SCN alumna journeys to Botswana for visit with Sisters Botswana, leaving many without family members to care for them. A large campus originally used to house workers for the diamond mines is the site for the new orphanage. Even though the facility has not been officially opened, six children, with two housemothers. already occupy one unit. her story of how the i anived in Kanye to a experience touched her.. . heartfelt welcome of The old adage "build it and banners, tea and hugs. they wiU come" is certainly Withii an hour there had hue in Botswana. I was been 10 visitors. I thought blesmd with the opportunity they were coming to see the to visit with Sisters Angela "new lady from the U.S.." Hicks, Nallni Mechdl and Little did I know that this is Sa& Manavalan in how it is all the time. The Jwaneng and Sisters Pat door is always open and Hum and Ann Muthukattil in constantly revotving with the village of Kanye. people who have a need. In Jwaneng an orphanage is The mission serves over 1.000 Catholics and without parents. The AIDS includes seven outposts. virus has devastated The outposts require many miles of travel on rutted dirt mads. The priest is What's Inside: only in the village on -~ weekends, so the Sisters 2 "It takes a village ..." must meet the many religious needs of the 3 SCN Novices experience community. Often ministry outside their someone would arrive own cultures unexpectedly at the 4 Destination: India corivent after traveling &eve& hours by foot or 5 SCNs on the Move catching a ride. Vkhs 6 Former St. Joseph Director were always p t e d wffh a featured at recent warm smUe, a cool drink. booksignings a d willingness to make 7 Journeying On time for a diecussion of their issue. 8 Memorial and Honorary Gifts Making home visits was
Anne Guilfoyle Moore, a '63 graduate of the St. Joseph School of Nursing, Lexington, Ky., traveled with her husband, Burnie Moore, who was conducting business in Botswana during March, 2001. She took the opporfunity to visit the SCMs t e r e , assist with their
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one of the most fulntling parts of my stay. In one situation, we met an elderly woman whose grandson places her on the bare floor for the day before leaving for work. There is no furniture in the 8 by 10-foot room where she spends her days. On the floor next to the woman are the ingredients to make her tea, since she is not capable of moving about. In the starkness of that bare mom she received Communion from sister Pat. Her appredatlon for the opportunity was apparent by the beautiful smile on her face. Another visit took us to a young @I who had experienced a
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Nearly everyone has heard the expression, 'It takes a village to raise a child." The residents of Nazareth Villages, a home for persons who are elderly or disabled, take the saying to heart. The residents and staff of Nazareth Villages have created a community that reaches beyond its locatim on the grounds of Nazareth to help those in need in a variety of ways. During a holiday liturgy, SCN Vi ident Shalini D'Soum had the opportunity to speak with Nazareth Villages residents and Mends a b u t the Congregation's new ministry in Botswana. As residents arrived, they placed donations in a basket. After Sister Shalini shared stoy after story of children affected by the AIDS virus in Botswana who will be served by the orphanage to be staffed by SCNs in Jwaneng, she witnessed midents reaching back into thelr pockets and purses to add more money to the basket as they left One woman asked if she could go back to her apartment for her checkbook. She returned with a check for $50 saying that she had planned to spend it on Christmas gifts for her grandchildren. They have so much already," she explained. Instead, she made the donation to Botswana in honor of her grandchildren. Sister Shallni was touched by the generous response of the
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whom live on fixed incomes. Just as important as offering tlnancial assistance, the midents lend their prayerful support to this and other SCN minishies. DIrector Ann Boone, atns that the focus of N W h Vlllage~is to be a community. she and her
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to offer programs and activities that focus on the needs of others IocaUy and around the world. During the Christmas season residents joined with staff members to participate in the Salvation Army 'Angel Tree" program. The residents also collected money and items for The New Life Center, a childcare center for pregnant and parenting teens in Bard!jtown, Ky. This program encourages teenagers who are pregnant or have young children to complete their education. Some oP the other agencies that Nazareth ViUages' residents have supported In the past include St. John's Center for the Homeless in Loulsvllle. Voluntary Action Agency in Bardstown, The Caring Place a spouse abuse shelter in Lebanon, Ky., and St. Vincent de Paul Society in Bardstawn,Ky. Residents also generously suppott SCN minishies
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city/multicultural ministry experience held in the Bronx, New York from January 223. While in New York, Jacqueline had the adventure. On January opportunity to work 2, niginia left for a at Casa d'Esperanza nine-week stay with (House of Hope). Her the SCNs in India ministry included teaching English as a where she would share second language, life, mission and assisting clients with prayer with them, basic computer skills, meanwhile attending and offering classes on SCN history classes preparation and charism in India. for citizenship. She Higinia said her time in also assisted with the India held many gifts day care activities for for her, particularly the the children o f opPO*u'b' to jnteract A PASSAGE TO INDIA: Much of Novice Higinia Bol's time in lndia wasspent a immigrants and with the novices there* Mokama with the second year novices, ptctured in this photo from refugee clients. In addition, her time in Aruna Kerkefta, Mary Michael Dan& Anima Aind, Eliza Jacqueline stated that minishv with the Sushma Bodra, Paulina Kerketta, and Celine Saldanha. the best part of her sistersin the villages minis@ time was "my of Chaibasa, Jamshedpur interaction with the Yincentian-Setonian wonder-filled nine weeks and (iaya gave her a wide children and being able to Tradition) participating brought her to a deeper in variety of experiences in be present to the women the Charity Novitiate teaching, health care,home understanding and as they told their stories. I appreciation of the SCN Ninistty Experience 200 1. visits and ministry among also eqjoyed meeting and charism and mission as She had the opportunity to the women of the villages. spending time with the inculturated within the meet novices from other "This hands-on experience context of India's areas of the United States other Charity novices and of our Vincentian charism their director," s h e said. and be part of an innerenhanced my desire for and challenging diversity. "I understanding of service to came to know the power of Christ's poor: Higinia said. the Spirit within every novice in India, including Her journey culminated in myself," she said, a truly Fastern expression concluding that the impact of spirituality. For ten days, of this experience is Clod's Higinia, along with the first gift to her. year novices, participated in a contemplative retreat Charity Novitiate Ministry at the Matridham Ashram Program offers inner-city in Varanasi. This period of experience prayer and contemplation SCN Novice Jacqueline amid nature and simple Aceto learned more about living allowed her time for herself and othehers as one reflection, processing and of six novices from the integration of prayer, Charity Federation (an community life and organization of 13 U.S. BUlLDlNC UNDERSTANDING: X N Novice Jacqueline Aceto LS ministry. pictured here with the one of the youngest clients of the Caw d' religious Congregations Esperanza "House of Hope" in the Bronx, New York. She said these established in the
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for the H u m n l H e s for this honor,' SisW Luq said. *I hope that my receiving it d the "rntAnnual Lucy wil Fretbeet be The university also recently I recognfzed Sister Lucy for rs" more than 50 yeam of Dr. Mary Bums, SCN, pictured at the A&L on Friday, March community service. awwds ceremony with DI. LoisAh-Rodge6 3Oon the Kentucky Dputy Commainner of Education Univemitv of Sâ‚ŹN h i d e n t homed by Louisville Campus. includes Kentuck#, %uedHeartsouthem Tennessee, Viminia and Presenters included MiSSiOllS west virginia For many John C d O S Rowe, University SCN President Maria Vincent years it has conducted of California, Irvine, who Brocato was honored along action research projects to presented "Nineteenthwlth Phyllis Vakr, OSF. men help improve ed Century U.S. Literary Culture Lamberjack, OSF,Rev. Jack children and youth ia this and Transnationality' Kurps, SW,and Ed Savage region and in the nation. for service on the Board of Jan CareW, Noehwestern The honorees for the University (emeritus).Rodrigo Dm&m for Sacred Outshnding Mucator Southern Missions in Walls, Lazo, Miami Univemity of Awards are educators who Ohio, Theresa RqjaclcTalley Miss. The January 18 b e been singled out as and Beth Wey, University of celebntion included a state leaders in education. Louisville presented a Eucharistic Liiurg at Queen Sister Mary has been a roundtable discussion titled of Peace Catholic Church in pioneer in education, having "Teaching American Olive Branch, Mississippi, Followed by a dinner. Bishop taught at levels from Utemhwe beyond U.S. firstgrade through the Borders." William Houck DD, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of doctoral program during Amy Kaplan of Mount her 50 yeam of ministry. Iiolyoke College prwnted Jackson, Miss.. presided SP
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Former St. Joseph Director featured at recent book signing Marge alaser, self-published author and former director of St. Joseph Infirmary School of Nursing, has been making the rounds promoting her new book, lT.W&hg of Self: A Histoq eDh lnfirmarv School of N u r s b As director of the St. JoseDh Infirmaw School of Nursina when it closed in 1971, M q e decided to \;rite the ofhequested history of the school. Although new to the world of computers and publishing, with the help of alumna Mary Hill, Marge began the complex task of gathedng information. The book, edited by Donna M. N e a r y and designed by PaMck Lynch, was published by Merrick Printing Company, Louisville, Ky., financed by Marge and St. Joseph alumnae. After appearing at two recent book signings in Louisville, the author reports that sales have been brisk, enabling her to cover publishing expenses for the book All profits will go to the mission of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. She describes the book as “more than a history of any place or building. It is a living testament to the compasslon and tenacity of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth and the nurses they trained, as well as the people
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CORRECJON. . D U to ~ +nc&eci i n f o d o n . . . ' received, eatherine Cafmll . Whefs. %.'Joseph LnRrmary, . gass of. 1935, vas mlqtakeniy, Ustedas deceased in the Wlnter ..issue of S C I y .The. JQjg&y staff apol*es to ME. Withers, herfamily b d m* .' .. for .printing@ii n c o ~ e t information.
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are common sometimes five or six per week In most villages. It is the custom for everyone .... . in the village to join the family in their home one hour each evening for prayer and song until the funeral. We joined the group one evening. There were over 33 people crowded into a 10 by 12-footmom, and many more stood outside. Afterward tea and biscuits were sewed. The wake can continue for one PLAMIME. The author encountered these children I: 3 in the street to two weeb until the while making a home visit with the SCNs based in K-8,,b. Unfortunatelv, night before the burial the children of Botswana face some vety adult realitia that are far when the body is removed from these typical experiences of childhood. Ten thousand brought to the home. children in this country are HIVpositive, some already suffering from The villagers keep an AIDS. In additton, some 60,oOO children in Botswana alone have lost &night vigil with the their mothers or both parentr to the AIDS epjdemlc. family. faith? Who took the people would do There remain so many Communion to the sick? without‘the Sisters. What needs for the Catholic Who visited the outposts? did they do before the communities that OUT Who was there to answer a 3CNs came? Who taught Sisters are sewha. 1 auestion. sav a Draver or the Euchdstic ministers? COnstantlY wOndgred what who gave instruction in the &e a hug? )I
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