Journey 2007 vol 02 by Sisters of Charity of Nazareth

The JOURNEY THE LOVE OF CHRIST IMPELS US

Fall 2007

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Heart Thing page 11

Why I chose to be a Sister.

A publication of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth

A teacher’s

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

ministry beyond prison bars

3 A Powerful Trip 4 Destination: Botswana 5 Destination: India 6 Destination: Belize 7 Destination: Nepal 8 Art for the Journey 9 Dear Bethany Spring 10 SCN Picnic 11

cover story:

It’s A Heart Thing

13 Celebrating Continued Connections 14 Camp Maria 15 Family Highlights 17 Journeying On 19 Memorial/Honorary Donations 23 East and West meet at Nazareth

ONTHECOVER: SCNs Carlette Gentle, right, and Paris Slapikas, who are both professing their first vows this year, spend some time together. For more on our cover story turn to Page 11.

When she was younger, Caroline Field, SCN, recalls, she would travel with her parents from Owensboro, Ky., to St. Mary, where three of her brothers were studying in the seminary college. Now, more than 30 years later, she still goes there.

St. Mary’s College, located only a few miles from the geographic center of Kentucky, closed in 1976. Today it is the site of the Marion County Adjustment Center, an 826-bed minimumsecurity prison for drug offenders. Three afternoons a week Sister Caroline makes the 45-minute trip from Nazareth to teach some of the residents. It was at the suggestion of Marlene Lemkuhl, SCN, that Sister Caroline accepted this ministry. As pastoral administrator in nearby St. Charles, Sister Marlene taught biblical classes at the prison. While there, she observed the need for more educational opportunities such as a GED program and educational television. When the GED program was initiated, she suggested to Sister Caroline that she teach classes in reading. After 55 years of teaching in grades two through 12, Sister Caroline, a reading specialist

Caroline Field, SCN, takes a moment to smile for the camera before returning to the task at hand - preparing her next lesson plan. She teaches at a nearby prison facility.

with two master’s degrees, was not ready to call it quits. “Just because you’re 76 years old,” she proclaims, “doesn’t mean you can’t do anything.” A few years earlier she had taught GED classes at the Kentucky State Reformatory in La Grange. Both experience and desire suited her for this newest challenge, and so, in March 2007, she became a volunteer reading teacher at the prison. Sister Caroline is currently working with a group of five men in the elementary stages of reading development. Although

they may have had some education, most of these men have very limited reading skills; some can barely read at all. Whatever the reasons for their reading deficiency, several of the men claim that they have made more progress in their short time with Sister Caroline than in all their previous schooling. No surprise. Only a few minutes into a conversation with Sister Caroline, one can sense the presence of a masterful teacher. A little hesitant to talk about herself, she overflows with enthusiasm once the topic turns

An excerpt full of wisdom from Sister’s favorite letter written by a student at the Marion County prison. The man is dyslexic and has made tremendous progress in his writing and reading abilities since Sister Caroline has been his teacher. Opposite page - another powerful sentence from the same correspondence.

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“We and our Associates are committed to work for justice in solidarity with oppressed peoples, especially the economically poor and women.” SCN Mission Statement

to teaching. Sister Caroline describes the reading method she uses at the prison as one she herself created years ago. As she speaks intensely about the importance of phonics and other reading strategies, she punctuates her words with that most successful of all teaching tools, deep care and concern for the individual learner. Nowhere was this concern more apparent than when she spoke of her oldest student, a

63-year-old man who said he took the class because he wanted to be able to read letters from his grandchildren. “My life is over,” he told her, “I’m living now through my grandchildren.” Sister Caroline found that he was dyslexic and worked with him privately for six weeks. The man is now reading at second grade level. “He is a very bright individual,” she said, “and has enormous respect and love for creatures.” As she described other students in the everchanging group, the same care and concern were obvious. One of the men needed to be placed in a higher group, she said, adding, “I’ll see to that on Monday.” One of them was

about to leave the prison and knew very little about maps. Sister hung some on the wall. When she noticed how all the students stared at them, she began clearing up misconceptions about geography and supplementing their rudimentary knowledge of history. From another man’s comment that he would know answers if he could just figure out what he was supposed to do, Sister Caroline recognized a plea for help with reading and understanding instructions.

This beautiful drawing was dedicated to Sister Caroline on the envelope that holds a letter from one of her students at the prison.

She seems to take most delight in describing her students’ progress, rejoicing with the older man who is thrilled to be reading at second grade level, proud of another who has advanced two grade levels in just two months. And so, when asked what she finds most satisfying about her ministry, she answered without hesitation, “seeing them read.” Observing the light in her eyes and the genuine smile that accompanied that response, one gets a pretty good idea why three days a week a 76-year-old woman might grab a quick sandwich, leave Nazareth around noon, and drive some 25 miles along a narrow road that’s as crooked as a path forged

by Bishop Flaget or St. Mary’s founder. It is said of the school’s 1821 founder, Father William Byrne, that he showed “indefatigable industry and indomitable energy.” The same might be said of Sister Caroline Field. When finished teaching, she returns to Nazareth around 4 p.m., always tired, sometimes exhausted, but ready to set out again when Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday roll around. Sister Caroline’s mind and heart are those of a teacher. Like that of so many SCNs, her soul and spirit, along with her industry and energy, suggest a kinship with religious pioneers who worked the same central Kentucky area nearly 200 years ago.

Her Spirit Lives A new book about the life of SCN foundress Mother Catherine Spalding has been published. The SCN Community is grateful to Margaret Maria Coon, SCN, the author of “Her Spirit Lives, A Sketch of the Life of Catherine Spalding,” for bringing forth the history of the SCN pioneer. Mother Catherine Spalding was elected to head the Congregation at the young age of 19 in the early 1800s. Her legacy of nurturing the poor and reaching out to those in need has inspired generations of SCNs as well as lay members of the SCN Family to continue her work into the 21st century and beyond. Read more about Sister Margaret Maria’s new book, in the upcoming issue of The Journey. LEFT - Sister Margaret Maria, center, with Shalini D’Souza, SCN President, right, and Bridgid Clifford, SCN, archival director. Sister Margaret Maria is holding her new book on Catherine Spalding. A statue of Mother Catherine can be seen in the background. RIGHT - A closeup of the book cover. “Her Spirit Lives” can be purchased by calling (502) 348-1555.

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Destination: Botswana

A PowerfulTrip

SCN Associate Patricia MacIsaac learns lessons of life from the people of Botswana

atricia MacIsaac is keenly aware of the very moment six years ago she decided to go to Botswana, Africa. The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Associate (SCNA) was listening to a story about babies with AIDs and the startling fact that sometimes there just weren’t enough people to help when it was time to bottle-feed. That is when she decided she would some day do just that – feed babies in Botswana. Last year Patricia was able to go to Botswana after being chosen for participation in the SCN Global Exchange Program. She packed her bags in Boston, Mass., took the long flight to Germany, weathered a 12-hour layover and finally arrived in Johannesburg,

South Africa. From there she traveled to Botswana eager to begin working with children as well as women and men with AIDs. Botswana is often cited as having one of the highest rates of residents living with the HIV/AIDs virus - one out of every three people. Patricia says from the very moment six years ago when she made up her mind, she always thought of her journey in terms of the “help” she would give to others. But she says what really happened was that each person she reached out to “enriched and blessed me.” She says even in the most difficult moments she felt blessed. Like when she arrived at the simple, one bedroom concrete block homes to comfort the dying, and found them alone, in a bare room with nothing but a mattress on the floor. Often there was no one around to comfort the dying person, because family members were too afraid, worried that they too might get the deadly virus. Despite her frequent encounters with people dying, Patricia described her time in Botswana with terms of joy as she wrote to those back home.

Patricia with children in Tswaaneng, a remote village in Botswana.

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Botswana! I am so blessed to be here, enriched in a culture I knew nothing about. I am learning so much every single day. I feel loved and woven among the people as an ‘old friend’ due to our SCNs and SCNAs who paved the way before me with their

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Patricia was a curiosity to children in Botswana because of her blond curly hair.

tremendous dedication and hard work. The people love the Sisters! As she visited SCN ministry sites, each experience was powerful and she arrived at some universal truths, “we all want to be loved, children are children everywhere, and people just want to be acknowledged.” Over the three months she was in Botswana and following her return home she shared her moving stories with others.

she became immersed in the culture of Botswana, the more it became a part of her heart. She was thrilled to have the chance to spend time with each member of the SCN Family in ministry in Botswana, like Tootsie Gish, another SCNA. Tootsie, a retired teacher from Louisville, Ky., sold everything she owned and moved to Botswana earlier this year. Being with Tootsie was always a thrill!!! Going to Ntlhantlhe (where) we visited her Boiteko Day Care to watch her love, dedication, and enthusiasm in action. It was so much fun to be with the kids just to love them and watch them learn.

One day, Sister Pat (Pat Huitt, SCN) invited me to come along with her to bring communion to a young mother that was dying with AIDs. As Sister Pat gave her communion and prayed with her Patricia’s ties to the SCNs span in Setswana, I noticed the young decades. As a young woman’s eyes went to woman, she joined the the rosary bracelet I “I learned religious Congregation had around my wrist. how much as a novice. Before After she received we take for professing vows, communion and granted she decided to leave knowing (I thought) the community. She that she did not speak here in the became a nurse, wife, English, I motioned States...” mother, and eventually to her and asked, a hypnotist. While in “Would you like this” - meaning the rosary bracelet. She Botswana she was able to use her skills as a hypnotist to reach out nodded and said, “yes.” I placed to others. Applying the principles the bracelet on her wrist and of hypnosis, Patricia put together kissed her hand. She immediately self-empowerment workshops to looked up at me with sunken eyes help men and women think about and in her frail soft voice said their lives in a more positive way. in perfect English, “I love you.” How humbled I felt. While shadowing SCNs Nalini The SCN Associate says the more Meachariyill and Vinaya

Destination: Botswana Chalil, who work with AIDs patients in Sister Ann: Metsimotlhabe, Patricia was able to present workshops such as “Tapping into I learned how much we take for the Power Within,” and “Thinking granted here in the States such as “I feel loved running water!!! And that kids are more Positively.” Because of the superstitions in that part of the and woven precious everywhere. These two world, Patricia never referred Sisters gave their heart and soul all among the to what she was doing as the day long as I watched them prepare people as actual use of hypnotism. She the children for graduation. Those kids an ‘old instead spoke of applying some of knew their stuff. friend’...” principles connected to hypnotism like self-talk and guided imagery. Fascinated by her curly blond hair, the children she met loved to gather The response Patricia received from her around Patricia and touch her head. There are students was overwhelming – some even many pictures of the Associate’s smiling face The SCN Associate learns how to strike a few notes showed their thanks by singing and dancing surrounded by boys and girls. And it’s these on a traditional African instrument. around her. faces that she can’t stop thinking about now that she is back home in Boston. Patricia also traveled to St. Mary’s, a school rid of all of the “excess” in her home. “ I just Spurred by the fact that so many in Botswana in Lobatse where she worked with SCNs Ann decided to pack up everything and give it Muthukattil, principal, and Prisca Bilung, who have so little and she has so much, Patricia serves as pre-school teacher. She wrote to decided to stop going to stores and start getting away.”

Sewing Center brings hope to impoverished area Women in the remote village of Tswaaneng, Botswana, are learning new skills in order to support themselves and their families. Thanks to the efforts of Pat Huitt, SCN, these women now have access to a sewing center that will make for a better future for them. Sister Pat has worked toward making this possible for the last few years. The center officially opened July 17, 2007. The women, who live in one of the most remote and poorest villages in the area, are now able to access sewing machines and donated material. Sister Pat asks, “Please pray with us that God will bless and make fruitful this effort to help these poor women to help themselves and their children.”

Five women show off their handmade garments at the new sewing center in Tswaaneng, Botswana.

SCNA Program initiated in Botswana

ABOVE - Marilyn Shea, SCN, traveled to Botswana to help start the new Associate program. RIGHT - A young student rests after school in Lobatse.

An SCN Associate program is being launched in Botswana, Africa. The first ever Associate event took place in June. Seven women invited to attend the program shared their experiences and reflections. Marilyn Shea, SCN, was the speaker at this first gathering. The women shared their eagerness to learn, their hunger for a deeper spirituality and their sincere desire to use their talents in service to others. Read more about Sister Marilyn’s experience in Botswana in the next issue of The Journey. Sisters of Charity of Nazareth

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Destination: India

New Dawn, New Ministr In Hindi, Arunodaya means “new dawn.” It is a fitting name for the newest SCN ministry inaugurated in Patna, India, on July 2 – a social education center under the direction of Roselyn Karakattu, SCN. The center, located in the former provincial building, will train students to become professional social workers. A total of 20 female students recruited from different parts of India and Nepal attended the inauguration along with many well-wishers and friends from the community. Sister Roselyn explained that the students will graduate as professionally qualified social workers and hopefully join the mid-level segment of NGOs. “They will be computer savvy, knowledgeable in English, adept in public speaking and street smart in the execution of projects,” she says. At the blessing of the new SCN ministry in Patna, India, from left, SCNs Aisha Kavalakattu, Roselyn Karakattu and Sangeeta Ayithamattam, Eastern Provincial, light candles.

A former NGO representative herself, Sister Roselyn spent two years representing the Sisters of Charity Federation at the United Nations, and did extensive work with tsunami relief in India. Archbishop Ben Osta, SJ, who supports the SCN venture, said the Church needs professionally qualified workers committed to the ideals the NGO sector stands for. The students in the new SCN ministry are specifically selected from diverse areas and are offered hostel facilities in Patna. In the spirit of inclusivity, Sister Roselyn hopes that in a few years the program will include male students as well.

Sister Roselyn stands by the sign that spells Arunodaya, meaning new dawn in Hindi. She will lead this new social work center in Patna, India.

The ministry in Patna is one of more than 40 ministries SCNs run in the Community’s Eastern Province. These mission sites are geared toward educating and empowering women and children, too often marginalized in the areas we serve.

Eastern Province Development Office opens in Delhi Community leaders, friends, and SCNs gathered in Delhi, India, on June 25 to bless and officially open the Eastern Province Development Office. Father John Chathanatt, SJ, from Vidya Jyoti, took part in the ribbon cutting ceremony followed by the lighting of an oil lamp. Bridget Kappalumakal, SCN, the Director of the Development Office, gave a short history of the SCN Congregation. She pointed out that “as this year is the Diamond Jubilee, 60 years of SCN Presence in India, it is very appropriate that we take up this new venture…” Sister Bridget likened the new development office to a mustard seed being planted which will grow into a big tree spreading its branches to the north, south, east and west. She also stressed the need to see fundraising as a ministry - a partnership with others in reaching out to the poor and the needy.

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Bridget Kappalumakal, SCN

Destination: Belize

A Dream for Las Flores, Belize New SCN ministry experiences growth There is much to celebrate as SCNs working in the village of Las Flores, just outside of Belmopan, Belize, mark the oneyear anniversary of this ministry. Sisters Paschal Maria Fernicola and Rosemarie Kirwan moved to Las Flores in August 2006 with the desire to learn the needs of the villagers and respond accordingly. Over the last year they have reached out to residents, many of whom are from El Salvador, in a number of ways. SCNs have been helping many in the village learn English. Children are receiving assistance with homework and women in the To make a donation village look forward to weekly to help with the classes on cooking and sewing.

SCN ministry in Las Flores, use the enclosed envelope or visit the SCN Family Web site at www.scnfamily.org.

Paschal Maria Fernicola, SCN, standing, is pictured during a lesson with local women in Las Flores, Belize. These women are refugees from El Salvador who are studying English.

A formal census and survey of residents of Las Flores was recently completed. It revealed that a primary need of the village is a community library. In May, Sisters Paschal and Rosemarie met with the villagers of Las Flores to begin developing plans for the library and activities for fundraising. The first fundraiser held in mid-June consisted of the raffle of a cell phone, an all-day soccer marathon, barbecue and other food and drinks. This event netted $1,453.70 Bze (half of that in U.S. currency), but additional funds are still needed. The library will be built on the grounds next to the Las Flores Community Center.

Rosemarie Kirwan, SCN, with children in Las Flores.

Once this dream becomes a reality, Sisters anticipate further involvement in planning with villagers. In the meantime, Sister Paschal writes that they â&#x20AC;&#x153;have the daily joy of visiting with people, tutoring, teaching English, and occasionally taking the sick to the doctor or to the hospital.â&#x20AC;? Next to the Las Flores Community Center, Sisters Paschal and Rosemarie hope to build a community library.

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Destination: Nepal Unarmed Women

Artist Activist SCN Family Member What brought together renowned artist Myrna Balk, social worker-nurse Teresa Madassery, SCN, in Kathmandu, Nepal, and nurse Beena Chirackal, SCN, of Delhi, India? It was no doubt a passion for social justice and a desire to bring about change. The three women have worked tirelessly to reach out to victims of sex trafficking, each woman in her own unique way. At an art exhibit in Boston Ma., Tess Browne, SCN, struck up a conversation with Myrna Balk, a well known printmaker who creates art that raises the public’s awareness of the horrors of sex trafficking. As Sister Tess listened to Myrna, she envisioned Navjyoti in Nepal where Sister Teresa has been rehabilitating and caring for former sex workers since 1995. She pictured Sister Beena at Asha Niwas with children rescued from brothels in Delhi. Describing Sister Tess as a “tipping point,” Myrna said that Sister Tess didn’t just tell her she needed to meet these Sisters working with the victims of sex trafficking, but she went on to arrange phone calls between Myrna and Sisters Beena and Teresa. And so what started out as a chance conversation at an art exhibit, led to amazing relationships being forged in both India and Nepal. When she was finally able to travel to Delhi, Myrna said she excitedly made her way through the crowded airport where she was warmly greeted in the wee hours of the morning by Sister Beena. For the next day or two Myrna visited with the children of Asha Niwas. Asha Niwas means “House of Hope.” Here children born into brothels have a safe, clean place to live where they receive regular meals, healthcare, and a good education. Myrna recounted how she took great joy in being able to draw with the children and visit with the Sisters who care for the children, “I can’t say enough about the commitment and determination of these women.” Myrna also traveled to Navjyoti in Kathmandu where she met Sister Teresa who readily invited Myrna to share her art with women taking part in an empowerment program. For 90 minutes Myrna sketched. Gradually she enticed the women to draw their personal stories. At first Mail order bride hesitant, they seemed to feel honored and nurtured by the process. Myrna encouraged them to tell her, through an interpreter, about each finished work. “I wanted to meet with girls rescued from trafficking and in training programs to tell their stories, to know firsthand what their lives were like,” she later wrote. “I can’t tell you how impressed I am with the program (the

Gandmother, Kot Goan village, 2001

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Art for the Journey

Waiting For The Prey (foamcore cutouts)

women) are extraordinary, alert, and motivated and they come from the most horrendous situations.” Since traveling to both Nepal and India, Myrna has been able to confirm her hypothesis that art sessions have a transformative effect upon victims of trafficking. The women Myrna has worked with have reported finding a voice through the drawing experience. Stories of forced prostitution have inspired Myrna to continue to create artwork depicting its damaging effects, artwork that has been on display around the world. In June of 2000, Myrna’s series on trafficking was shown in conjunction with the UN meetings of Beijing Plus 5 in the show sponsored by the United Nations Development Fund called The Progress of Women. Womens’ Empowerment Group, 2001

One piece entitled “A Shambles?” is a series of old chairs that cannot be sat upon. Myrna explained its significance to human rights, “We can see what is missing from these objects, but our perception is often blinded when we do not want to know. The topics are awful and difficult, but my work is not ugly.” From Kathmandu, Sister Teresa continues to keep in touch with Myrna. Last year in a letter Sister Teresa wrote, “I remember you often. I do the drawing with all the trainees about the situation of women in their village. Each year they do a good job and I am amazed at their creativity. You only gave that idea.” For more information on Myrna Balk and her artwork, please visit her Web site at www.myrnabalk.com.

“PRESENTE: SHE IS HERE WITH US” Nicaraguan Garment Worker

Traveling art exhibit makes stop at Nazareth

A traveling exhibit by Janet Essley depicting the plight of garment workers throughout the world was displayed in the Nazareth Gallery, on the SCN Campus. The interactive exhibit features portraits painted from photographs of women at work in sweatshop industries gathered from many sources. The traveling exhibit is designed to heighten awareness of the many hands that are involved in making the garments we wear. “Presente: She is here with us,” was sponsored by the Dominican Sisters, Sisters of Loretto, and the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. The art honors women around the world who make our clothing. The women shown in the portraits work in sweatshops in poor countries in unbearable conditions to support their families. The author says, “As we remember (the sewer’s) hands on each piece of clothing that we wear, may we envision a new world that globalizes compassion. May we insist upon living conditions for others that we enjoy for ourselves.” The exhibit has also traveled to the Motherhouse of the Sisters of Loretto, to the campus of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catharine and to Nazareth Home, in Louisville.

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Partners in Ministry As the SCN ministry transitions into new life, those who love Bethany Spring share their reflections.

Dear Bethany Spring... At Bethany’s Spring Every road you have ever taken Every corner you ever turned, Has led you to this place, To this gate to paradise That opens now for you by grace and prayers. Wisdom articulates her deepest self in this house. She whispers her secrets from each corner. Before you even approached her doorway, She was preparing your nourishment without fuss. She was kneeling to take off your shoes. Enter her place carefully and She will teach you everything. Hush your heart and Wisdom will open Your soul’s secret doorway And make her self at home. Settle yourself then in these holy rooms Whose walls are perfumed with the prayers Of those who have come before you. Relax your heart in mute content And drink your fill at Wisdom’s table. Quench your thirst at this holy spring That runs by the side of your road to Joy.

For more than three decades, men and women from around the world have been traveling to a rustic country house nestled in the hills of New Haven, Ky. At this home, the Bethany Spring Retreat Center, hundreds have had the chance to “center themselves,” relax, and renew their spirits. The ministry, pioneered in the 1970s by the SCNs, continues to welcome visitors but now under new ownership by The Thomas Merton Institute for Contemplative Living. The SCN Community rejoices this new step in the life of a ministry. The mission of The Merton Institute is closely tied with that of Bethany Spring and their ownership will assure continuation and growth of the ministry into the future. The Institute’s Executive Director Robert Toth and Jonathan Montaldo, the new director of Bethany Spring, want to assure that “all who have loved and served Bethany Spring will still feel right at home” under the new ownership. Robert and Jonathan have a deep respect for foundress Mary Madeline Abdelnour, SCN, and plan to keep her picture hanging in Bethany Spring as a constant reminder of her vision. In celebrating this transition, Bethany Spring’s former Director Mary Luken, and Assistant Director Alida Coughlin share their parting reflections: Gathering thoughts about my time at Bethany Spring is like gathering all the relatives together. There are so many things I want to touch on that, like relatives, are full of fun and mischief, warmth and wisdom, good news and sad. Bethany Spring is all these things but what it has taught me, is to listen to the place to hear what it has to teach.

No matter what role we humans have carried here, the land and the house are the gracious hosts. They have held us: guests and administrators, board members and volunteers, each as an only child; held us with great love to help us confront the lessons such a place of solitude and rest prepares for us. Bethany Spring is a place of such comfort that both difficult and delightful lessons are usually accepted with grace. Now it is time for the growing to stretch toward new light. The Merton Institute for Contemplative Living, as the new owners, will see how well the place will teach them. I can say they are willing learners, they know how to listen and to follow what they hear. Mary Luken By Jonathan Montaldo Newly appointed director of Bethany Spring

The people who come here in search of peace and rest, no matter how humble and needy, always bring with them a blessing-- a blessing upon the place of Bethany Spring. They bring here their goodwill, their openness to what many call “Divine Providence.” We will never know the spiritual mystery of how our guests are renewed, transformed, or at least refreshed in spirit when they come here, but that is the blessing that they take away. The directors of Bethany Spring, over the years since Sister Madeline’s death, have added their blessing to this place, and the mysterious ‘dance’ between us and the Beloved continues. Alida Coughlin (Alida continues her work with Bethany Spring, joining Jonathan of The Merton Institute)

For more information on retreats at Bethany Spring, go to www.mertoninstitute.org or www.bethanyspring.org 9

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The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Third Annual Picnic was Aug. 25, 2007. Thousands came for games, food, raffles and fun times benefiting the worldwide SCN missions. Thank you for making this year’s event another success!

LEFT - Kitty Wilson, SCN, helps a young picnic visitor with her cornhole toss. The cornhole booth was a new attraction this year at the picnic.

RIGHT - SCNs Shalini D’Souza, President, right, and Judy Raley, Western Provincial, read the names of the prize winners at the end of the picnic.

LEFT - From left, SCNs Margaret Rodericks, Susan Tudu and Rachel Willett gave out information about SCN ministries around the world. BELOW - SCN Mary Ninette Manning, spins the wheel at the candy booth.

ABOVE - Mary Sullivan, SCN, spends some time in the entertainment tent after hitting the game booths. She is wearing one of her winnings -- a sparkly pink hat. RIGHT - Chris Loher, picnic volunteer, hands out a balloon to a young participant. Over 450 volunteers gave their time during the SCN Picnic. This event couldn’t have been possible without their efforts.

Join us next year for the SCN Picnic Aug. 23, 2008! Sisters of Charity of Nazareth

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It’s a Heart Thing

In her pursuit of deeper meaning to life, Paris Slapikas, SCN, found more than she expected. She found a vocation. For years, Paris Slapikas struggled with an inner voice that told her something in her life was missing even when everything seemed to be in the right place. She didn’t listen at first. “I didn’t open myself to it,” she says. “The more I fought it, the harder things became.” In August 2007, as Paris prepared for her first vow ceremony with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, she recognized the small voice in her heart had slowly transformed into the calling of a lifetime. A call to enter religious life, a life dedicated to service and mission. So what has the journey been like for Paris, a young woman in search of her true calling? It began in Alabama, as Paris, the youngest of four in her family, decided to go on a pilgrimage at the age of 14. She recalls this as the first step in her spiritual and emotional development. She began searching.

“I had a sense of peace The thought of religious life hadn’t yet entered and calm that I didn’t have her mind. Paris dreamt of when I wasn’t here.” a family of her own, of being the mother of six children and a wife. And when she did begin to think of being part of a community of women religious, her mind filled with stereotypes - stereotypes she had to let go of. When Paris took a volunteer job in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., at Covenant House, she met SCNs Eva Kowalski and Nancy Gerth. They weren’t working in the same department, but she remembers being attracted to their spirit from afar. “There was something about them that I wanted to know,” Paris explains. “They seemed really grounded, really committed to service, also with a real sense of generosity.” Paris Slapikas, SCN, has a good laugh on Nazareth Campus on a pretty summer day.

She continued to watch Sisters Eva and Nancy for a while without trying to connect with them. But the little voice in her heart was growing stronger. “I don’t even know how to explain it. There were simple things, the way they carried themselves, and gave of

Sister Paris, far left, makes her first vows Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007, in St. Vincent Church, on Nazareth Campus. Standing close by are Judy Raley, SCN Western Provincial, far right, and Nancy Gerth, SCN, who served as witness during the ceremony.

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Cover Story themselves. I felt it was coming from their spirituality.” She came to visit the Nazareth Campus for the first time during a retreat. Today, she chuckles calling that her “undercover” mission, because she was yet unsure to voice her search to the Sisters. The trip was a big step in her formation, “I had a sense of peace and calm that I didn’t have when I wasn’t here.” The next time she took the trip to Nazareth, it was intentional. By now, she could clearly hear her call. The campus greeted her again, and she felt like she was coming home. “One thing that struck me was that some of the Sisters I met the first time remembered who I was. That sense of hospitality blows you away from the beginning.” During a hospitality weekend at Nazareth the following summer, Paris expressed her desire to begin discernment. “It was a real sense of freedom that came to me when I could talk about it openly.”

“My reality has changed.”

One of the ministries Sister Paris was involved in during Novitiate

was teaching young children in Las Flores, Belize. What followed wasn’t a walk in the park. While the discernment process offered her a chance to share her beliefs, desires, stories of faith, so many questions also flooded her heart and mind. “What does it mean? Where is it going to take me? What happens to my dream of having a family?”

For four years, first as a candidate, then as novice, Paris experienced the SCN community as supportive and comforting, staying by her side during such a personal journey. “They said to me, ‘we want what you want. We will journey with you even if you are journeying somewhere else.’” Her mentors throughout this process helped her see that there was nothing wrong with the struggle she was experiencing, that “true discernment happened between two goods,” and she just had to follow the stronger call. Soon, she recognized the strong desire to be a Sister in mission with the SCNs. The exact feeling cannot be put into words. “It’s a heart thing,” she explains. “It’s not about a handful of people in the community, it’s the whole community… what it stands for, what it embodies, that has kept me here.” Looking back, Paris wishes she would have spoken up sooner. “I made my personal journey much harder than it had to be.” As she took steps down the aisle in St. Vincent Church at Nazareth, Paris made an official commitment, but she said she felt she was an SCN long before that day.

After her first vows Sister Paris received hugs and congratulations from family and friends.

“I’ve lived these vows as a novice. This is a public recognition of the choice that I’ve made.” She is ready to go into full time mission, to travel and experience the passion for mission SCNs are all about. “My reality has changed.”

Carlette Gentle, SCN, professed her first vows at St. Martin De Porres Church, in Belize City, Belize, on Sept. 2. Sister Carlette is a native of Belize. We will tell her vocation story in the upcoming issue of The Journey.

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Celebrating Continued Connections Nearly 60 former members of the SCN Congregation gathered for a reunion at Nazareth, Ky., this summer. The weekend was filled with warm welcomes and times for reconnection and sharing. Evident throughout the weekend - the many ways in which the SCN charism still lives in the hearts of women who spent some time at Nazareth and then felt called to another way of life.

Former member Sharan Benton, left, greets Maria Vincent Brocato, SCN, with an embrace.

These women came to Nazareth from different parts of the country to attend the reunion held June 1-3, 2007. The theme was “Journeying Together Toward Peace.” The weekend included a reflection on peace in our hearts and in our world. The women had the opportunity to share their life’s journey with one another. The journey has taken different forms for each person, leading individuals to life as a psychiatric nurse, a mother of four children, a grandmother of nine, a management consultant, a teacher, and a financial consultant. Over and over however, former members expressed the common bond they share with the SCN Congregation, and of being forever changed because of their time at Nazareth.

From left, Janet de Morales, Mary Boyce and Janet Bamberger reconnect.

Mary Medley Bonn reflected on the weekend, “I felt so optimistic about the future of the SCNs, their relationship with SCN Associates, their thoughts on SCN family and on future forms of membership. I thought of the early days when there was so much to do and so few Sisters to do it. It didn’t stop them then and it’s not stopping them now.” Anne Marie O’Shea, SCN, who served as a prayer leader for the weekend commented, “The weekend was a beautiful experience of women deeply connecting and sharing life and love. Our world is a bit more peaceful because we gathered with care and compassion. I loved reconnecting and feeling that our SCN circle has continued to expand and become more inclusive.”

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Participants were introduced to the greeting “Namaste” during a morning prayer session. BELOW - Former members and SCNs joined in a procession on Nazareth Campus.

Camp “Here, I am like Maria everyone else!”hosts its “It’s 352 days till we’ll be back again. I’m counting the days”; “Here, I’m just like everyone else”; “Look, I can walk in the water.” These are the heartwarming comments from campers with disabilities following a visit to the SCN-run ministry, Camp Maria.

34th MDA event

In 1973, Camp Maria, located in Leonardtown, Md., started a tradition. It opened its doors to 30 young campers with disabilities for a weeklong Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Camp. In June 2007, Camp Maria welcomed 236 MDA Campers for the 34th consecutive year.

Two sisters wear matching outfits during the MDA event at Camp Maria.

“Throughout the years we have had the opportunity to meet many of the parents who bring their child to camp,” Michaella Cronin, SCN, said. “After the parents meet us and the medical staff, tour our facilities and enjoy an evening meal, they leave the grounds with peace of mind knowing that their child is going to have fun and receive the necessary assistance.”

SCNs say long term relationships with special groups that visit camp each year make the ministry strong. They enjoy the presence of the young MDA campers. “Hosting the MDA Camp helps us live our mission statement by reaching out to those in need,” Carol McKean, SCN, explained. “We provide a place where the children experience God’s creation both in nature and by having a counselor and others who care and love each camper.”

A young MDA camper smiles for the camera.

According to Alicia King, with MDA Health Care Service, the yearly camp is an opportunity for children and young adults affected by muscular dystrophy to connect with others who are facing the same challenges in a “safe, supportive environment.” “It is also important for our campers to learn to self-advocate,” she said. “MDA Camp gives them an opportunity to try new things as well as develop their voices.”

Camp Maria Retreat Center strives to provide an atmosphere of prayer, hospitality and simplicity in a peaceful, natural environment for retreats and various types of renewal programs.

So what does a typical MDA camp look like? Sister Michaella and Carol paint the picture: “(We are) able to see the (from Camp Maria’s Mission Statement) children on a horse, play football in their wheelchairs, go boat riding, catch a fish, have wheelchair races, swim For more information visit www.campmaria.org and enjoy many other activities.” In return, the SCNs say, the MDA campers share their happiness and strength with everyone present. Camp participants get ready to enjoy a game of cards.

So after yet another successful event in 2007, Camp Maria is counting the days until its friends can come back and fill the place with their joyful spirit. Sisters of Charity of Nazareth

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Jubilees Silver Jubilarians in the Eastern Province celebrated this August. Sister Shalini D’Souza, center, stands with the seven Silver Jubilarians in Bangalore, India.

The SCN Community celebrated its Golden Jubilarians on Nazareth Campus and at Nazareth Home, in Louisville this summer. Both ceremonies honored the women who have achieved 50 years of service to the SCN mission. Pictured are some of the Golden Jubilarians in St. Vincent Church, Nazareth, Ky., left, and at Nazareth Home. In addition, several other Sisters celebrating their Rainbow Jubilees were included in the ceremony held at Nazareth Home. SCNs also celebrated Rainbow Jubilarians with a beautiful Mass and dinner on Wednesday, June 13 at the Motherhouse in Nazareth. Twenty-seven Sisters were honored. These are Sisters who have given their lives and service to the SCN mission, celebrating 55, 60, 65, 70 and 75 years in the Community.

Women of Excellence

Two Sisters of Charity of Nazareth were honored during the commencement ceremonies at Spalding University on June 2. The University has its roots in Nelson County, Ky., where Mother Catherine Spalding, SCN foundress, opened Nazareth College in the 1800s, which later became an independent institution in Louisville. Mary Burns, SCN, (pictured on the left with Spalding President Jo Ann Rooney) received the 2007 Caritas Medal, the highest honor bestowed upon an alumna or alumnus who has made a significant contribution in some field in their community or on a national or international level. President of the Congregation Shalini D’Souza, SCN, (right picture) received an honorary doctorate from the University.

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Anne Rita Mauck, SCN, was honored as the founder of The DePaul School at the school’s homecoming celebration on July 28 in Louisville. The school was founded in 1970. Similar programs in about 12 other states have emerged Anne Rita Mauck, SCN from her endeavor. Patricia Hill, SCN, is one of four people inducted into Presentation Academy’s Hall of Fame. The ceremony was held on Aug. 19 at 2 p.m. in Louisville, Ky. Sister Pat was honored for her work in the area of education. The Hall of Fame recognizes alumnae Pat Hill, SCN or faculty for outstanding accomplishments during or following their years at the school. Sister Pat is the foundress of Nazareth Montessori Children’s Center on Nazareth Campus, where she continues to work today. The Roman Catholic/ Disciples of Christ Dialogue Team of the Greater Louisville area recently recognized five individuals as “Ecumenical Saints.” Among the honorees was Eileen Egan, SCN, former member of the Dialogue Team Eileen Egan, SCN and the only woman honored. Sister Eileen passed away in 1997.

WATER: Threatened Gift of Life Suzanne Golas, CSJP, Director of WATERSPIRIT, an ecology and spirituality ministry, facilitated two workshops in July on the Nazareth Campus and at Nazareth Home, entitled Water: Threatened Gift of Life. Sister Suzanne attended the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2002 and has given workshops on issues of water in many parts of the U.S. The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth have chosen to take a corporate stance on water and to study the water crisis.

Family Highlights The Charity Federation holds meetings at Nazareth Nearly 85 leaders from 17 women religious Congregations from across the world gathered on the campus of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth to commit their efforts and resources to the pressing issues of our times during the annual Sisters of Charity Federation meeting, June 7-11 under the theme “Bread – Blessed, Broken, and Shared.” Members of the Charity Federation examined ways they can collaborate in service to the poor including the powerful impact a unified voice can have in bringing about systemic change.

Mary Serra Goethals, SCN, left, shared a laugh with Vincentian Sisters of Charity President Charlene Reebel during the Charity Federation meeting.

The members of the Sisters of Charity Federation represent approximately 4,500 women religious working in 32 countries with a shared heritage in Saints Vincent de Paul, Louise de Marillac and Elizabeth Ann Seton. The Federation has an NGO representative at the United Nations and liaisons from each Congregation who work with the representative. Sisters of Charity welcomed their new NGO, Carol Jean Willie, SC, of Cincinnati.

The conference included conversations around collaboration between the orders, followed by decisions focused on the need for heightened advocacy in addressing structures that keep people around the world poor. For the past several years, the Federation has made water a focus for advocacy and continued to do so during this year’s sessions. During this time of global warming realities, the member Congregations of the Charity Federation join scientists around the world in assessing that water is truly one of the chief concerns of the 21st century. Water access is a common and vital resource to all, particularly an important key to reducing poverty in developing nations. In response to water issues, the Federation received an update on its collaborative water project underway in Haiti. Members of the Charity Federation reflected on various topics each day, including their dreams and hopes for collaboration into the future.

In addition, panels highlighted other collaborative efforts of the Federation such as, the Rendu Center in Fayette County, Penn., Katrina relief efforts in New Orleans, La. and successful international collaboration between the diverse memberships in each Congregation.

The Grace Saia Award The “Sr. Grace Saia, SCN Outstanding Student Service Award” has been instituted at St. John Catholic School, in Memphis, Tenn. This award is presented to one boy Grace Saia, SCN, with Christian Harris, one of the first recipients and one girl, selected of an award in her name. by all the faculty and administration who exemplify in their daily interactions the charism of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth: Simplicity, Charity, and Humility. According to principal Teddi Niedzwiedz, SCN Associate, the selected students have at least a C average or above; conduct themselves with kindness and love for their neighbors; are respectful of their teachers; and go above and beyond to help his/her teacher and peers. “The selected students will receive a small plaque to take home and an official plaque with their names engraved has been placed in the hall of the school,” Teddi explained. The first to receive this award are sixth graders Christian Harris and Tenearel Redd.

SCN Provinces install new Leadership The formal installation of SCNs Judy Raley, Brenda Gonzales and Adeline Fehribach to the Leadership of the Western Province took place, June 17 in St. Vincent Church, Nazareth, Ky. Pictured are Susan Gatz, SCN, right, and Judy Raley during a blessing ceremony. Sister Susan, former Western Provincial, blessed Sister Judy’s heart in a prayerful ceremony that sent the new leaders off into their five-year term. The new Eastern Province Leadership Team also stepped into office June 1, 2007. The three women are pictured in Mokama with other SCNs on their first day as a team. From left, SCNs Jackulin Jesu, Josita Eniakattu, Reena Theruvankunnel, Vice Provincial, Sangeeta Ayithamattam, Provincial, Basanti Lakra, Vice Provincial, Cecily Velleringatt and Ann George Mukalel.

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Journeying On Rita Maria Coco, SCN, 88, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky., on May 18, 2007. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 68 years.

After her profession of vows on March 25, 1939, Sister Rita Maria served as a teacher in elementary education. She received a master’s degree in social work from the University of Louisville in 1974. She founded the Grief Recovery Center in Baton Rouge, La., where she served as executive director and counselor from 1991 until 2006. In her 2006 nomination for the Silver Magnolia Award, Aileen Hendricks wrote of Sister Rita, “Her enormous contributions to the betterment of the community is impossible to measure.” Survivors include a brother, Brother Anthony S. Coco, SJ, of Grand Coteau, La.; a sister, Sarah J. Coco of Helena, Ark.; and several nieces and nephews.

Prema Muthukattil, SCN, 57, died at Nazareth Hospital, Mokama, India, June 4, 2007. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 30 years.

Sister Prema came to the SCN Community in 1970 along with 22 candidates. She entered postulancy on Sept. 2, 1974. Sister Prema made her first vows in 1977 and pronounced her final vows on Dec. 1, 1982. She served as a teacher at schools in Gaya, Lupungutu Chaibasa, Dumberdih, and Gomoh. She served as principal at Dumberdih, Maria Vidyalaya and Bassein (Vasai) Nazareth Girls’ School. Sister James Leo, one of the early SCN pioneers in India said about Sister Prema when she was missioned in Gaya, “Sister Prema has been tested and tried by fire and has proved to be pure gold.”

Jean Louise Thomas, SCN, 90, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky., June 20, 2007. She had been a Sister of Charity

of Nazareth for 71 years.

Sister served in the apostolate of education in St. Cecilia School, Louisville; at Nazareth School, South Boston, Mass.; and at St. Mary’s School, Martins Ferry, Ohio. In 1949 Sister obtained a degree as a pharmacist from Fordham University in New York. Sister then served as pharmacist in SS. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital and St. Joseph Infirmary, Louisville; St. Vincent Infirmary, Little Rock, Ark., and the Motherhouse, Nazareth, Ky. After Sister’s retirement from her profession as a pharmacist, Sister continued to serve at the Motherhouse in community service. Sister became a resident at Nazareth Home in 2006. Julie Driscoll, SCN, said of Sister Jean Louise, “She was known for her gentle simplicity and care for the least, for her sensibility to the slightest need of her sisters, she seemed compelled to lovingly treat others as she wanted to be treated.” Survivors include a niece, of Owensboro, Ky.

Catherine (Kay) Looby, SCN, 82, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky., June 19, 2007. She had been a Sister of

Charity of Nazareth for 62 years.

Sister Catherine served in the apostolate of education. She became principal at Archbishop Williams High School in Braintree, Mass. She also served in community service as coordinator at Russell Hall from 1995-2000. Sister became a resident of Nazareth Home in 2006. “Where Kay was, there was laughter, love of people and love of beauty, a free spirit born of the realization of God’s great gifts in her,” said Frances Krumpleman, SCN. Survivors include two nephews and one niece, all from Massachusetts.

Madeleine Sophie Henkel, SCN, 86, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky., June 24, 2007. She had been a Sister of

Charity of Nazareth for 65 years.

Sister Madeline Sophie served in the apostolate of elementary education throughout her career. She also served as sacristan at Our Lady of Peace Hospital, Louisville. She pursued higher education at Spalding College (now Spalding University), Louisville. “It was a busy and fruitful life that Sophie lived in her active ministry with children,” said Anne Rita Mauck, SCN. Survivors include two brothers, Francis B. Henkel of Fair Oaks, Calif.; and Justin J. Henkel of Carmel, N.Y.; three sisters, Bernadette Maria Henkel, SCN, and Wilhemina Henkel, SCNA, both of Louisville, and Mary Zita Henkel, SCN, of Chattanooga, Tenn.

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Agnes Martha Holbrook, SCN, 91, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky., July 1, 2007. She had been a Sister

of Charity of Nazareth for 65 years.

Sister Agnes Martha served in the ministry of health care as a registered nurse. She lived at Russell Hall on Nazareth Campus and served in the apostolate of prayer from 1990-2000. She was a resident at the Motherhouse from 20002004 and became a permanent resident at Nazareth Home in 2004. Mary Ann Burkardt, SCN, said of Sister Agnes, “She was a private person and those who did get to know her, knew of her deep faith and her fidelity to prayer, with a special devotion to Mary.”

Dorothy Osbourn, SCN, 84, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky., July 8, 2007. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 64 years. Sister Dorothy served in the apostolate of elementary education, pastoral ministry and religious education. Sister Dorothy also served as Pastoral Associate/Chaplain in healthcare. “One of the gifts that Dorothy shared was her capacity for love and compassion. She allowed God’s love to flow through her to the people around her,” said Rita Spalding, SCN. Survivors include a brother and sister, Thomas Bertrand Osbourn and Rose Thompson of Louisville, Ky.; and five other sisters: Regina Proffit of Cincinnati, Ohio; Marie Celine Osbourn, SCN, of Red Bank, Tenn.; Rita Nichols of Tampa, Fla.; Agnes Spalding of New Port Richy, Fla., and Ann Carlsen of Selden, N.Y.

Gabrielle Branscome, SCN, 91, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky., Aug. 8, 2007. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 68 years.

Sister served in the apostolate of elementary and secondary education as both principal and teacher. Sister Gabrielle served as Secretary to the Superior General at SCN Center from 1972-80 and as Secretary to NLBI from 1972-84. From 1992-2002, Sister Gabrielle served as Secretary at the Motherhouse. Barbara Peterson, SCN, said of Sister Gabrielle, “I never heard anyone say a negative thing about her nor did I hear her say a negative thing about anyone. Not many of us can make this boast.” Survivors include one sister, Catherine B. Cox and a niece, Marilyn Rooney, both of Richmond, Va.; three nephews: Daniel Cox of Glen Allen, Va.; Philip Cox of Mechanicsville, Va., and Charles B. Cox of Richmond, Va.

Cecilia Clare Spalding, SCN, 95, died at the Motherhouse, Nazareth, Ky., Aug. 8, 2007. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for almost 77 years. Sister served in the apostolate of education as a music teacher on the elementary, secondary and college levels in Kentucky, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Ohio and Maryland. Sister taught at Nazareth College from 1967-1971. As music was her passion, Frances Krumpleman, SCN, noted, “Thank God for Cecilia Clare, for the grace and inspiration of her long life with us, for her music which lives on.” Survivors include one brother, John R. Spalding of Fort Myers, Fla.; a sister-in-law, Virginia Spalding of Fallbrook, Calif.; and several nieces and nephews.

Deceased Alumni/Alumnae: Lillian Davenport, St. Joseph Infirmary, 1943 Georgia “GG” Cocanougher Gasser, St. Joseph Infirmary, 1947 Virginia Freedman Meyer, Presentation Academy, St. Joseph Infirmary, 1947 Edith “Edie” Keller Kane, Nazareth Academy, 1957 Gwendolyn “Gwen” Walker Hall, St. Joseph Infirmary School of Nursing, 1948 Pauline O’Bryan Wheeler, Nazareth Jr. College, 1934 Josephine Paglialunga, Nazareth College, Nazareth, 1953 Verna Allensworth Montgomery, Nazareth College, Louisville, 1956 Margaret Mary Boland Daniels, Nazareth Academy, Nazareth, 1940 Elizabeth “Betty” Ann Gelhausen, Presentation Academy, 1948 Rosemary E. Packer, Presentation Academy Helen Schilling Neal, St. Joseph Infirmary, 1937 Ruth Charlton O’Regan, Nazareth Academy, 1934 Barbara L. Crow, Nazareth College, Nazareth, 1969

Deceased SCN Associate:

Stuart D. Walker

The Journey is produced by the Office of Congregational Advancement. Contributors for this issue include Diane Curtis, Raluca Barzu, Patsy O’Toole, Dianne Smith, Janice White, Mary Medley Bonn; and SCNs Regina Atkins, and Kitty Wilson. Photos for this issue were provided by Diane Curtis, Raluca Barzu, Myrna Balk, Spalding University, Teddi Niedzwiedz, Patricia MacIsaac, Patsy O’Toole, Patrick Pfister Photography; and SCNs Kitty Wilson, Caroline Field, Marilyn Shea, Pat Huitt, Carol McKean, Michaella Cronin and Roselyn Karakattu.

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Memorial/Honorary donations 4/23/07 - 7/31/07 ROBERT HILL S. Elaine Puthoff S. AGNES MARTHA HOLBROOK Mollie Griffith Tony Wade S. Mary Naomi Elder Willie Blanton Allen\Martha Templeton S. MARY TIMOTHY HOLLAND George\Patricia Petkoff ELBERT D. HUDDLESTON Jim\Helen Rowe S. GREGORITA HUMENESKY Carolyn Keelen Rep. Tom Kennedy

HENRY JAKE (HENH) LEE Jim\Helen Rowe HAL LEGNER Louise J. Legner MARIE LEHMAN George M. Lehman JOHN W. LEONARD Jim\Anne Tennison HELEN LINEK SCN Associates S. FRANCES MIRIAM LOKER George P.\Elizabeth Wigginton S. CATHERINE “KAY” LOOBY S. Mary Joyce Kernen

Bridgid Clifford, SCN, shares a moment with the new Archbishop of Louisville during his official installation Aug. 15. Sister Bridgid represented the Congregation in extending the prayers and support of all SCNs. MR. JARAMILLO Joan Knapp JOHN JETER S. Rachel Willett CHARLES JOHNSON Kay Clark FRANK KAHN Loyce Winfield KELLER FAMILY\DECEASED MEMBERS Josephine K. Burch AUDREY KELLY S. Evelyn Hurley S. Agnes Ann Fuhs S. Janet Dougherty LOUIS G. KELLY Al\Mary Ann Bowling ANNE FELLER KENNEDY Lorraine Hancock KERN FAMILY\DECEASED MEMBERS Virginia M. Kern OLGA KOTTENSTETTI S. Sharen Baldy PAT EGAN KRAUSER S. Maria Vincent Brocato ROBERT KRIEDERMAN S. Sharen Baldy MR.\MRS. LEO KRIMPLE S. Mary Loretto Krimple JAMES KRIMPLE S. Mary Loretto Krimple JOSEPH KRIMPLE S. Mary Loretto Krimple DU LAC Children of Margaret & Spalding Wathen THEOPHIL LAKRA S. Miriam Corcoran TERESA LE S. Agnes Ann Fuhs S. Evelyn Hurley S. Janet Dougherty

S. Ann Kernen S. Rachel Willett S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. Antoinette Magistro S. Theresa Cash S. Joseph Marita Wheatley S. Marie John Kelley S. Joan Robishaw S. Mary Burns S. Eleanora Mattingly S. Evelyn Hurley Mary Wimsatt Phyllis Passafuime S. Maureen Taaffe Jim Fowkes P.A. Pendergast S. Mary Dullea S. Phyllis Dullea S. Barbara MacDonald S. Sheila Ann Madden Jeffrey Lee Rhinerson Patricia\Jack Pendergast Mary Sue Draus Mary Ann Madden Patrick Madden Joseph Madden Hal\Dorothy Berger S. Ann Susan Villa BRO. JUSTIN LUCIAN, FSC Loyce Winfield ANGELA\RICHARD\ CHRISTOPHER LYNCH Edward P. Lynch LUCY F. MASOTTA S. Alice Garrity S. Peggy Fowkes THRESIA A. MATHAI S. Miriam Corcoran MATTINGLY FAMILY\ DECEASED MEMBERS Joan Thompson Burke JAMES VERNON MATTINGLY S. Ann Victoria Cruz

S. Antoinette Magistro S. Celeste Reedy S. Brenda Anderson S. Mary Dullea S. Phyllis Dullea S. Barbara MacDonald S. JOSEPH LILLIAN MATTINGLY Jamie\Robin Mattingly ELIZABETH\LARRY MCCROSKEY Celeste Midkiff SUSAN MCCUTCHAN Rita K. McCutchan EMMA CLAIRE MYERS MCMARTIN David Childs, Jr. AVA L. MEAGHER Jo Ann Kaelin Jones J. A. MEDLEY William O. Medley KATHERINE METZGER Tom Musgrave Family Jim\Richard Calvert & Family PAUL MEYER S. Alice Adams Anonymous S. Mary Dullea S. Phyllis Dullea S. Barbara MacDonald S. Celeste Reedy S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. Antoinette Magistro Martha Minsterketter Marie C. Moore Mary Martin Fusiek Vivian Mann Emmett\Ruth Ratterman S. Anna Jeanne Hardesty S. Anita Hager S. Mary Foeckler S. Theresa Cash Katrina Kargl S. John Loretto Mueller ROBERT MILLER Kathi Miller PATRICIA MIRSCHBERGER, SC SCN Leadership Team S. WINIFRED ANN MORGAN Jeanne Denny CORINNE MOYNIHAN S. Ann Susan Villa MARILYN MUELLER Nazareth Home Community Service S. Angela Hicks EDWARD L. MURPHY Nell\D.J. Monarch, Jr. S. MARGARET GERTRUDE MURPHY Michael\Maria Berthold MARTIN NABHOLZ Schrekenhofer Family ROSE A. NALL Charles Schlensker OFELIA NALLY James\Catherine Barrett ANN CASH NEAL S. Grace Maria Saia S. Mary Foeckler S. Theresa Cash MARY C. NUGENT S. Pat Healey S. Marietta Putzig S. DOROTHY OSBOURN S. Rachel Willett Hattie Medley S. Eleanor Mattingly Thomas\Elizabeth Osbourn Memorial Hospital Chaplaincy Department\ Chattanooga, TN S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. Antoinette Magistro Mr.\Mrs. John J. Coomes Mr.\Mrs. Thomas Burkhart S. Catherine Leo Callahan S. Marie Celine Osbourn S. Elaine Puthoff S. Maria Vincent Brocato

JIM O’TOOLE Frances O’Toole PENELOPE PETIT Forest\Rosemary Singhoff PAUL E. PHILLIPS, SR. Douglas\Martha Chagnon S. JEAN DOLORES PHIPPS Richard Nelson BOB PIKE Joan G. Pike JOSE´ PIKE Joan G. Pike CHARLES POUSARDIEN Mary C.P. Hilger PUTZIG FAMILY\DECEASED MEMBERS S. Marietta Putzig JESSICA KATHERINE RALEIGH S. Anita Hager NELLIE RANDALL S. Betty MacDougall ALBERT RAYMOND S. Rose Eleanor Perry STEPHEN\MARY REILLY Anna Mann MR.\MRS. JOSEPH L. RHODES S. Mary Jane Rhodes MR. COLEMAN RICE Jim\Helen Rowe ROBERT “BOB” RICHARDS Louise Murphy S. Pat Worley S. Marie John Kelley S. Joan Robishaw S. Shirley Nugent S. Gwen McMahon S. Mary Foeckler SILVIO ROBILIO Loyce Winfield S. Evelyn Hurley MARGARET M. ROETKER Margaret C. Roetker WALTER “BUDDY” ROGERS S. Kitty Wilson S. Rachel Willett S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. Antoinette Magistro S. Mary Joyce Kernen S. Ann Kernen S. Eleanora Mattingly Mary Wimsatt Patsy O’Toole S. Anita Hager Phyllis Passafiume S. June Monaghan S. Ruth Ann Humphrey S. Susan Kilb S. Susan Tudu S. Grace Mackin Office of Congregational Advancement

S. Celeste Reedy Janet MacLean SCNs\Russell Hall S. Charles Mary Burns S. Evelyn Hurley S. Mary Dullea S. Phyllis Dullea S. Barbara MacDonald Leslie A. Wilson S. Carmelita Dunn S. Eleanor Martin S. Eileen Mary Meyer S. Margaret Maginnis S. Kathleen Mary Bohan S. Theresa Knabel S. Dorothy Thomas S. Mary Kevin Egan S. Evelyn Hurley S. Agnes Ann Fuhs S. Janet Dougherty S. Margaret Spalding Wathen S. Mary Burns S. Mary Austin Donovan S. Marie John Kelley S. Joan Robishaw S. Shalini D’Souza S. Mary Elizabeth Miller S. Miriam Corcoran S. John Loretto Mueller S. Catherine Lee S. Angela Hicks S. Clare McNeil S. Dorothy MacDougall JOSEPH “SKIP” RUSSELL Jim\Anne Tennison MOTHER LUCILLE RUSSELL Phil\Carol Heilman S. ROBERT MARIA RYAN Molly Eldridge ETHELREDA SAALWAECHTER S. Eleanor Willett OLIVIA MARIE SADOWSKI Tracy Sadowski ANNA MAE SALLEE S. Bea Keller ELEANOR SCHILKE Beverly J. Schilke MR.\MRS. J. S. SCHILLER E. J. Webb STUART P. SCHILLER, SR. The Winfields Emma Jo Webb Mary L. Titoni Fred\Joyce Graflund HELENA M. SCHLENSKER Charles Schlensker JOYCE SCINTA Anonymous SCNs\DECEASED S. Evelyn Hurley S. Agnes Ann Fuhs S. Janet Dougherty S. Ann Susan Villa

This May, Nepal celebrated the appointment of its first Bishop in Anthony Francis Sharma. SCNs working in Nepal and India visited with Bishop Sharma in June. Pictured are, from left, SCNs Cecilia Simick, Shobhita Panthaladickal and Kita Sinku.

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Memorial/Honorary donations 4/23/07 - 7/31/07 SCNs\RELATIVES\FRIENDS\ DECEASED S. Mary Loretto Krimple S. Ann Susan Villa SCN\As\DECEASED S. Pat Healey SCN\As RELATIVES\FRIENDS\ DECEASED S. Pat Healey S. Carol Rogers S. Bridgid Clifford SCNs WHO TAUGHT MY CHILDREN\HOLY NAMES, MEMPHIS Josephine M. Wood SCNs WHO SERVED AT ST. MARY’S\LEONARDTOWN, MD\DECEASED SCNAs\St. Mary’s\ Leonardtown, MD MARTHA BELL SCOTT Logan Scott TEAL SELLMER S. Betty MacDougall S. MARY LUCINA SHEEHAN S. Pat Healey STEWART SHILLER Ann Robilio SICCO FAMILY\DECEASED MEMBERS S. Maria Cecilia Emanuelli S. CATHERINE CECILIA SILLIMAN Edgar\Mary K. Anderson CHRISTINE SMITH William Leslie Keene, Jr. FRANCIS JEROME SMITH Maxine Smith ROBERT WILEY SMITH Shana\Caitlin\Carol Thompson S. JAMES MARIA SPILLANE Joan R. Collins S. MARY ELLEN STILES S. Kitty Wilson FRANK SULLIVAN Katherine Freeman JOHN\KATHERINE SULLIVAN Katherine Freeman JOHN\MARY SULLIVAN FAMILY\DECEASED MEMBERS S. Mary Sullivan JOHN SULLIVAN, JR. Katherine Freeman MARY SULLIVAN Katherine Freeman

NEIL SULLIVAN Katherine Freeman PAUL SULLIVAN S. Maria Vincent Brocato S. Mary Sullivan RAYMOND SULLIVAN James Glidden HAROLD JOSEPH SYRIAC S. Connie Tarallo SUZETTE TALARICO S. Helen Blodgett S. VINCENT TEHAN Philip L.\Flaget Nally Emmett W. Wood Louis E.\Marie Oros Shanks MARGARET\HENRY TESTERMAN Della Wulfeck MR. ROBERT GEORGE THEIMER, JR. Jim\Helen Rowe S. JEAN FRANCIS THOMAS Dave\Marianne Meyer S. JEAN LOUISE THOMAS Shirley A. Devers S. Eleanora Mattingly Rose Therese Cecil Brian Mercy Dan\Ramona Lauterwasser Mary Ann\Peter Cole Tony Wade ALEX THOMASSON Marsha Thomasson MRS. JOHN C. THOMPSON John C. Thompson S. MARGARET MARY THOMPSON John C. Thompson MR.\MRS. TRICHEL Frances O’Toole MARCELLE TURNER S. Rachel Willett S. Anita Hager S. MARGARET MARY VESSELS Margaret Mills MARGARET VOLPERT Jim Volpert FRANCES E. WAGNER S. Janice Downs STUART WALKER GLA Collection Co. Inc. Jacquelynn Hauenstein Lois Pendleton Mary D. Kelly Mary Rita Griesbaum Gregory Paul Spalding

SCN Reena Theruvankunnel, Eastern Vice Provincial, performs a blessing ritual on Mary Elizabeth Miller, SCN, in Bangalore, India. Sisters from the West and East came together for meetings in Bangalore this summer, as the Congregation prepares for its first General Assembly to be held in India in 2008.

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Curtis K. Meador Nancy F. Amlung SCN Associates Phyllis\Robert Barnes S. Theresa Cash Joe\Mary Catherine Fries JAMES WALSH Virginia Foley ANNA BEA WATHEN Children of Margaret & Spalding Wathen RICHARD J.\CLARE E. WELTON Richard\Corwyn Welton S. RITA ANN WILLETT S. Eleanor Willett ALAN\MARY WILSON Alan Wilson FAYE WILSON Alan Wilson S. JUDITH ANN WILSON S. Maria Vincent Brocato S. Mary Eugene Ivie S. CLAUDIA WIRTZ John\Lisa Rotunni Corinne Bertoniere Reba Webb WULFECK FAMILY\ DECEASED MEMBERS Della Wulfeck JAMES WULFECK, SR. Della Wulfeck

HENRY CLAYMAN\ BIRTHDAY Lawrence\Lucille Bastianelli S. BRIDGID CLIFFORD Marcia M. Chapin S. LUCILLE COSBY S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. MAUREEN COUGHLIN\ BIRTHDAY Ken\Pat Walker FRANK CRADDOCK\ BIRTHDAY Catherine Barrett MRS. PHYLLIS CRAWFORD Jim\Helen Rowe REV. BERNARD LEO CRAYCROFT

S. MAGGIE FISHER S. Clara Willett S. BARBARA FLORES S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. MARY FOECKLER S. Evelyn Fugazzi James\Jeanine Thornberry PHIL\CARLETTA FORTWENGLER S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. LUCY MARIE FREIBERT Richard\Anne Freibert Zion Hermit Monks of Mount Carmel S. EVELYN FUGAZZI\ GOLDEN JUBILEE S. Katharine Hanrahan

HONORARIES S. MARY CAROLYN ABELL\ GOLDEN JUBILEE Mary J. Hill S. SARA ANN ABELL\ DIAMOND JUBILEE SCNAs\St. Mary’s\ Leonardtown, MD S. MARIE ANN BALLARD S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. FRANCES BARBER S. Evelyn Fugazzi SUZANNE BARNETT S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. CHARLOTTE ANN BARTLEY\90TH BIRTHDAY S. Anita Hager MARIE BEAVEN\80TH BIRTHDAY Anne Beaven S. AMINA BEJOS Esther Breeding BELIZE IMMERSION 2007 GROUP Catherine Barrett CAROLYN BENNETT S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. MARY MONICA BOLL Rev. Leona Harris S. ANN MARGARET BOONE S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. GABRIELLE BRANSCOME Catherine Cox S. MARIA VINCENT BROCATO S. Evelyn Fugazzi Edith Laughlin COLIN BURKARDT S. Mary A. Burkardt S. CHARLES MARY BURNS\ GOLDEN JUBILEE S. Katharine Hanrahan S. Mary Burns S. MARY BURNS Marita Neichter S. ANNA MARIE CANARY Mary T. Wimsatt TOM CANARY Jim\Helen Rowe S. THERESA CASH S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. Maria Cecilia Emanuelli S. ROSEMARIE CHASE S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. Maria Cecilia Emanuelli Marcia M. Chapin

“Roots Anew,” a collaborative program sponsored by the Sisters of Charity Federation, brought together Sisters of Charity from the United States, India, and Canada at Nazareth this summer. These women are involved in various stages of formation in their specific Congregations and enjoyed getting to know each other and deepening their shared values and charism. Anonymous S. MICHELLA CRONIN Ed Fister BRO. THOMAS CRUISE, OMI\60TH ANNIVERSARY OF VOWS Kennedy\Cruise Family DON CUNNINGHAM Loyce Winfield REV. JOHN DAKES Jim\Anne Tennison S. RITA DAVIS S. Evelyn Fugazzi PAM DICKERSON S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. JANET DOUGHERTY\ GOLDEN JUBILEE S. Pat Healey S. Evelyn Hurley RUTH DOWNS Jim\Helen Rowe S. JULIE DRISCOLL S. Evelyn Fugazzi Marcy\Steve Mossholder S. SHALINI D’SOUZA S. Evelyn Fugazzi EASTERN PROVINCE LEADERSHIP TEAM S. Eleanor Martin EMANUELLI FAMILY\ LIVING MEMBERS S. Maria Cecilia Emanuelli S. ADELINE FEHRIBACH S. Millie McGovern S. Theresa Knabel YOLANDA FERZOCO\80TH BIRTHDAY Maureen McCabe

Albert\Bonnie Czirr S. Evelyn Hurley S. SUSAN GATZ S. Grace Maria Saia S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. Rita Hommrich REV.\MRS. CALDER A. GIBSON, II S. Evelyn Fugazzi JEAN GISH Johanna Camenisch Melodie S. Holcomb Dorothy A. Converse Faye Ragsdale Hussey S. MARY SERRA GOETHALS S. Evelyn Fugazzi John S. Gatton GOLDEN JUBILARIANS Anonymous S. Margaret Maginnis S. Kathleen Mary Bohan S. Eileen Mary Meyer S. Ann Susan Villa S. Elaine Puthoff S. June Monaghan S. Ruth Ann Humphrey S. Susan Kilb S. Susan Tudu S. Pat Healey S. Ellen Paul McGovern S. Mary Kevin Egan S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. Antoinette Magistro S. Therese Arru S. Maureen Taaffe S. Clare McNeil S. Dorothy MacDougall S. John Loretto Mueller

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S. Connie Tarallo S. Theresa Knabel S. Grace Mary Whittaker Western Province Leadership Team S. Catherine Lee S. Mary Ellen Doyle S. Mary Braley S. Eleanora Mattingly S. Mary Jane McMakin S. Louise Smith S. Brenda Gonzales S. Sarah Ferriell S. Angela Hicks S. BRENDA GONZALES S. Millie McGovern S. Theresa Knabel PABLO GRABIEL\BIRTHDAY Marc\Pablo\Danielle\ Stephanie\Valerie\Michelle Grabiel Jonathon Butler S. WILLIAM ANN HAYDEN Mary Wimsatt CHARLOTTE\JERRY HAZAS S. Edna Fabre S. Mary Kathleen Sheehan SANDI\PHILIP HESS S. Margaret Rodericks S. MARIE HILL Louise Murphy S. PAT HILL Ruth A. Carrico Gary\Theresa Clifton Peggy Hyland S. MARGARET HOHMAN S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. ROSE HOWARD S. Katharine Hanrahan John S. Gatton S. PAT HUITT James. R. Smith S. ROSE JOHNSON\RENEWAL OF VOWS S. Pat Worley BRO. JOHN JOHNSTON, FSC Loyce Winfield JUBILARIANS\2007 Anonymous S. Theresa Cash S. Miriam Hauser S. Pat Healey S. Mary Burns S. Marietta Putzig S. CORNELIUS KEATING S. Miriam Corcoran DONNA KENNEY S. Maureen Taaffe S. ANN KERNEN S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. MARY JOYCE KERNEN S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. MARYLEE KING William\Rosemary O’Bryan S. THERESA KNABEL S. Grace Maria Saia S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. Rita Hommrich Nazareth Home Community Service S. MARY DESALES KOLHOVEN Robert\Jeana Wahlbrink S. MARY LORETTO KRIMPLE S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. Clara Willett S. FRANCES KRUMPLEMAN S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. JOHN ANN KULINA S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. CATHERINE LEE\GOLDEN JUBILEE S. Pat Healey S. Evelyn Hurley

S. SHEILA MARIA LEWIS S. Evelyn Fugazzi DINNY LONGO\FAMILY S. Maria Cecilia Emanuelli S. MARTHA MAHONEY S. Barbara MacDonald S. Phyllis Dullea S. Mary Dullea S. ELEANOR MARTIN S. Grace Maria Saia S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. Rita Hommrich S. LUCILLE MASSEY S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. ANNE RITA MAUCK Philly Rains James\Jeanine Thornberry S. RUTH MARIE MCGAUGHRAN\75th JUBILEE S. Pat Healey S. ANN MAUREEN MCGRATH\70TH JUBILEE S. Pat Worley S. MARY JANE MCMAKIN S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. CLARE MCNEIL\GOLDEN JUBILEE S. Pat Healey S. Evelyn Hurley S. PAULA MERRILL\SILVER JUBILEE S. Susan Kilb Connie R. Blake S. John Loretto Mueller S. Judy Raley S. Brenda Gonzales S. Adeline Fehribach HELEN MORRISSEY S. Evelyn Hurley S. EMILY NABHOLZ Brenda\Tim Nabholz Greg Nabholz Robert\Barbara Nabholz Charitable Trust S. Pat Worley S. TERESA ROSE NABHOLZ Brenda\Tim Nabholz Greg Nabholz Robert\Barbara Nabholz Charitable Trust NAZARETH CHOIR S. Evelyn Fugazzi NAZARETH FOOD SERVICE STAFF S. Evelyn Fugazzi NAZARETH GROUNDS STAFF S. Evelyn Fugazzi NAZARETH HOME STAFF Philip\Susan Coco NAZARETH HOUSEKEEPING STAFF S. Evelyn Fugazzi NAZARETH MAINTENANCE STAFF S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. PAT NORTON\GOLDEN JUBILEE S. Pat Healey S. John Loretto Mueller S. Evelyn Hurley S. JANE ELIZABETH O’CONNELL S. Maureen Taaffe S. Ann Susan Villa S. Mary Assumpta Dwyer OECHSLIN GRANDCHILDREN Mr.\Mrs. Richard Oechslin GEORGIA GRACE OLIVER S. Janice Downs S. ROSE CLARE OSTENSKI S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. ROSE ELEANOR PERRY S. Evelyn Fugazzi

India celebrated its Independence Day Aug. 15. Festivities marking the occasion were held throughout the Congregation. Left, a young student in Bangalore, India, holds an Indian flag during the Independence Day ceremony at the SCN-operated Nazareth Academy. Right, the SCNs participating in the East/West formation program had a real treat for Sisters at the Motherhouse as they brought Eastern dances and tradition to life at Nazareth for India’s 60th Independence Day. S. ELAINE PUTHOFF\ GOLDEN JUBILEE S. John Loretto Mueller RAINBOW JUBILARIANS S. Mary Jo Pfefferman S. JUDY RALEY S. Millie McGovern S. Theresa Knabel S. CELESTE REEDY S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. MARY MARGARET REID S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. MARY REISZ S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. ROSE RILEY S. Anna Marie Canary REV. JOHN RIZZO S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. REBECCA RODENBACH S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. CAROL ROGERS\ GOLDEN JUBILEE S. Katharine Hanrahan S. John Loretto Mueller S. Evelyn Hurley Anonymous S. CAROL ROGERS\ BIRTHDAY Patsy O’Toole S. VIVIAN MARY SABELHAUS S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. GRACE MARIA SAIA Mr.\Mrs. George S. Petkoff MARK SCHILYI FAMILY S. Marietta Putzig SCN CENTER STAFF S. Evelyn Fugazzi SCNs CELEBRATING 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF VOWS S. Phyllis Dullea SCNs AT RUSSELL HALL S. Pat Healey SCNs\NEPAL Catherine C. Barrett SCNs WHO TAUGHT AT HOLY NAMES, MEMPHIS\ LIVING Josephine Wood

SCNs WHO SERVED AT ST. BARNABAS FROM 1956-1964\ LIVING Kathleen\Mark Smith SCNs WHO SERVED AT ST. MARY’S\LEONARDTOWN, MD\LIVING SCNAs\St. Mary’s\ Leonardtown, MD S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. VERONICA SHEEHAN S. Evelyn Fugazzi SICCO FAMILY\LIVING MEMBERS S. Maria Cecilia Emanuelli SILVER JUBILARIANS Anonymous S. Pat Healey S. Connie Tarallo S. Mary Jane McMakin LINDA SIOLI\FAMILY S. Maria Cecilia Emanuelli S. PARIS SLAPIKAS\FIRST VOWS S. Rita Hommrich S. LOUISE SMITH S. Millie McGovern S. CECILIA CLARE SPALDING\DIAMOND JUBILEE SCNAs\St. Mary’s\ Leonardtown, MD S. RITA SPALDING S. Katharine Hanrahan S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. BARBARA SPENCER\ GOLDEN JUBILEE S. Evelyn Fugazzi VINCENT STAFFORD Jim\Helen Rowe S. MARY SULLIVAN S. Evelyn Fugazzi HELEN TILLOTSON Sandy Tillotson S. Evelyn Fugazzi Kim Tillotson ANNE MARIE VIENS Lisa B. Heuser JOAN MARIE VOSS, ASC\ GOLDEN JUBILEE S. Pat Worley

JOAN\LES WARD\50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Virginia A. Foley S. MARGARET SPALDING WATHEN S. Clara Willett S. ELIZABETH ANN WEBB Bro. Joel W. McGraw John T. Dwyer, Jr. FRANCES WEBB S. Maria Cecilia Emanuelli S. ELIZABETH WENDELN\ GOLDEN JUBILEE S. Evelyn Hurley WESTERN PROVINCE HEALTH OFFICE STAFF S. Evelyn Fugazzi WESTERN PROVINCE LEADERSHIP TEAM S. Anna Marie Canary S. Eleanor Martin S. JOSEPH MARITA WHEATLEY Beth\Tony Beckham S. GRACE MARY WHITTAKER S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. JAMES ALBERT WIGGINS Beth\Tony Beckham S. CLARA WILLETT S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. RACHEL WILLETT S. Evelyn Fugazzi S. CAROLYN WILSON\ BIRTHDAY Alan Wilson DOUGLAS WILSON\BIRTHDAY Alan Wilson S. KITTY WILSON S. Evelyn Fugazzi Alan Wilson Catherine Barrett S. ALICE TERESA WOOD S. Evelyn Fugazzi Larry\Glenda Hill Mabel\Charles Hayden S. PAT WORLEY S. Evelyn Fugazzi Alan\Barbara Johnson REV. GARY YOUNG S. Evelyn Fugazzi

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East and West Meet at Nazareth During Formation Program Young Sisters from India, the United States and Belize came together for two months this summer at Nazareth. SCNs Flavia Rodriguez, Mary Michael Dang, Paulina Kerketta, Prisca Tirkey, Selvam Vedamuthu, and Sushma Bodra, accompanied by Marcelline Indwar, SCN, visited the grounds from India. Meeting them from the West were SCNs Paris Slapikas, Carlette Gentle and Isa Garcia. The group worked under the guidance of Sarah Ferriell, SCN. This vocation program brings together the Sisters from India who are preparing to profess final vows into religious life, and Paris, Carlette and Isa who are making first vows. This program was initiated by Shalini Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Souza, SCN president, with hopes of deeper bonding among younger membership, shared cultural insights and opportunity for the younger members to meet the senior wisdom figures who live on the Motherhouse Campus and to walk the holy ground of Nazareth. One of the many poignant experiences was the time spent at Crossroads in Louisville in July, where they ate alongside homeless people, served them meals and learned about their struggles. This group of international women has been learning that there is poverty and need for SCN work everywhere in the world. The group has spent much time together, getting to know one another, reflecting and deepening their faith and call to service.

The East/West Program participants take a breather after participating in a powerful immersion in Louisville, Ky. During their time with the Crossroads Program, the SCNs wrote reflections on a yellow prayer cloth. At the end of the program, in a symbolic gesture, they each kept a torn piece of this cloth as a reminder to allow themselves to be broken by what they experience. From left, front row, SCNs Flavia Rodriguez, Sushma Bodra, Sarah Ferriell, Prisca Tirkey, Mary Michael Dang, and Paris Slapikas; top row, SCNs Marcelline Indwar, Isa Garcia, Paulina Kerketta, Carlette Gentle and Selvam Vedamuthu.

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