Journey 2006 vol 02

The JOURNEY THE LOVE OF CHRIST IMPELS US WHAT’S INSIDE 2 The reach of HIV/AIDS 3 Contemporary Pioneers 4 Empowering women in Belize

Summer 2006

SCN Associate sells all to join Botswana ministry Imagine selling everything you own and moving to Africa.

SCN Associate Tootsie Gish did just that this summer leaving for Botswana in June.

5 Light of hope 6 Planting peace Outreach turns 20 7 Villages have heart 8 Fun at Camp 9 Reunion highlights 10 Family highlights 11 Journeying on 13 Memorial/honorary donations

Tootsie, a retired teacher, sold her home of 18 years and everything she owned in order to pursue her lifelong dream of working in ministry in another country. After teaching in Catholic schools for 31 years, Tootsie retired from St. Tootsie Gish, SCN Associate, is surrounded by Leonard School in Louisville, Ky., this past May. She children during her 2005 visit to Botswana. now works with victims of HIV/AIDS, many of whom are children who have lost one or both parents to the virus.

Tootsie is considered to be a change agent by many of the well-wishers who gathered at the Louisville International Airport June 20 to say goodbye. She is the first lay person to join SCNs in ministry. “This is a pioneering adventure for the Associate program. I hope it’s a catalyst for many things to come,” said Tootsie.

Five SCNs work at three sites in Botswana, which include a preschool, numerous programs for those with AIDS, and pastoral counseling services. Tootsie will call the city of Kanye home for the next two years and will only return to Kentucky for short visits. “I plan to do this for life until I can’t put one foot in front of another,” joked Tootsie.

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When asked about her decision to sell all of her possessions to move and minister in Africa, Tootsie is soft spoken and humble, “When it’s time for me to make a change in my life, God is there. It is a call. You can’t explain it any other way.” Adding that many things happened over the last year that seemed like “signs” including the fact that she received a contract on her house less than 24 hours after it was put up for sale.

Tootsie feels that in many ways she was prepared to take on this ministry by the twists and turns of her life. “People say, ‘Are you afraid?’ No. ‘Are you scared?’ No. I know it’s the right thing to do.”

Tootsie also feels led to this “new phase” of her life by a favorite passage in the Gospel of Matthew.

“God takes care of the birds, God takes care of the lilies of the field,” she said. “You be about building up the kingdom of God and He’ll take care of you.”

With a backpack and two suitcases holding all her worldly possessions Tootsie prepared to leave Kentucky and couldn’t wait Angela Hicks, SCN, hugged Tootsie Gish, to start the “next phase” SCN Associate, before Tootsie boarded of her life in Africa. When asked about what she would be taking with her, a case her plane for Botswana. Sister Angela was of Bloemer’s chili powder came to mind. “I love chili, but there’s no chili powder in one of the first SCNs to minister in Africa.

Botswana,” Tootsie laughed.

Children eat lunch at the Lobatse preschool where SCNs minister.

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The reach of HIV/AIDS “How have you stood? How have you cared?”

Sister Jackie prepares medication for a patient.

Jackie Aceto, SCN, and Stefanine Carpenter, RN, discuss a case.

AIDS was most unusual in Mississippi.

Columbus wondered throughout his struggle with the disease, “Who will mourn me when I die?” Columbus wondered--as so many like him wonder every day-- “Who will be at my gravesite?”

Jackie Aceto, SCN, has recently ministered to HIV/AIDS patients at Sacred Heart Southern Missions in Walls, Miss. She tells the story of Columbus, an HIV patient.

I wonder what my Mississippi friend, Columbus, would say if a cure for AIDS were found. I wonder how he would feel to know there was an end to the stigma of this epidemic… the poverty of this epidemic… the pain of this epidemic.

Columbus died of AIDS two years ago at 29. He was willing to risk name, lifestyle and personhood to place his condition in the public eye. His willingness to put a face to

Sister Jackie holds little Samantha at Lakeland Family Practice Clinic.

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many others experienced, not just for being HIV-positive, but also for being transgender, being gay, being poor, being of color… being DIFFERENT. And we both wondered…How have we stood? How have we cared? How have we fought to end the spread of HIV? How have we used our voices to help others not live as Columbus had to live?

As a Sister of Charity of Nazareth, I had the privilege to walk with Columbus, to journey with him when the dying process began and In our journeying together, Columbus wonto be present when God called Columbus dered, “Who would mourn me?” I did. home. I had the privilege to speak at his funeral to a packed church. And how angry In our time together, Columbus I was! You see, when And I sat with my wondered, “Who would be at my Columbus was living--and own poverty of gravesite?” I was. dying--so few people were there. So few were willing spirit…how do I In the time since Columbus died, I to walk with Columbus--or love?...how do I have continued to hear that somewith anyone with AIDS. give compassionate times challenging, sometimes ancare? noying, always encouraging voice Together, Columbus and I urging me to carry onward the message. sat and acknowledged the poverty of spirit that AIDS creates …the isolation…the stigAnd I ask you what Columbus asked me: ma of AIDS…the ignorance of people…the loneliness of lost friendship…the cruelty of How have you stood? How have you cared? the illness. And I sat with my own poverty How have you fought to end the spread of of spirit…how do I love?...how do I give compassionate care?...how do I acknowlHIV? How have you used your voice to help others not live as Columbus had to live? edge the horrible, wrong, negative things about AIDS without that negativity draining Whom do you mourn? Whom do you me?...and then how do I bring all the love remember? And how will you honor their that I have into my ministry in a positive memory? way for all…? For Columbus?

Together, Columbus and I sat and talked about the other faces of poverty for AIDS victims. We spoke of the lack of affordable housing, medicine, healthcare, political support, government funding, and the lack of social acceptance Columbus and too

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Editor’s note: Sister Jackie recently began ministry as a Prevention Case Manager in Louisville, Ky. where she works with HIV-positive individuals in a seven-county area.

Destination: United States

Contemporary Pioneering Sisters foster ministry of presence

ABOVE -- SCNs Jackie Aceto, left, and Liz Wendeln, in front of their West Louisville home.

The Sisters moved in January to “be with” the people of the area.

RIGHT -- Sister Liz talks with Dorothy Thomas, SCN, during a blessing of her new home.

BOTTOM -- Sister Jackie greets SCNs Mary Sullivan, left, and Betty MacDougall.

“I am blessed every day. When I see a young woman with a child on one hip and her laundry basket on the other walking down the street, when I hear the sirens rushing to the accident or the drug bust, when I see the unemployed sitting alongside the road, when I see the ladies of the day and night waiting for business, when I hear of yet another killing just blocks away…”

That is what a typical day in parts of West Louisville, Ky., look like through the eyes of Liz Wendeln, SCN, who recently moved to the area. “I am challenged to be ‘with’--to know of my own poverty and to reach out in love,” she added. Since January, Sister Liz has been sharing a house with Jackie Aceto, SCN, in St. Cecilia Parish.

The Sisters’ move wasn’t arbitrary. Nor was it uncommon of the spirit that guides the SCN community in each of its efforts around the world. In the streets around their home, the oppressed and the marginalized are those with whom SCNs vow to be in solidarity.

Before them stands a glorious example of their pioneer predecessor, Mother Catherine Spalding, who in the early 1800s felt called to reach out to the needy in similar ways.

“This ‘being with’ is a ministry, a call to learn from and with the poor,” Sister Liz explained. She had previously lived in Lexington, until one day she felt it was time to leave. “I continued praying to be led in the place where God wanted me; where God wanted us as an SCN community.” She wanted a place where she could live “with” the people.

The day the two Sisters came to look at the house, there were six neighbors ready to welcome them with cookies and coffee. “It was as if God sent messengers to say, ‘You have found a home among the people,’” Sister Liz said.

Within seven months following their move, the two SCNs have already made friends with their neighbors. People have come to know and trust them, and are now sharing the stories of their lives.

Both Sisters remain active in their daily ministries – Sister Jackie with Volunteers of America and Sister Liz facilitating and speaking with nonprofit organizations and religious communities. But, beyond their specific jobs, by being among the people of St. Cecilia parish, the two Sisters’ living is in itself a ministry. Sister Liz foresees expanding “the ministry of presence” to reach other parishes. “In time we hope to learn more about the needs and the rich heritage of our neighbors,” she said.

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Destination: Belize

Empowering women to do extraordinary things Beverly Hoffman, SCN, physical therapist, is in ministry with a Belizean nongovernmental organization (NGO)— Community Agency for the Rehabilitation and Education of Persons with Disabilities- Belize (CARE-Belize)— which serves disabled children up to six years old. The agency uses a community-based rehabilitation model and sees most children in their homes. Sister Beverly mentors Belizean women training to become rehabilitation field officers. Today, four women work independently in five of the six districts in the country serving over 130 disabled children and their families. Sister Beverly describes one of these women.

Roxanne Jones, a wife and mother of three children, began working at the agency three years ago. Roxanne had previously obtained an associate degree in business. She eagerly pursued the informal training that I gave her on a range of topics–basic physical therapy techniques, anatomy, causes and prevention of disabilities in children, normal and abnormal child development, problem solving, the scientific method, home remedies and folk medicine, therapeutic play activities, teaching methods and basic social work skills.

Today, Roxanne assists in the training of new rehabilitation field officers. She visits over 25 families with disabled children each month and teaches caregivers early stimulation activities.

ABOVE -- In Belize City, the camera caught these local girls posing for a picture.

RIGHT -- Roxanne Jones, a CARE-Belize worker, holds a young participant in the rehabilitation program.

Recently, Roxanne, along with a co-worker, organized the country’s first open house for the disabled. NGOs, businesses, hospitals and other traditional and nontraditional health providers who serve the disabled came together. The public, as well as students of secondary schools in the Belize District, were invited to learn what services were available for the disabled. The event was a great success.

Earlier this year Roxanne assisted both an American NGO and a Belizean NGO in setting up clinics for children with spina bifida in three areas of the country when specialists came in to do follow-up visits.

Roxanne has developed the confidence and competence to provide quality intervention services to the families and children she serves. She has completed two certificate programs in basic and advanced counseling. Families frequently visit her office to ask for advice or to find someone just to listen. She is a trusted healthcare worker in the community and networks with pediatricians, specialists from abroad, families, and other NGO agencies, in order to access services for the disabled children she serves. Roxanne is returning to school in September to complete her degree in social work.

Beverly Hoffman, SCN, left, teaches a Belizean girl therapeutic play acivities while family members watch.

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“I am truly blessed to have been chosen to receive training to work with special needs children here in Belize. I have been given the tools to make an impact on my community,” Roxanne says of her role in CARE-Belize.

Roxanne Jones’ story is only one example of the many opportunities that Sisters of Charity of Nazareth provide throughout the world to empower women in promoting change. Truly, Roxanne is an extraordinary Belizean woman doing extraordinary things.

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Destination: Nepal

She shares her light of HOPE Rosina is 16. When left alone, she often screams and kicks furniture or anybody nearby. She is one of the youngest of 30 mentally ill patients under rehabilitation at the Ashadeep complex in eastern Kathmandu, Nepal. Sister of Charity of Nazareth Cecilia Simick, psychiatric nurse and director of Ashadeep, welcomed Rosina and assured her parents that with the help of the program the girl would calm down in a few days.

Ashadeep--Light of Hope--set among rice terraces, is the first and only therapeutic

program of its kind in Nepal and was initiated by Maryknoll priests. In 1993, SCNs became involved when they rescued six mentally ill women from the central jail and housed them within their convent premises.

Later that year, 46 more mentally ill women from Kathmandu prisons were admitted.

Ashadeep can now care for 40 patients, male and female. The patients suffer from various mental problems: acute / chronic schizophrenia, mania, depression, alcohol and drug abuse, mental retardation, and other psychotic problems. Most of the patients are poor and cannot afford to pay for food or medicine. While seeing the patients, the doctor decides how much money the families can pay and adjusts the fee accordingly. Many cannot pay anything, especially those brought from the streets and the jail.

According to Sister Cecilia, the main hope for patients like Rosina is the love and concern that the center offers people of all castes, tribal groups and language backgrounds who are brought there. Inside the closed gates, patients help care for the vegetable and flower gardens. They are given hope for a normal life.

Rosina is lucky compared to many mentally ill people who get put into jail because there are no state agencies to treat them. Sometimes parents in Nepal keep their mentally ill children locked or chained up, out of sight. Rosina’s parents could no longer handle her increasingly violent behavior.

Sister Cecilia said the girl has been mentally disabled since birth, but only a year ago began doing strange things, like taking off her clothes. About three weeks after Rosina became uncontrollable, her parents brought her to Ashadeep.

The doctor wrote “MR,” for mentally retarded, and “Schizophrenic” in her file. “We have to segregate her from others much of the time,” Sister Cecilia said.

The ultimate aim for all treated, including young Rosina, is rehabilitation. Patients usually stay three months to a year, Sister Cecilia said, but three women who were rescued from jail when they opened the center in 1993 are still there. “This is their home,” she said.

Ashadeep has changed the way society in Nepal treats its metally-challenged over the years. There is newly found hope for them. If people now see someone looking deranged, abandoned and wandering Kathmandu’s streets, they call Ashadeep.

TOP -- Cecilia Simick, SCN, in blue, shares smiles with some of her patients in Nepal. Also pictured is Shobhita Panthaladickal, SCN, in green.

TOP CENTER -- Sister Cecilia, right, stands beside a young film actress, chief guest at a cultural program for the patients at Ashadeep.

LEFT -- Sister Cecilia, left, and a patient stand in front of the Ashadeep complex.

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Ministry Highlights

Planting a symbol of peace More than 250 Sisters of Charity of Nazareth (SCNs) and Associates from across the United States, Belize, Nicaragua, Nepal and India joined guests from Louisville and Bardstown, Ky., to make a unified statement calling for peace around the world.

The four-sided Peace Pole dedicated at Nazareth, Ky., on June 15 proclaims “May Peace Prevail on Earth” in four of the languages spoken in countries where SCNs minister--English, Hindi, Setswana, and Spanish. During the ceremony, SCN Family members came forward to say the phrase in their native language. At the end of the ceremony, participants were encouraged to place symbols of peace at the base of the pole and sprinkle soil and water around the site.

The following is an excerpt from a proclamation to inaugurate the Peace Pole of the SCNs: “We Sisters of Charity of Nazareth are an international Congregation in a multicultural world.

Impelled by the love of Christ” who said, “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give you.” We hereby proclaim that we stand for peace: peace in our hearts, peace among nations and neighbors, peace with our environment, and, above all, peace with the God who created our world and called it good. We gather in the tradition of Catherine Spalding to speak for peace and peacemakers, to honor the memories of all Sisters of Charity of Nazareth who nursed soldiers from both armies in the American Civil War and service personnel affected by the flu epidemic of World War I. We renew the peace priority our Community established at the 1971 Chapter; we re-affirm our 1981statement supporting nuclear disarmament and our 1983 proclamation that this holy ground of Nazareth, Ky., is a nuclear-free zone. We pledge again the opposition to war in Iraq which many SCNs signed on October 31, 2004. As the numbers of deceased and disabled in current wars increase daily, we renew our commitment to world peace, justice, ABOVE--SCN Family members extend hands out to and healing. We do not make these statements lightly. We do so in imitation of bless the Peace Pole planted on the Nazareth grounds Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace, and His mother Mary, Queen of Peace, whose in June. blessing we invoke on this gathering.”

Since their foundation in 1812, the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth have been outspoken proponents of peace. The Peace Pole planted at Nazareth—one of 250,000 worldwide—symbolizes the SCN connection with people of all faiths and nationalities striving for a peaceful world.

TOP--L-R: SCN Novices Paris Slapikas and Isa Garcia along with Sabina Mattappallil, SCN, lead a procession to the site where the Peace Pole was planted.

Appalachian Outreach Program turns 20 Members of the Appalachian Outreach Program (AOP) celebrated a milestone in June – 20 years of ministry. Saint Joseph Health Care (SJHC) in Lexington, Ky., hosted the 20th Anniversary Celebration with Mass in the Chapel followed by a reception. Betty Shelton, SCN, began the outreach program in 1986 with the blessing of Michael Leo Mullaney, SCN and CEO of SJHC, at that time. Joan Wilson, SCN, is in her 16th year with the Appalachian Outreach Program. SCNs Ann Kernen and Kitty Wilson also worked with the program.

AOP members, L-R: Beth Llewellyn, Joan Wilson, SCN, Ann Kernen, SCN, Bishop Ronald Gainer, Betty Shelton, SCN, Barbara Baumgardner, Mary Stuart, OP, Jeanie Lawson, Jenni Bringardner, Joan Murphy, OP, Tom Walken and Kitty Wilson, SCN.

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The Appalachian Outreach Program provides follow-up services for patients after discharge from SJHC. These services include pastoral care, social services, nutrition and dietetic counseling and are administered by a staff of qualified professionals.

More than 50 percent of SJHC patients come from outlying rural areas. There are three fulltime outreach counselors who follow up with every discharged patient living in 29 eastern Kentucky counties. The follow-up contact frequently reveals more than health needs and often results in more than one return visit to assist the former patients or their relatives with a specific problem.

Partners in ministry

At the HEART of award-winning facility are its residents If it’s your birthday and you’re lucky enough to have met Stella Boone, resident of Nazareth Village I, you’re in for a special treat--Stella will call you and play “Happy Birthday” on her organ. At the age of 100, Stella makes these calls regularly to her friends at Nazareth Villages and to family members scattered throughout the country.

Stella has been living on the Nazareth Campus since 1986 when she moved into an apartment with her husband. At the time, it was the safest place to live.

And, according to Stella, it still is 20 years later.

“It’s a delighful place to be.”

Mary Adele Miller Nazareth Village II resident

“When I lie down at night it is so quiet,” she explained. “I don’t think you can pick a better place.”

Mary Adele Miller, 91, a 15-year resident of Nazareth Village II, would agree with Stella. Her love for Nazareth goes back to her arrival on campus in 1929—three days shy of her 14th birthday. Mary attended Nazareth Academy until 1933. “(Nazareth) is special to me,” she said.

“It’s a delightful place to be.”

When Mary Adele decided to sell her Louisville apartment and move to Nazareth, she felt this passage was a kind of homecoming. “With me, I’ve loved it (the campus) all my life.” Fortuitously, she now resides in an apartment that was formerly a part of the old Nazareth Academy Library where she read so many books as a young girl.

TOP -- Stella Boone, a resident of Nazareth Village I for 20 years, plays a “Happy Birthday” song in her room.

BOTTOM-Mary Adele Miller shares a smile in her room at Nazareth Village II.

Both Mary and Stella are typical examples of life in the Villages--energetic, loving, and deeply rooted in the life of the campus. Walking down the halls of the apartment buildings, you’re likely to be greeted by joyful spirits who simply make each day fun-filled for one another and for those who visit. And that’s not all. The Villages’ apartment residents are involved, caring people. They help care for the grounds, attend events together, and invite others to join in.

Maybe that was why the Housing and Urban Development and Kentucky Housing Corporation recently recognized Nazareth Villages with the “Outstanding Elderly Property Award” in Kentucky. This award placed the Villages once again at the top of the list of more than 400 similar facilities in the state.

Ann Margaret Boone, SCN, center, holds the Outstanding Elderly Property Award Nazareth Villages received this year. With her are Richard Sweazy, left, chairman of Nazareth Village II Board and Charles Shive, Director of HUD.

And while the director, Ann Margaret Boone, SCN, says the awards received by the apartments are fruits of the harmonious communal life among the residents, others would credit her remarkable leadership. “I can’t say enough about Sister Ann,” Mary Adele said. “She goes the extra mile for everybody.”

Nazareth Villages is an apartment facility for persons who are 62 years old or older, or for individuals who are physically or mentally challenged. The complex is located on the campus of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth just outside historic Bardstown, Ky. For more information on the facility visit www.scnazarethky.org/villages.

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Together on the Journey

Fun at Camp Camp Maria Retreat Center, a ministry of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in Leonardtown, Md., is a unique retreat facility where each day is marked by spiritual meditation and laugh-out-loud fun times for all ages. Many families, like Steve Paddack’s, of Washington, DC, have chosen Camp Maria as their vacation spot for decades and are now passing that legacy on to their grandchildren. Below, Steve highlights some of his most precious memories at Camp: The first weekend after Labor Day has been our family retreat time at Camp Maria for more than 30 years. It has been a wonderful and rich experience. Our group now has the children of our children attending. It gives one the sense that we are passing on something important.

ABOVE -- Steve Paddack, a Camp Maria Retreat regular for 30 years, holds his granddaughter, Juliette, near the water at Camp.

TOP -- Pictured are some of Steve’s grandchildren who now attend Camp.

One of my special, and somewhat amusing, memories of Camp Maria occurred during a quiet time for the adults. I was standing on the hill on the bay side of the dining hall gazing out and taking in the beautiful scenery. It was a clear afternoon with a gentle breeze blowing and there were several sailboats on the water. One of the other fathers was standing nearby. He exclaimed, “Steve, I’ve got it. The means of locomotion in heaven must be by sailboat.” I laughed. But, I think he might be right. It was a singularly beautiful sight.

On another occasion we had a reconciliation exercise where individuals, after some quiet time alone, wrote their offenses on a slip of paper. Then, at the time of the bonfire, these pieces of paper were crumpled and symbolically thrown into the fire. Once these crumpled pieces of paper were consumed by the fire the offenses would then be absolved, forgotten, and destroyed. But that wasn’t quite the thinking of some of the male youngsters in the group because the following day they were seen scraping through the ashes to see if they could find some of the charred remains and read them! Those boys are now fathers. And some of them still come to Camp Maria with their own children. I have no doubt that they are now creating their own special memories.

Camp Maria is good, holy, and enriching. It has left a mark on our young.

A view of Camp Maria in the sunset.

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We are most grateful to the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth at Camp Maria who have generously given their time and talent to make these kinds of retreats a reality.

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Reunion Highlights Roanoke Catholic High School:

No ordinary reunion

For those who still remember the pranks, the bonds and the rivalries that made high school the most celebrated four years of one’s life, the Roanoke Catholic High School class of 1952 might seem like a group of students who never really left their high school hallways. Fifty-four years later, they still tease each other, make note of the sport teams’ successes and failures, the dating scene, and even remember to pay back some of those practical jokes played more than a half century ago.

“We are so close-knit, like a big family,” Joan Wilson, SCN, 1952 graduate, said.

When Our Lady of Nazareth and St. Andrew’s High Schools in Roanoke, Va., merged in 1952, Roanoke Catholic High School was formed. Out of the 26 graduates that year–24 still living today–11 came together to celebrate during their class reunion June 23-25 on the Nazareth Campus in Kentucky.

This gathering wasn’t out of the ordinary for the bunch who have had seven reunions since graduation--including a cruise. And they don’t plan for their 54th to be their last.

The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth (SCNs) taught at the high school, marking a significant presence in their students’ lives.

Three of the graduates later became Sisters.

Members of the Nazareth College class of 1959 will hold a reunion at Nazareth Sept. 1-3. Pictured are the graduates L-R: Edna Fabre, Margaret J. Hartnett, Barbara Johnson, Frances M. Schultzman, Bonnie Tingle, Martha Anne Morrison, Linda Walter, S. Mary Bruno, TOCD, Carolyn Dunlavy, Clara Shin, Juanita McClure, Mary Ann Powell, Dolores Aguayo, Jennie Bruce Barbre, Martha Bourne, Elizabeth Brown, Gladys Lugo, and S. Valentiz, CSR. For more information about the reunion, please contact Margaret Hartnett Davies at 540-342-4047 or e-mail myekrope@cox.net.

Joan Wilson, SCN, left, 1952 Roanoke High School graduate, visits with her former teacher James Maria Spillane, SCN. Sister James Maria died July 9.

Janice Campbell, SCN, who helped bring everyone together for the June reunion, spoke about one of her mentors in the SCN community–Sister James Maria Spillane. “She had a sense of humor,” Sister Janice said. Sister James Maria died July 9, 2006. “She was a good teacher; she was very respectful to us,” Kay Martin, a graduate, also added.

Later that afternoon, the class visited with Sister James Maria at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky., and shared some dear moments.

“We had a wonderful education,” Kay said. “I would compare it to college nowadays.”

Nazareth Academy 1956 class came together for a reunion July 7-9 at Nazareth.

Pictured L-R bottom row: Evelyn Fry Haas, Pat Healey Rafacz, Tery de Goicoechea, Clara Verfy, Joann Vessels Bruner, Catsy Nelson Bride; top row: Terry Menendez Baralt, Pat Glackman Hester, Pam Mees Polio, Louise Mattingly, Maureen Myers Cloran and Livia Verfy Moller.

Pat Glackman Hester, reflected on the reunion, “At times when looking closely at everyone, even the wrinkles of time seemed to have vanished-did we all have some magical vanishing cream that added so much to the youthfulness we felt being together?”

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SCN Associate named first lay program director Peggy Masterson, SCN Associate, heard stories about the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth as a young child from her mother, who grew up in the care of the Sisters at the St. Thomas/St. Vincent Orphanage.

Peggy Masterson, SCNA These tales came to life later when Peggy attended Spalding University in Louisville, Ky., and had many SCNs as teachers.

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Family Highlights

Such experiences contributed greatly to becoming an SCN Associate in 1994. Peggy is now embarking on new journey, as the first lay person to lead the SCN Associate office. “The SCN Associate program has been very much a part of my life and helped to form me into who I am,” Peggy said.

Peggy is a self-described “people person” and has been involved with full parish ministry and religious education in the Louisville area since 1985. “I’ve been fortunate to work with a lot of good people,” she said of the parishioners in Guardian Angels and St. Ignatius parishes.

When the search for an SCN Associate Director began, many of the Associates were asked to consider the job through discernment and prayer. “I knew there was something there,” Peggy said of the process she underwent when asked to think about the position. “I felt God is truly calling me.”

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Nazareth Home in Louisville, Ky. celebrated the naming of its chapel June 26. The commemorative inscription “Our Lady of Nazareth Chapel” placed over the entrance was made possible by donations made to Nazareth Home Pastoral Care in memory of Mary Louise Meyer. Her son and daughter, John and Teresa Meyer, praise the care their mother received at Nazareth Home for the nine and a half years she lived there.

“My mother had a wonderful sense of humor and a strong faith,” her son John recalled. “Our family’s ties to the SCN community can be traced to the early 1900s when my great uncle was a groundskeeper on the Nazareth campus.”

After five years of ministry in the United States, Bridget Kappalumakal, SCN, returned to India. After arriving in the U.S. in 2001, Sister Bridget served as Coordinator at Russell Hall for a time. She then joined the staff of the Office of Congregational Advancement spending much of her time developing the School Mission Program. Sister Bridget visited 65 schools in five states, reaching out to more than 15,000 students. “I enjoyed telling the present generation of Bridget Kappalumakal, SCN their connection with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. I shared knowledge of the mission of the Sisters around the world, planting a few seeds of vocation by sharing my own vocation story.”

After a brief ministry in Botswana, Sister Bridget returns to India where she will take up the challenging ministry of establishing a Development Office in the Eastern Province. “But of one thing I am sure--that the God who has been preparing me for this ministry through crooked ways, (great variety of mission assignments) will see me through to its accomplishment,” she said.

Sponsored Ministries make new appointments: Bethany Spring Director Mary F. Luken will continue in her position with help from new Associate Director Alida Coughlin, effective Sept. 1.

Jennifer (Jeni) Schmitt has been named Director of the Nazareth Montessori Children’s Center, where she started sharing her wide experience and talents on June 19.

Peggy began her leadership of the SCN Associate Office Aug. 1. She looks forward to working with so many of her Associate friends for the continuance and betterment of the Associate Program.

One of Peggy’s goals is to continue the strong relationship between SCNs and SCN Associates. “I am absolutely excited that there is a pioneering spirit,” she explained. “I will be observing, continuing the established, and open to any possibilities led by the Spirit.”

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Chris Beckett, SCN

Christine Beckett, SCN, has been named president of Presentation Academy. This recognizes the historic link between Presentation Academy and the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth.

The Congregation operated the school from its founding in 1831 by Mother Catherine Spalding, until 1995, when Spalding University assumed oversight of the school. Spalding operated the school until Jan. 1, 2005, when Presentation Academy embarked on a new era as an independent, self-governing institution. Prior to her appointment at Presentation, Sister Chris served as director of the SCN Lay Mission Volunteer Program.

Journeying On

James Maria Spillane, SCN, 94, died at Nazareth Home in Louisville, Ky., July 9, 2006. A native of Avon, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of Irish immigrants. Sister James Maria had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 75 years teaching in elementary and secondary education in Kentucky, Ohio, Massachusetts and Virginia. Sister James Maria also served as SCN archivist and in the apostolate of prayer.

Survivors include several nieces and nephews.

At the close of the Mass of Resurrection, Father Gary Young, celebrant, said of Sister James Maria, “There are some (members of congregations) who are called the ‘Living Rule,’ but a rule is not the same as a living charism of a community. Sister James Maria represents the ‘Living Charism.’”

Mary Ellen Doyle, SCN, homilist, mentioned that Sister James Maria had been honored as “An Impact Teacher” while a high school teacher. Almost fifty years ago, lacking any printed material about Mother Catherine Spalding to offer teenage students, Sister wrote the biography Kentucky Spring. Until 2006 this was the only—but popular—account of Catherine Spalding. Much later Sister James Maria wrote Summer Winds, a history of the growth and works of the Congregation.

Florence McCarthy, SCN, formerly Sister Marie Bernadette, 84, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky., May 22, 2006. A native of Lexington, Ky., she had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 65 years.

Sister Florence taught in elementary and secondary schools in Kentucky and Ohio. She also served as librarian at Spalding College, now Spalding University. Sister Florence resided at Russell Hall, Nazareth, Ky. from 1973-98 where she served as sacristan, driver and receptionist.

Survivors include a sister, Mary Swift and a niece, Jane Consigli.

Pat Kelley, SCN, remembers Sister Florence fondly. “As was true of her patroness, St. Bernadette Soubirous, nothing outstanding other than her goodness, diligence, and piety marked the life of Florence. She was deeply appreciated and dearly loved by all with whom she lived. After the movie ‘The Song of Bernadette’ made the saint’s family name, Soubirous, better known, Florence’s companions lovingly applied it to her. Years later some still called her Soubirous,” Sister Pat said.

Anjali Olickal, SCN, 54, died at the All India Institute for Medical Sciences, New Delhi, May 8, 2006. A native of Kanjiramattam, Kerala, India, she had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 29 years. As a newly professed SCN, Sister Anjali taught at schools in Bakhtiarpur and Bihar Sharif. After completing nursing requirements at Holy Family Hospital, Patna, she worked as a nurse in Gomoh and at Nazareth Hospital in Mokama. After several years of service, Sister Anjali obtained certification in anesthesiology and worked until her death as a Nurse Anesthetist at Nazareth Hospital and at Community Health Center in Bakhtiarpur.

Kiran Kaniyuamkandathil, SCN, remembers Sister Anjali as contemplative and as one who stayed close to God through quietness and personal, spiritual inward search. “Sister Anjali reflected God experiences through cheerfulness and love for others, particularly the poor. As a nurse and anesthetist Anjali has touched many lives and brought forth life.”

Mary Ransom Burke, SCN, 94, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky., May 5, 2006. A native of Louisville, Ky., she had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 74 years.

As a newly-professed SCN, Sister Mary Ransom taught in Kentucky schools in Lexington, Louisville, and Paducah.

After obtaining a Ph.D. from Fordham University, New York, in 1943, she served as teacher of English, speech and drama at Nazareth College until 1950 and as dean from 1950 to 1960. Sister Mary Ransom was elected first assistant to Mother Lucille Russell in 1960 and served two consecutive terms. In 1972, she returned to Nazareth College in Louisville which had become Spalding College. There, she established the Department of Speech and Drama. In 1975 Sister Mary Ransom became the SCN Director of Communications, and editor of SCNews, the publication of the SCN Congregation. Sister served in Pastoral Ministry at St. Ignatius Parish, Belize City, Belize from 1982 to 1987. She then returned to the United States where she served from 1987 to 1989 as educational consultant and teacher of English at Divine Word Seminary in Epworth, Iowa. Sister returned to Belize and served as parish visitor in Sacred Heart Parish in Dangriga from 1989 to 1990. Sister Mary Ransom was the author of We Drank the Water, an account of the work of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in Belize.

She is survived by one brother, Frank W. Burke, Sr., and several nieces and nephews.

Miriam Corcoran, SCN, paid tribute to Sister Mary Ransom by saying, “Sister both cherished tradition and welcomed change. During her long-term ministry at Nazareth College, she oversaw many changes and developments including welcoming African-American students, opening graduate departments, and greeting the first male students.”

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Journeying On

Mary Ancilla Meyer, SCN, 93, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky., April 19, 2006. A native of Louisville, she had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 74 years. Survivors include one sister, Margaret Jean Meyer, SCN, a resident of Nazareth Home/Maria Hall and several cousins.

Sister Mary Ancilla served as a teacher and secretary in elementary and secondary schools in Mississippi, Ohio, and Kentucky.

As a first grade teacher in Rhodelia, Ky., Sister Mary Ancilla taught a young boy who later pursued vowed life–Father Ron Knott. “Sister Mary Ancilla taught me to read and write, yes, but she taught me something even more important,” he said. “She was the first person in my life that I can remember helping me see that I might have potential and encouraged me to develop it.”

Deceased Alumni/Alumnae:

Deceased SCN Associates:

Laura Lee Smith, St. Joseph Infirmary, 1944 Elaine Besendorf, Nazareth College, Louisville, 1948 Madeline B. Jones, Nazareth College, Nazareth 1972 Petronilla Hutchins Manna, Nazareth College, Louisville, 1940 Frances C. Milleman, Nazareth College, Louisville, 1946 Elsie Mattingly Pressel, Nazareth College, Louisville, 1948 Eleanos Hamilton Schweickhardt, Nazareth College, Louisville, 1960 Janet Seebold-Knies, Nazareth Academy, Nazareth, 1965 Dorothy Dant Stuempel, Nazareth Academy, Nazareth, 1939 Mary Moynahan Hash, Nazareth College, Louisville, 1943 Jo Ann Dunn Michael, St. Joseph School of Nursing, Lexington, 1949 Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Goodwin Underwood Alvey, Sts. Mary & Elizabeth, 1942 Catherine Devota Morris, Sts. Mary & Elizabeth, 1937 Nancy Perkins, Nazareth College, Nazareth, 1941 Agnes Marie Nash Tivnan, St. Joseph Infirmary, 1947 Rose Marie Ratterman, Sts. Mary & Elizabeth, 1942 Agnes Virginia Balmut, St. Joseph Infirmary, 1938 Rochella Marie Schifino Schocker, Nazareth College, 1970 LaVerne Conder Kustes, Sts. Mary and Elizabeth, 1946

Memorial/Honorary Donations MEMORIALS ED\LIB ABELL Tony\Beth Beckham JOSEPH ADINOLFI S. Marie John Kelley S. Joan Robishaw LORRAINE WIGGINS AESY Helen\Jim Rowe KATHERINE ALBAUGH Pat Hennessy JANICE ALLEY S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. Antoinette Magistro MARIA ELEANA ALVAREZ Linda Easley MATTHEW AMATO S. Mary Sullivan JACK ANDERSON S. Evelyn Hurley MILTON B. ANDERSON Loyce Winfield FRED ATTALLA Helen\Jim Rowe S. THOMAS DESALES BAILEY Elizabeth A. Mosher HORTENSE BAKER S. Mary Dullea S. Phyllis Dullea S. Barbara McDonald

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Anonymous Mary Wimsatt JAMES GLENN BALLARD Nora Ballard THOMAS EMERSON BALLARD Nora Ballard S. MAUDE MICHELLE BARBER Yvonne Rossie Abraham The Barber Family JOYCE C. BARBOUR Helen\Jim Rowe S. JOSEPHINE BARRIEAU S. Connie Tarallo Romeo\Rachel M. Dube Helen\Jim Rowe KIM BARTLINE Elizabeth A. Mosher MARGARET BECKER S. Pat Healey JOSEPH BELNAK S. Rose Eleanor Perry LULA BENEDETTO S. Mary Burns FLORENCE BIRON Chet\Lue\Jennifer LeBlanc S. EULA BLANDFORD Susan Bowling S. MARGARET VINCENT BLANDFORD Elizabeth A. Mosher

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FRANK BOEHLING Helen\Jim Rowe S. LAURITA BOHN Anthony\Deborah Christ PEGGY BOLTINGHOUSE Helen\Jim Rowe WALTER BONANNO S. Evelyn Hurley EDWARD BOOTH S. Joan Robishaw ANN BOSS SCN Associates S. MILDRED BOWLING Ernest\Mary McCubbin SIGMUND BREZEZECKI Rebecca Richert BROCATO FAMILY\ DECEASED MEMBERS Sammy Brocato WILLIAM BUCKLEY Virginia Foley S. CHARLES BURCH Donald\Shirley Westerman LEO F. BURKARDT S. Mary Anne Burkardt Kathleen Jeffers S. MARY RANSOM BURKE Esther Schweri Andes Chris\Carolyn Makk S. Brenda Gonzales S. Miriam Corcoran Phyllis Passafiume

Marilyn McKiness, 6/30/06 Elizabeth O’Daniel, 6/26/06

The Journey is produced quarterly by the Office of Congregational Advancement.

Contributors for this issue include Diane Curtis, Raluca Barzu, Carolyn Willett, Patsy O’Toole, Steve Paddack, Dianne Smith, Janice White; SCNs Regina Atkins, Rita Davis, Bev Hoffman, Kitty Wilson, Jackie Aceto and Rachel Willett.

Photos for this issue were provided by Diane Curtis, Raluca Barzu, Carolyn Willett, Patrick Pfister Photography, Patsy O’Toole, Trudi Maish, Tootise Gish, Steve Paddack, SCNs Luke Boiarski, Cecilia Simick, Jackie Aceto and Bev Hoffman.

4/1/06 - 7/31/06

Chris\Pat\Molly\Anna Haragan Martha R. Spalding H. Norbert\Patricia Kirchdorfer Betsy Steele Shirley Devers Martha\David Driscoll Marea B. Gardner Marylyn Karecki Dr. C. Jane Davis S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown Janet Bamberger Bobbie Kidwell Carolyn Medley Mildred Dougherty Janice Murphy Jo Ann Burke Robert\Jeanne Garrett Sharon Cecil THOMAS BURKHARD S. Marie Celine Osbourn S. CATHARINE JAMES CAIN Lisa\Robert Hiatt JEAN CALLAN Anonymous MARIE YENULEVICH CALVAN Ruth C. Albanese

PATTI LE CAM S. Evelyn Hurley LISA CARTER Stephen\Jaclyn McPherson CHARLES CASE S. Mary Dullea S. Phyllis Dullea S. Barbara MacDonald HOWARD CASH Rod\Carole\Alex Embry S. JOSEPHINE CECIL Mary Pound CAROL CHEEVERS Nancy Ann Porret GUS CHOPORIS SCN Associates SCN Associates\St. Mary’s\ Leonardtown Paul\Catherine Ludwig WANDA M. CHURCHILL Robert Churchill CECEILA CLARK Pat Hennessy JOHN PAT CLEMENTS Pappy\Fran Cecil MELVIN “BUTCH” COLEMAN Helen\Jim Rowe ANNE T. CONNELLY Paul\Margaret McNeil JEANETTE CONNOLLY Joe Connolly

Memorial/Honorary Donations 4/1/06 - 7/31/06 JON CONNOR Paul\Margaret McNeil STEPHEN COOMES Paul R. Coomes MACK D. COOPER Helen\Jim Rowe ANTHONY CORALLINI Della Crowley BARBARA CORBETT Anonymous S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. Antoinette Magistro VIRGINIA KELLER CORY Josephine Burch WILLIAM COUGHLIN S. Evelyn Hurley MARTHA ANN CRONEN S. Betty MacDougall MARGARET\DANIEL CROWLEY Della Crowley S. MARGARET DANIEL CROWLEY Della Crowley Thomas Capasso S. ROSE DOMINICA CROWLEY Beth Tykodi WILLIAM CROWLEY Della Crowley S. EMILIANA CRYAN Florence Cryan HEIVERY CURTIS Pat Hennessy RITA DAY S. Evelyn Hurley MARK DELORY S. Joan Robishaw S. RITA DEMATTE Frederick\Donna Shidell S. MARY LOUIS DENEGRI Elizabeth A. Mosher ROSEMARY T. DISTRETTI Loyce Winfield GUS DONAHUE John T. Dwyer, Jr. S. MARY CAMILLA DONAHUE John T. Dwyer, Jr. REV. JOSEPH DOWNEY S. Pat Healey DOYLE FAMILY\DECEASED MEMBERS Mary Ellen Doyle SALLY DRANDT Alice Mae Lewis DANIEL DRISCOLL Pat Hennessy S. ETHEL DURBIN Shirley\Art (Damian) Rogers DWYER FAMILY\DECEASED MEMBERS S. Mary Assumpta Dwyer MARY SUE ELLEGOOD Joanne Hogg Coleman JOHN FALDOWSKI Evelyn Faldowski MARGUERITE FAULKNER Shirley Devers

WILLIAM J. FECHER Saralee A. Stahl MARY ROSE FERZOCO John\Silvia Hodge S. MARY LYNN FIELDS Gary\Christina Beavin Nancy Leatherman S. MARY FINNERAN S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown NANCY FISTER Carolyn T. Arnold LIVIA FOLEY Virginia A. Foley ROSE FOUGERE S. Carmelita Dunn Patsy O’Toole S. Gwen McMahon S. Shirley Nugent S. Martha Walsh RAYMOND FREIBERT Richard\Anne C. Freibert THOMAS FREIBERT Richard\Anne C. Freibert DON FULTZ Ben Blincoe Gerard J. Hart REV. RICHARD “RICK” GANTERT Loyce\Bob\John\S. Kay Winfield WILL GARDNER S. Dorothy Thomas D.J.\ANNE S. GATTON John Spalding Gatton AUSTIN GERDING Monya Steele Eads PAULINE GERLICA S. Sharen Baldy CLAYTON N. GOLYZNIAK Helen\Jim Rowe FRANK GORHAM S. Ellen Paul McGovern S. Shirley Ann Howe REV. PETER GRABASKAS S. Marcia Fleder BARBARA GRACIAS S. Margaret Rodericks JACK L. GRAVETT Helen\Jim Rowe ALAN GREEN S. Marietta Putzig S. ESTHER MARY GRESOSKY Carolyn T. Arnold S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown GRIESBAUM FAMILY & FRIENDS\DECEASED MEMBERS Frances\John Moran, Jr. S. MARGARET ROSE GRIESBAUM Maria Melendez DVOLORES GUARDADO S. Alice Garrity

Maggie Fisher, SCN, who ministers in Nicaragua, visits with one of her students.

S. Peggy Fowkes MARY GUGLIELMOTTI Rita Szajewski VERA GUY Susie A. Halbleib ETHEL HAMERSLY Helen\Jim Rowe THOMAS H. HANNA Joseph\Dorothy Willett KAREN MARIE HARDESTY Helen\Jim Rowe JAMES HARVEY Pat Hennessy S. LOUIS FRANCES HEAD S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown HEALEY FAMILY\ RELATIVES & FRIENDS\ DECEASED S. Pat Healey FLORENCE HEINIG Sharon Snyder Don Grether Patsy Marmor Graff Betty Thomas DAVID HEMAN Elizabeth A. Mosher NANCY HERSEY S. Marie John Kelley EDWIN T. HILGER Mary P. Hilger MILLARD B. HILL, JR. Joanne Hogg Coleman JOSEPH HINTON Irene Hinton NORMA PATRICIA HOFMANN Dorothy Kaniewski Judd\Julie Devlin Wayne\Eileen Kotcamp ANNE-MARIE HOGARTH Regine Hogarth EDWIN JOSEPH HOGG Joann Hogg Coleman LEO HOVEKAMP S. Mary Loretto Krimple HAROLD HOWARD Loretta\Paul Herbick S. MARY JUDE HOWARD Mr.\Mrs. Robert M. Arbour ROSE HOWARD Loretta\Paul Herbick DR. WILLIAM HUNDLEY Jack\Diane\Kristina Miller MR.\MRS. RICHARD HUTCHINS Suzanne Reasbeck CLAIRE JACKMAN SCNs\St. Brigid Convent\S. Boston S. CATHERINE JOHNSON Mary Joanne Johnson MARY\AUGUST KAUCIC S. Carole Kaucic HELEN KELLER Josephine Burch RAYMOND KELLER Josephine Burch S. THEKLA KELLER Josephine Burch JAMES KELLEY S. Martha L. Walsh S. Marie John Kelley S. Joan Robishaw S. Elaine Puthoff S. Alice Garrity S. Peggy Fowkes S. Ellen Paul McGovern S. Shirley Howe SCNs\St. Brigid Convent\S. Boston S. Pat Healey S. Maureen Taaffe S. Evelyn Hurley S. Marion Reardon S. Gwen McMahon S. Shirley Nugent Anonymous S. Emily Nabholz S. Alice Adams S. Mary Assumpta Dwyer S. Grace Maria Saia MARTIN\VERONICA KERN Virginia M. Kern VIRGINIA KETCHUM S. Evelyn Hurley CURTIS KING Helen\Jim Rowe THOMAS KING S. Louise Maria Effinger

S. CATHERINE ROSINE KOCH Mr.\Mrs. Paul Gillespie S. IMELDA KOCH Mr.\Mrs. Paul Gillespie GLADYS LAMBERT S. Mary Foeckler ROBERT LEGGETT Loyce S. Winfield HAL LEGNER Louise J. Legner ROBERT LEMIRE S. Alice Marita Kern HELEN K. LEVIN Helen\Jim Rowe MRS. LIU S. Mary Burns S. FRANCES MIRIAM LOKER S. Connie Tarallo Betsy Wigginton BENJAMIN LOMBARDI Mil-Par Bowling League EMMA LOWE Pat Hennessy WILLIE H. LOWE Helen\Jim Rowe S. MARCELLA MARIA LYNCH

JOSEPH MCDEVITT S. Pat Healey S. Louise Maria Effinger Mary Wimsatt JEROME MCDONALD S. Alice Garrity S. Peggy Fowkes S. AGNES GERALDINE MCGANN Anna H. Kim ROBERT MCGUFF S. Marian Stenken MARILYN MCKINESS SCN Associates Virginia Bauer Margaret Baird JOHN ROSS MCMICHAEL Helen\Jim Rowe GEOFFREY MCMILLIN S. Miriam Corcoran ANNA MCNEIL S. Mary Dullea S. Phyllis Dullea S. Barbara McDonald Anonymous S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. Antoinette Magistro S. Marian Stenken S. Celeste Reedy S. Susan Gatz

A marker has been placed at St. Thomas Farm on the site where the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth opened Nazareth Academy in 1818. In 1822 the Academy moved to the location of the present Motherhouse and continued to educate female students until it closed in 1966.

Estate of Richard J. Lynch DOROTHEA LYONS S. Marie John Kelley S. Joan Robishaw DOROTHY\JAMES LYONS Della Crowley SUSAN H. MADDEN Helen\Jim Rowe MARIE B. MALONE Paul\Margaret McNeil JUDITH MANNING S. Joan Robishaw JAMES EUGENE MATTINGLY Nora Ballard MARY CORNELIA “SIS” MATTINGLY Nora Ballard CHARLES ROBERT MCCARTHY S. Mary Assumpta Dwyer S. DESALES MCCARTHY S. Alice Garrity S. Peggy Fowkes S. FLORENCE MCCARTHY Mary Francis Riddell William\Nancy Atkinson Kevin\Amy Petit Mary McCarthy Swift John S. Swift Jim Bryant Mary\Peter Rebold Peggy Langemeier ELLEN MCCLELLAN S. Anna Marie Canary ELIZABETH\LARRY MCCROSKEY Celeste Midkiff CHRISTINE TULLY MCDANIEL Helen\Jim Rowe

S. Martha Walsh S. Alice Garrity S. Peggy Fowkes S. Gwen McMahon S. Shirley Nugent S. Elaine McCarron Patsy O’Toole S. Carmelita Dunn S. Bridgid Clifford S. Carol Rogers S. ANN PATRICK MCSHANE Betty R. Darnell JOSEPH ALPHONSUS MEDLEY S. Barbara MacDonald S. Phyllis Dullea S. Mary Dullea Anonymous Mary A. Briggs Bruce England Michael Hardesty Joe\Carolyn Harrett Chuck\Vicki Danison Mike\Carol Ann Eldridge S. Dorothy Dray Bob\Janie Barton Eleanor T. Rapier Patricia F. Hill Jean Bland Cecil Cecilia\Hollis Walker Kathryn H. Wycoff Pat\Wanda Werner Doris M. Raidt Maxine\William Keene Robert\Anne Willett Cindy\Jim L. Prentice Joyce Skaggs Margaret Ann Walker Mary Ann\Theron Lesher Amy\Chris Jackson Therese\John Allen

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Memorial/Honorary Donations 4/1/06 - 7/31/06 Steven Bischof Joseph A. Medley Mary\Stephen Bonn William O. Medley Mr.\Mrs. George Hoffman Michael Wendler Leo\Shirley Spalding Bob\Nadine Hite S. Anna Marie Canary Louis\Betty Carol Barber Gerald\Mary Ann Hubbs Bowen Elementary School S. Sheila Madden Maria E. Jones Walker Financial Services Les Keene, Jr. Charles Keith\Margaret Sue Downs Felix Mudd Margaret Rose Williams Jill A. Jones S. Margaret Spalding Wathen Traci Rice Anita\Ray Bischof Steve\Janine Auslander Harriett L. Medley Nancy Sparrow Edward\Ann Sims Mary Doris\Kerry Malloy Norton Audubon Pharmacy Elizabeth Wine Farm Credit Services of MidAmerica SUSAN BARNES MELTON Richard\Patti Lohre JOHN MEYER Jean Meyer S. MARY ANCILLA MEYER S. Mary Austin Donovan S. Eileen Veeley, RSM\Family S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown Dayle Riley ROY MILES Martha M. Mattingly ROBERT MILLER Kathi Miller ROSE MARY MILLS S. Mary Loretto Krimple Anonymous S. Judith Ann Wilson S. Agnes Marie Hagan, SL Shirley Devers Nazareth Home Community Services S. Mary Foeckler ANN MIRRA Pat Hennessy RITA L. MONTGOMERY Verna Wood AMBROSE JOSEPH MOODY Mary Ann Fobare Helen\Jim Rowe MORAN FAMILY & FRIENDS\ DECEASED MEMBERS Frances\John Moran, Jr. S. EUGENIA MUETHING Mae Parrott HELEN MUKA SCN Associates Chet\Lue\Jennifer LeBlanc FRANK MURPHY Helen\Jim Rowe JAMES D. MYERS, JR. Suzanne Reasbeck S. MARGARET NABER Jane E. Shrader Carol Heilman Carole\Gordon Guess S. Marian Stenken S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown BERNARD NABHOLZ S. Anna Jeanne Hardesty S. Shalini D’Souza S. Mary Elizabeth Miller S. Judith Ann Wilson S. Patricia Kelley S. Marie John Kelley S. Joan Robishaw S. Earline Hobbs S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. Mary Foeckler S. Shirley Nugent S. Gwen McMahon S. Maureen Taaffe

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S. Mary Burns Brenda McNeil Grenier\ Peggy\Kathy (McNeil Sisters) S. Mary Foeckler S. CATHARINE MARIA NANGLE Julie\Harry Brigance S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown JOSEPH\RACHEL NICOLI Helen\Martin Devine MARCELLA NOONAN Bill\Patricia Hemmer JOSEPH NOVAK S. Shalini D’Souza S. Mary Elizabeth Miller ELIZABETH O’DANIEL SCN Associates Joe\Linda Kuczwara John\Ida Buffat Bob\Judy English Patricia Masterson Anonymous LaVerne Yates Leo Wagner Jim English S. NAZARIUS O’DONOVAN Joe T. Danna S. ROSE ANGELINE OGG Dorris D. Bell TAKEHIKO OKAMURA William Balsamo S. ANJALI OLICKAL S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown S. Clare McNeil S. Dorothy MacDougall RICHARD O’MEARA S. Pat Healey S. EUGENIA MUETHING Mae Parrott S. ANN BERNADETTE ORMOND Jack\Diane\Kristina Miller LOIS B. O’SHAUGHNESSY Helen\Jim Rowe FRED PAXTON S. Rachel Willett S. Mary Loretto Krimple S. DOROTHY PETERSON Marian Schwind FRANCES PHILLIPS S. Mary Dullea S. Phyllis Dullea S. JEAN DOLORES PHIPPS Richard Nelson DON PIEDMONT Helen\Jim Rowe LINDA PIKE S. Alice Garrity S. Peggy Fowkes MARGARET PILOSI S. Ann Susan Villa CHARLES E. POUSARDIEN Mary P. Hilger S. MARY ROSE POWERS Laura Strehle KATHERINE W. PRUSAK Helen\Jim Rowe MARY PUGH S. Mary Foeckler PABLO QUINTANILLA S. Brenda Gonzales SCN Associates S. Mary Foeckler S. Betty MacDougall EARL EDWARD QUIRK S. Betty MacDougall RAINBOW JUBILARIANS S. Margaret Maria Coon FRANCES DRISCOLL RAMSEY S. Angeline Driscoll S. ANNA LORETTO REAGAN George\Santina Fritz S. ROSEMARY REASBECK Suzanne Reasbeck DOROTHY REEDY Rita Hudepohl Stevie REV. LEO RIEDMUELLER S. Connie Tarallo THELMA ROBERTS Hubert Roberts THOMAS ROMA S. Louise Maria Effinger S. VELMA ROOF

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Suzanne Reasbeck MARGIE LARKCOM ROOK Mary Ann Tiemeier S. MARGARET ROSS Barbara Ross James Fait LISE SAUVAGEAU Chet\Lue\Jennifer LeBlanc S. MARY SIMONETTE SAVAGE Ellen Cartaino CONSTANCE SCACCIA S. Ann Susan Villa S. Helen McNulty PATRICIA SCHIMKE Loyce Winfield SCNAs\RELATIVES & FRIENDS\DECEASED S. Pat Healey S. Mary Ellen Doyle S. Loretta Weller SCNs\DECEASED S. Pat Healey Ethel A. Arnold SCNs\DECEASED\WHO TAUGHT ME Carol C. Noonan SCNs\DECEASED\WHO TAUGHT MY CHILDREN Josephine M. Wood SCNs\RELATIVES & FRIENDS\DECEASED S. Pat Healey S. Mary Ellen Doyle S. Loretta Weller SCNs\DECEASED\ST. CATHERINE ACADEMY\ LEXINGTON\CLASS OF 1941 George\Santina Fritz SCN\As\RELATIVES AND FRIENDS\DECEASED S. Bridgid Clifford S. Carol Rogers MARTHA BELL SCOTT William Logan Scott LONA M. SEDANKO Helen\Jim Rowe SADA SHINOZAKI William Balsamo JANE SMITH S. Mary Burns JEANNE SOVEREIGN S. Mary Dullea S. Phyllis Dullea T. SPALDING Memorial Health Care System S. TRINITA MARIA SPANYER S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown S. JAMES MARIA SPILLANE S. Evelyn Hurley S. Pat Healey Cynthia B. Maroon Tony Wade S. Connie Tarallo Anna Greene Virginia Cronin Hartunian Mary Wimsatt Mary Medley Bonn S. Margaret Rodericks S. Gwen McMahon S. Shirley Nugent S. MARILYN SPINK Jeanine\James Thornberry Jim\Sarah Mattingly Suzanne Barnett Carol Schmitt Shirley Elliott Chris\Wendy McKay Rose Ann Esterle S. Miriam Corcoran JoAnn\Norb Zehnder Pat\George Webb Mary Dee Ray Schroering S. Miriam Frenke Phyllis Passafiume S. Jane Marie Richardson, SL Anne R. Wunsch S. Martha Walsh Monica Boggs S. Sharen Baldy S. Mary Foeckler

Mr.\Mrs. James A. Davis Wilhelmina Brady Mardi Jones Drs. Gregory\Linda Gleis Barbara F. Spencer T.G.\Mary Jo Kruer

Helen\Jim Rowe BILLY VAUGHAN S. Mary Loretto Krimple MARGARET VOLPERT Jim Volpert MARY WADDLE Helen\Jim Rowe

L-R: SCNs Sabina Mattappallil, Kitty Wilson, Rajni Hembrom and Cornelia Ekka while visiting southeastern Kentucky ministries.

Sisters Sabina, Rajni and Cornelia were part of the Global Exchange Program. More on their story in the Fall issue of The Journey.

S. Mary Eugene Ivie Mark\Ruth Dundon Gary\Patsy O’Brien Hagan S. Emily Pugh S. Dorothy Thomas S. Maureen Taaffe Patrick\Barbara Gorman Mary Rita Griesbaum S. Grace Maria Saia S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown S. Mary Burns Diane\Don Jones Connie Lusher STANELY STEBACK SCN Initial Formation Office MILLY STONE D.J.\Nell Monarch CLYDE R. STULTZ Helen\Jim Rowe DANIEL SULLIVAN Suzanne Barnett Gertrude Wilson Florence\Gerald Leaver DOROTHY SULLIVAN Mary Pauline Fox LINDA LOUISE SULLIVAN Nazareth Home Community Service PHILIP SULLIVAN Pat Hennessy ROBERT (BOB) SUMMERS S. Sharen Baldy DONALD SWIFT S. Mary Foeckler PATRICIA TETRAULT Chester\Lue\Jennifer LeBlanc A. VICTOR THOMAS S. Angeline Driscoll Helen\Jim Rowe CHARLES GLEN THOMAS S. Theresa Knabel S. Phyllis Dullea S. Gwen McMahon S. Shirley Nugent S. Sharen Baldy S. JEAN FRANCIS THOMAS Marianne\Dave Meyer JOSEPHINE AESY THOMAS Helen\Jim Rowe TRICHEL FAMILY\ DECEASED MEMBERS Frances T. O’Toole WILLIAM TYLER S. Evelyn Hurley S. Agnes Ann Fuhs S. Janet Dougherty MARTIN UHRIG S. Martha L. Walsh LUKE VAN DER LINDEN

VIOLA SILER WAGNER Carol L. Emmett LOYOLA B. WALTER Connie Lusher DONNA HAGAN WATHEN Nazareth Home Community Services ERMA WATSON S. Connie Tarallo S. Mary Collette Crone ALVIN WEBB S. Mary Loretto Krimple MARY WELLER Anonymous S. Clara Willett JERRY WERKHOVEN S. Connie Tarallo REV. PAUL V. WETHINGTON Tom\Frances Southwood KATHLEEN WHELAN S. Evelyn Hurley ALAN WILSON Lois A. Wilson CINDY WILSON Lois A. Wilson S. Kitty Wilson Doug\Estelle Wilson FAYE WILSON Alan E. Wilson, Jr. MARY WILSON Lois A. Wilson PHILIP WILSON Lois A. Wilson S. CLAUDIA WIRTZ Lisa\John Rotunni Corinne Bertoniere YOAKUM FAMILY\DECEASED Miss Mary Ellen Doyle FRANK S. ZAMMITO Paul\Margaret McNeil HONORARIES S. SARA ANN ABELL Rosemary Lefler Hughes VICKIE AMBURN S. Elaine Puthoff S. ELLEN BALLEW Cornelia Grenier S. FRANCES BARBER\ BIRTHDAY\65TH JUBILEE Catherine Barber, OSU Catherine Edelen The Barber Family S. MARIE BECKER\40TH JUBILEE S. Martha Walsh S. Pat Healey S. CHRIS BECKETT S. Mary Anne Burkardt REV. MICHAEL BOEHLING\ NEWLY ORDAINED

Memorial/Honorary Donations 4/1/06 - 7/31/06 S. Angeline Driscoll S. KATHLEEN MARY BOHAN Mary Ellen Pike JOSEPH BOYCE John\Maryann Boyce S. MARIA VINCENT BROCATO\ 55TH JUBILEE S. Evelyn Hurley Mr.\Mrs. Charles L. Brocato TIMOTHY RYAN BUGAS\ GRADUATION S. Anna Marie Canary S. ANNA MARIE CANARY Jim\Noel Cosby S. THERESA CASH\BIRTHDAY S. Anna Marie Canary S. MARY BENNET CECIL S. Laurine Poat S. CAROL CLASGENS\GOLDEN JUBILEE S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. Antoinette Magistro S. GAIL COLLINS Sara Sullivan S. MARY JAMES COREY\ GOLDEN JUBILEE James Corey S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. Antoinette Magistro S. MAUREEN COUGHLIN\ BIRTHDAY S. Kitty Wilson Connie Lusher RENEE CUNNINGHAM, LCM\40TH JUBILEE S. Regina Atkins REV. JOHN W. (WALLY) DANT, JR.\ORDINATION Mary Maxine Smith S. JANET DOUGHERTY S. Evelyn Hurley S. MARY ASSUMPTA DWYER\ GOLDEN JUBILEE S. Susan Kilb George\Ann Marie Houghton S. Pat Healey Chester\Lue\Jennifer LeBlanc Edward\Catherine Weckel S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. Antoinette Magistro S. FRANCIS RICHARD ENDRES\55TH JUBILEE S. Evelyn Hurley

Isa Garcia, left, SCN novice, accepts a seashell from Sarah Ferriell, SCN, director of novices. Three SCN novices received a special blessing and welcomed Olivia Steback as a new candidate during a ceremony at Nazareth July 4.

S. MARY FEDLER\75TH JUBILEE S. Evelyn Hurley S. BARBARA FLORES\SILVER JUBILEE S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. Antoinette Magistro S. MARY FOECKLER\GOLDEN JUBILEE S. Patricia Kelley S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. Antoinette Magistro S. Evelyn Hurley S. HELEN GERTRUDE FONTAINE\75TH JUBILEE S. Evelyn Hurley S. Pat Healey S. PEGGY FOWKES\GOLDEN JUBILEE S. Susan Kilb George\Ann Marie Houghton S. Pat Healey Chester\Lue\Jennifer LeBlanc LEA FURLONG Kate Furlong\Jim Walker BARBARA GERHARD\ THOMAS GEPHART\ ENGAGEMENT & MARRIAGE Bobby Davis Susan Scamardo Elsie\Karl Schneider Larry\Mary Ann Tyler Donna\Pat Barry Denise\Russ Martin Marie\Bob Pierce Taylor\David Deibel Clifford Deibel Charles\Joyce Plank Joseph\Joyce Sikora Erika Oppenheim Ed\Mary Anderson John\Alice Frantz Mary\Jim Krebs Dr.\Mrs. Thomas Zehnder Patricia\Jerry Devins Barbara\MichaelChichwak S. ROSE MARY GERLICA\ GOLDEN JUBILEE S. Evelyn Hurley George\Ann Marie Houghton S. Marie John Kelley S. Joan Robishaw S. Pat Healey Chester\Lue\Jennifer LeBlanc S. Charlene Jacobs JEAN GISH Johanna Camenisch MARY VIRGINIA “TOOTSIE” GISH Barbara Portman GOLDEN JUBILARIANS\2006 S. Margaret Spalding Wathen S. Bridgid Clifford S. Carol Rogers S. Connie Tarallo S. Pat Healey S. Carmelita Dunn Mary Gene Frank S. Maria Vincent Brocato S. Catherine Lee GRIESBAUM FAMILY & FRIENDS\LIVING MEMBERS Frances\John Moran, Jr. DORIS GUY SCNA\BIRTHDAY Anne Tennison S. KATHARINE HANRAHAN Carol\Phil Heilman S. MARY VICTORIA HAYDEN\ 55TH JUBILEE Nancy Ballard S. MARIE HILL\70th JUBILEE S. Pat Healey S. Evelyn Hurley S. Agnes Ann Fuhs S. Janet Dougherty JOHN HILLIKER\BIRTHDAY S. Kitty Wilson GEORGE HOUGHTON SCNs\St. Brigid Convent\S. Boston S. MARCELLINE INDWAR\ BIRTHDAY Mary Wimsatt ANNA\CHARLES INSKO\ MARRIAGE

S. Regina Atkins WANDA JARZOMKOWSKI\ RETIREMENT S. Betty MacDougall CARL JOHNSON\ RETIREMENT S. Maureen Taaffe JUBILARIANS\2006 S. Marie Celine Osbourn S. Rita Hommrich S. Sheila Madden S. Earline Hobbs S. Evelyn Fugazzi

S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. MARTHA ANN MARRILLIA Geraldine M. Zehr S. ELEANOR MARTIN\40TH JUBILEE S. Martha Walsh George\Ann Marie Houghton S. Marie John Kelley S. Joan Robishaw S. Pat Healey Chester\Lue\Jennifer LeBlanc S. ANNE RITA MAUCK Philly Rains

Linda Spalding, left, director of Human Resources at Nazareth, talks with a visitor during the Blooming in Bardstown Garden Tour. Nazareth Campus was showcased in the annual event along with various area gardeners in June.

S. Mary Foeckler S. Mary Anne Burkardt S. Marietta Putzig S. Barbara Gilmetti S. Pat Healey S. Jane Elizabeth O’Connell S. Helen McNulty S. Eleanora Mattingly PAUL KEEFFE S. Joan Robishaw DR. ROBERT LOUIS A. KEELEY Helen\Jim Rowe S. MARIE JOHN KELLEY\55TH JUBILEE George\Ann Marie Houghton S. Martha L. Walsh S. Pat Healey Chester\Lue\Jennifer LeBlanc TOM KENNEDY Andy Kennedy S. MARYLEE KING William\Rosemary O’Bryan S. MARY DESALES KOLHOVEN Dr. & Mrs. Robert Wahlbrink S. CHRIS KUNZE Gloria\Edward Holub REV. LAWRENCE LINDLE\ 40TH ORDINATION ANNIVERSARY S. Evelyn Hurley MAGGIE LOCKARD S. Elaine Puthoff S. DOROTHY MACDOUGALL\ GOLDEN JUBILEE S. Evelyn Hurley George\Ann Marie Houghton S. Pat Healey S. Betty MacDougall S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. Antoinette Magistro S. Charlene Jacobs PAT MACISAAC Terry Glover Anne Bergeron Sheila Connors LeDuc S. TERESA MADASSERY S. Ruth McGaughran S. ANTOINETTE MAGISTRO\ 65TH JUBILEE

S. ELLEN PAUL MCGOVERN\ GOLDEN JUBILEE S. Evelyn Hurley George\Ann Marie Houghton S. Pat Healey Chester\Lue\Jennifer LeBlanc Maureen M. Flaherty S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. Antoinette Magistro S. Charlene Jacobs S. MILLIE MCGOVERN\ BIRTHDAY S. Brenda Gonzales Formation Team S. HELEN MCNULTY\65TH JUBILEE S. Evelyn Hurley George\Ann Marie Houghton S. Marie John Kelley S. Joan Robishaw S. Pat Healey Chester\Lue\Jennifer LeBlanc JOAN MEHIGAN, SND S. Joan Robishaw HELEN\TOM MISTLER Lea Furlong S. JUNE MONAGHAN S. Agnes Marie Hagan, SL Shirley Devers MORAN FAMILY & FRIENDS\ LIVING MEMBERS Frances\John Moran, Jr. S. EMILY NABHOLZ Greg Nabholz Robert\Barbara Nabholz Connie Lusher S. TERESA ROSE NABHOLZ Greg Nabholz Robert\Barbara Nabholz S. SHIRLEY NUGENT S. Evelyn Hurley S. MARY IMOGENE PERRIN S. Laurine Dichtel S. ROSE ELEANOR PERRY Victoria L. Guthrie Carol Heilman S. BARBARA PETERSON Marian Schwind S. MARY JO PFEFFERMAN\ GOLDEN JUBILEE S. Anna Jeanne Hardesty

S. Patricia Kelley S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. Antoinette Magistro REV. PAUL REHLING Lea Furlong S. MARITA REIDE\BIRTHDAY Mary Wimsatt BRANDON GARNER RICE\ GRADUATION S. Anna Marie Canary S. GRACE SAIA\55TH JUBILEE Pete\Joy Hibbard Virginia Egan CLAUDE\MARY SCHNEIDER 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mary Ellen Howley SCNs\RUSSELL HALL S. Pat Healey SCNs\WHO SERVED AT HOLY NAME, LOUISVILLE, KY Zion Hermit Monks SCNs\WHO SERVED AT ST. JAMES\LUDLOW, KY Anonymous SCNs\WHO RETIRED FROM ST. JOSEPH, LEXINGTON, KY Linda Wilson S. MARILYN SHEA Connie Lusher SILVER JUBILARIANS\2006 S. Pat Healey S. ROSE SULLIVAN\GOLDEN JUBILEE S. Anna Jeanne Hardesty S. Patricia Kelley S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. Antoinette Magistro S. MAUREEN TAAFFE\ GOLDEN JUBILEE S. Evelyn Hurley George\Ann Marie Houghton S. Pat Healey Chester\Lue\Jennifer LeBlanc ANNE C. TENNISON SCNAs\Southern Maryland REV. LARRY THARP Lea Furlong REV. GERALD TIMMEL\ GOLDEN JUBILEE S. Angeline Driscoll REV. PAUL TOYOSHIMA\ ORDINATION Catherine Okamoto Toyoshima BERNIE TRIPP\BIRTHDAY S. Kitty Wilson S. ANN SUSAN VILLA\GOLDEN JUBILEE S. Evelyn Hurley George\Ann Marie Houghton S. Pat Healey Chester\Lue\Jennifer LeBlanc JOE\TOMMIE LOU WAGGENER Joanne Hogg Coleman PATTY WARING S. Miriam Louise Hauser S. Margaret Spalding Wathen S. JOSEPH MARITA WHEATLEY Tony\Beth Beckham FRED\ALICE WHELAN\50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY S. Rose Eleanor Perry S. JAMES ALBERT WIGGINS\ 65TH JUBILEE S. Evelyn Hurley Tony\Beth Beckham S. ANN LEO WILSON\70TH JUBILEE S. Mary Austin Donovan S. KAY WINFIELD\20TH ANNIVERSARY OF VOWS Loyce Winfield S. PATRICIA WORLEY\ GOLDEN JUBILEE Nora Ballard S. Anna Jeanne Hardesty S. Patricia Kelley Mr.\Mrs. Greg Hoeck Helen\Jim Rowe Barbara\Alan Johnson S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. Antoinette Magistro

Memorials or honoraries to SCN Family members may be made through the website at http://www.scnfamily.org or by sending to the Office of Congregational Advancement, P.O. Box 9, Nazareth, KY 40048 Sisters of Charity of Nazareth

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Rebels with a cause We would like to thank Sister Maryanne Ruzzo with the Sisters of Charity – Halifax for sharing the following story written by Gloria Riley, faculty member at Elizabeth Seton Academy.

For most people, the word rebel conjures up visions of a person who goes against the accepted norm in society: the defiant adolescent, the college drop out, the rabble rouser or some other negative aspect of human nature. Not so for the young women who attended the “Rebel With a Cause” weekend retreat in Nazareth, Ky., March 31 – April 2.

In total, 45 high school juniors and seniors, hailing from Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Indiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi and Ohio attended, and were presented with a different, refreshing and life-changing view of the rebel.

They participated in many activities over the weekend. They were challenged to question

what they consider a rebel to be and to examine their ideas of Jesus’ ministry on earth. They took a second look at the gospels and the activities of Jesus as he lived among the people and observed their behavior. The conclusion – Jesus was the greatest Rebel ever known!

Shocked? Don’t be! Just think about it! Was it the norm to heal on the Luke Boiarski, SCN, at the top, is pictured with the Sabbath; to talk to a Samaritan wom45 high school juniors and seniors who attended an if you were a Jew or to associate the Rebel retreat at Nazareth this year. with the outcasts of accepted society?

No, it wasn’t! But Jesus did all these be rebels in the future, making changes for things and more. Were His actions wrong? the good of all in their schools and Did they bring harm? Or, was Would you consider communities. the result for good for all? being a rebel, just as Jesus always did the right thing By the end of the weekend, the Jesus was? even if others didn’t agree with participants realized that the world Him. He looked out for the is desperate for rebels; that being a rebel isn’t underdog; he was friend to the friendless. always the popular thing to be; that it takes courage to be a rebel; but, that, despite all, The young women were called upon to look it’s okay to be different and they can each at their lives and see where they could’ve make a difference. been rebels but didn’t act, and how they can

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

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