, Ohio, Several nieces and member of the Maria Hall Tennessee and Virginia. nephews survive her. community since 1998.

Several nieces and nephews survive.

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1 Memorials to SCNs may be designated to the Mission of the Sisters of i Charity of Nazareth by using the enclosed envelope, or forwarding to the Office of Congregational Advancement, P.O. Box 9, Nazareth, KY 40048-0009.

Memorial and Honoraw Gifts received between October 2 and December 28, 2000 s.EMlvn mnlev

Memorial and Hor iorary Gifts receivedt

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Nazareth alumni gather for campus reunion finally be invited to visit all the 4 pm. liturgy which Alumni of Nazareth the Congregational areas featured music provided oy Schools returned to the they had tried to sneak into the St. Vincent Church choir.

Campus on Saturday, Oct. In her homily, Mary Ellen 2 1 to reminisce and renew and see as students! friendships. In additionto Faaer JmStoltz celebrated Doyle, SCN, a former faculty representatives of member of Nazareth classes from 1934 College, challenged the alumnae to live to 1971, a number out the legacy of of former teachers service and and a small group compassion that of nurses from St. F Joseph, Lexington Mother Catherine Spalding instilled in attended the event. her sisters and that The group gathered they in turn passed for a reception in on to their students.

Crimmins Hall (Dining Commons).

The gathering Before attending the ended with a Liturgy celebrated banquet served in at St. Vincent the Motherhouse Church, the dining room with alumnae toured the sisters helping to renovated serve the alumnae.

Motherhouse and Some of the Carrico Hall, the alumnae then new facility for asked if, at a future retired sisters. As date, they could The alumnae gathering held at Nazarefh on the group toured return the favor by Oct. 21 provided an opportunity for former the Motherhouse, coming back to classmates Teresa Greenwell Miller, /eft, a one alumna Nazareth and 1947graduate of Nazareth Academy, and commented that it serving the sisters.

Anita Hager, SCN, a 1949 graduate of was wonderful to Nazareth Junior College, to reconnect

We Sisters of Charity of Nazareth are an international Congregation in a multicultural world. lmpelled 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 penonally and corporately, as we engage in diverse ministries in carrying out this mission.

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