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THE LOVE OF CHRIST IMPELS US

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2007 Annual Report page 24

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INDIA, 60 Years

SCN Community celebrates a pioneering landmark

A publication of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth

our GIFT to you inside

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

3 Do you remember Montessori?

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OLN Anniversary

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cover story: INDIA-60Years

10 A Larger Family

11 Discovering Oneness 12 Her Spirit Lives 13 Provincial Honored 14 SCNs retire from Camp Maria 15 Family Highlights 17 Journeying On 19 Memorial/Honorary Donations 24 SCN 2007 Annual Report 25 Celebrating members of the SCN Family 41 Nazareth Picnic Sponsors

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SCNs started ministry in India 60 years ago. This is a collage of their efforts, past and present. For more on our cover story turn to Page 5.

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From Caterpillar to Butterfly

“Making this commitment means that I promise to give it my all.”

At the age of 9, Carlette Gentle, a young Belizean girl, told her mother she wanted to become a Sister.

The youngest of five children, Carlette didn’t quite know how this wish would play out 17 years later in her life and neither did her mother, who thought this was just a childhood phase.

As time passed, Carlette felt her desire for religious life was more than child’s play. Through high school years, while she continued on her path like any teenager, dating and preparing for college, Carlette was open about her call.

“The strongest part of my desire (to become a Sister) came when I was in high school,” Carlette explained.

“I told everyone I was not ashamed to say it.”

Carlette Gentle, SCN

The truthfulness earned her a famous nickname. Since her father was commonly referred to as Fresh, his girl was bound to be a little Miss Fresh. However, confessing to her interest in becoming a Sister made Carlette into “Sista Fresh,” a pseudonym she proudly took on through her discernment process.

At 26, Carlette became a Sister of Charity of Nazareth during a ceremony Aug. 2, 2007, in Belize. The theme of her vow mass was a butterfly, symbol of her growth through years of discernment and serious soul-searching. “From a caterpillar to a butterfly I grew in awareness of myself, the community and those around me,” Carlette says. “I had grown both inside and out.”

So how did Sista Fresh, a vivacious young woman from Belize, become SCN Carlette?

As she explains, her first encounter with the SCN Community happened through her “love of cooking.”

Brenda Gonzales, SCN, who now serves as the Western vice provincial, used to coordinate immersion trips to Belize.

One year she needed help providing food to volunteers in her group. That’s when Carlette came into the picture. “My

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“From a caterpillar to a butterfly I grew in awareness of myself, the community and those around me.”

“I felt at home (with the SCNs) and I could be myself.”

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

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godmother is an SCNA and she knew Sister Brenda and volunteered me. I took up the job. I was surely glad I did because I really enjoyed my time there.”

While cooking up her favorite dishes, Carlette observed the SCNs in the area. And the more she observed, the clearer it became that there was a strong connection with their charism. “I felt at home and I could be myself,” Carlette says. “They laughed and ran jokes and I admired them so much. They were also hospitable to me and treated me like they knew me for years. That is where the relationship first started to bloom.”

It didn’t take long for Carlette to begin exploring possibilities. Religious life was something that had always been on her mind, but it was now taking a tangible shape. Despite this felt clarity, the years leading up to her vow mass were full of questions and doubts as well as revelations of her faith. “To me discernment was a deeper look into myself first of all to see if I really wanted to pursue religious life and a deeper look at the community to see if I can live the life they are asking and feel comfortable shining my own light within the community,” Carlette said.

Her desire to have children also came into play, but she realized by pursuing a ministry of reaching out to the young ones, she’ll have even more children she can care for.

She has now returned to Belize, where she runs a small preschool for children in Las Flores, teaches art classes on Saturdays, mentors a youth group and has taken up cooking classes for the women in the village.

ABOVE -- SCNs Carlette and Brenda Gonzales hug after the vow Mass in Belize.

RIGHT -- Sister Carlette shares her joy of cooking with women of Las Flores village, Belize.

When asked to reflect on what her commitment means to her, Carlette writes: “Religious life for me is first of all community. The bond and care our sisters have for each other is priceless. Religious life also means reaching out to my neighbor, not just the person who lives next to me but my homeless neighbor, my abused neighbor, my neighbor who needs justice, and the earth as part of my family.

Making this commitment means that I promise to give it my all. To dream dreams and work toward letting them become a reality. To work toward justice for the poor, oppressed, and those who don’t have a voice. This commitment means to me that I am part of a bigger community and it feels like I belong. It means that I am part of a group that I am proud to say I belong.”

So is it clear to see that, from caterpillar to butterfly, from Sista Fresh to Sister Carlette, this SCN has found a place where her dreams will transform the world around her as well.

Isamary Garcia professed her first vows at St. Vincent Church, Nazareth, Ky., on Feb. 2. Isa is a native of Mexico and joined the SCNs as a candidate in 1999. We will tell her vocation story in an upcoming issue of The Journey.

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Partners in Ministry

DoYouRemember?

Montessori alumni share memories as part of 35th anniversary

Do you remember a favorite memory from your time studying at Nazareth Montessori? Maybe it was a best friend, a teacher, an experience that stuck with you throughout your life. Whatever it may be, Montessori wants you to share your memories and help celebrate the school’s 35th year and beyond.

THEN - Inside one of Nazareth Montessori’s first classes.

The school, founded in 1972 by Pat Hill, SCN, marked 35 years in December 2007, as dozens of well-wishers gathered for a celebration at Nazareth. Sister Pat, who is still making a difference in the lives of children through her teaching and guidance, shared her experiences over the years during the program. The celebration also included a performance by current Montessori students, and a sharing of favorite memories by alumni present.

Jeni Schmitt, Montessori administrator, says, “We want to celebrate the lives of all of the children who attended our school. We are inviting former students and their families to celebrate with us. We believe that educating preschoolers involves a partnership between the families and the school. It is truly remarkable to see how much progress a child makes when the family and the school staff work together to celebrate the child’s uniqueness.”

NOW - From right, Alex Clark, 5, and Cameron Thiesing, 3, current Montessori students.

Jeni expressed pride in the impact the Nazareth Montessori Children’s Center has had on the Bardstown community. More than 2,000 children have graduated from the school since its inception. “The Montessori method is a philosophy for educating the whole child,” the administrator explains. “The classroom provides an environment that allows the natural development of the child to emerge. The teachers within the school present lessons that promote learning through a multi-sensory approach. In a Montessori school, each child grows, develops and learns in the way that matches her/his learning style.”

Jeni also notes that one of the most unique things about the Bardstown-Nelson County community is how much they support their children. “Looking around at the community leaders in this area, it is amazing to see how many of them attended NMCC,” she says. “Children are the future of our society. Without a community who supports its children, what would our future hold?”

For more on Montessori visit www.nazarethmontessori.com.

Volunteers revisit New Orleans Nineteen young adults, between the ages of 18 and 24, participated in a volunteer experience in which they reached out to those still dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

SCNs Luke Boiarski and Nancy Gerth accompanied the group which traveled to New Orleans in August 2007. SCNs were part of the collaborative project involving The Charity Federation and Operation Helping Hands through Catholic Charities. For five days, volunteers helped to clean out damaged property and paint doors and windows on five floors of a senior citizen facility that was affected by Hurricane Katrina. A group of 20 young adults joined Sisters Luke and Nancy for a similar experience in January 2008.

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SCN ministry marks 60 years Our Lady of Nazareth Academy (OLN) in Wakefield, Mass., is celebrating its 60th anniversary. More than 600 people marked the occasion by attending a liturgy celebrated by the Most Rev. Francis X. Irwin, auxiliary bishop of Boston, at the beginning of the school year in September 2007.

A large number of alumnae returned to the school halls they once roamed to reminisce and mark this significant milestone in the school’s history. The leadership and presence of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth was visible with many of the Congregation members in attendance. After the liturgy, the Nazareth community gathered for a reception where the history and many memories of the school were shared.

SCNs came to Wakefield at the invitation of the Most Rev. Richard J. Cushing, archbishop of Boston. Below is an excerpt of a letter from SCNs written to the archbishop on Nov. 22, 1946, following the Sisters’ decision to purchase the property known as the Winship Estate in Wakefield, where OLN is located today.

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“In the beginning we propose to use the estate as a retreat house and summer school for our Sisters; later, we shall decide for what permanent use it is best suited. We shall appreciate any suggestions your Excellency may offer. The choice of name at present seems to be in favor of Our Lady of Nazareth. Would this name conflict with any project you have in mind?”

Thus, Our Lady of Nazareth opened its doors Sept. 15, 1947. Over the last six decades, thousands of women have graduated from OLN. Alumnae include leaders in a variety of professional fields - SCNs, doctors, researchers, teachers and executives.

The celebration continues with the 60th Anniversary Gala to be held on March 29, 2008. The Gala will showcase the mission and vision of the SCN community. The Gala theme will encompass diamonds symbolizing the sparkle that is within each OLN student and graduate. This has been described by a recent grad in her poem entitled, “The Jewel.” The emphasis on the wonderful “jewels” that emerge from a Nazareth Academy education will bring together the entire community in celebration of the many facets of the school.

Photos from the mid-1950s of students at OLN.

Nazareth Academy alumnae celebrate the school’s 60th Anniversary liturgy and reception in September 2007.

Current Nazareth Academy students enjoy the reception following the 60th Anniversary liturgy.

THE JEWEL

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India, 60 Years

In 1947, six brave women trekked the oceans in search of new ministries in the far lands of India. Sixty years later, their legacy has grown beyond all dreams.

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DELHI GURGAON

PATNA BAKHTIARPUR MOKAMA SHAPUR RAJGIR BARAUNI GAYA SOKHO MANDAIR

GUMLA MUMBAI VASAI

BANAKAL BANGALORE

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MAHUADANR RANCHI

SANGSAY TANDRABONG

JAMSHEDPUR CHAIBASA

The pioneer who lives to see the Jubilee Dec. 13, 2007, marked a milestone – the 60-year anniversary of the arrival of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in India.

In 1947, six SCNs left Nazareth, Ky., bound for Mokama, India, traveling in two groups. The six Sisters were Lawrencetta Veeneman, Crescentia Wise, Ann Cornelius Curran, Florence Joseph Sauer, Charles Miriam Holt, and Ann Roberta Powers.

Sister Ann Roberta, the only one living today, is very matter of fact when telling the story of how as a young woman she was willing to leave family, friends, and Sisters behind, perhaps never to see them again, to go to a country thousands of miles away. Below are excerpts from her first-hand account of the journey to India.

After the farewell, the first three Sisters, Lawrencetta, Crescentia and Ann Cornelius left for their ship. They sailed two weeks before we last three…We sailed on 28 October, 1947 and had wonderful experiences on board the ship. Enroute we visited Beirut, Damascus and Alexandria. We couldn’t visit some other places because of dock strikes or unrest at these

ports. In Bombay (India) we had to tie up many knots out in the Ocean and couldn’t expect to leave there until after Christmas.

The Captain of the ship asked all passengers to leave the ship and proceed overland.

Stranded in Bombay, the three Sisters had to figure out how to get to Calcutta, India, where the ship was supposed to have docked. After being helped by several people, they secured train tickets and boarded for an overnight journey.

Awoken in the middle of the night by bed bugs, Sister Ann Roberta discovered robbers in her train compartment.

She screamed, the robbers escaped and with them a handful of possessions, but everyone was safe. Luckily, another Sister was carrying all of the precious documents.

When the three women arrived in Calcutta, they discovered that the first group of Sisters to have left the United States had not arrived yet.

In the days that followed after they (the first group) left the ship and before their cargo was claimed from the ship we related our stories to each other. They told about the places where they had stopped and their experiences there, their first rickshaw rides and elephants, etc. We also shared our stories with them especially how we had to leave the ship in Bombay and how God had provided for us.

On Dec. 12, the reunited Sisters boarded a train for Mokama where they arrived the following morning. Over the coming weeks, the six SCNs settled into their new home, learned about Indian foods and customs, and started taking Hindi classes.

They were mindful of all that needed to be done in Mokama.

Work was begun to prepare for the opening of the hospital.

We began the outpatient department right away and had a few patients each day even some coming in by elephants.

Some came in on beds carried

Ann Roberta Powers, SCN, (also inset) with children in India.

as litters and so on…Daily preparations continued for the opening of the hospital.

Mokama Hospital opened July 19, 1948 followed by a nursing school in 1949, and the school of pharmacy. In the fall of 1949, three additional Sisters arrived from the United States. The three, along with Sister Ann Roberta, began work on the second SCN mission in India, staffing a school in Gaya.

Over the years, Sister Ann Roberta has helped establish several ministries in India and is often referred to as a pioneer.

She has empowered the poor, educated countless students, and cared for those that others would not - patients with leprosy, cholera, and typhoid. Six decades after boarding the ship that brought her to India, Sister Ann Roberta remains among her eastern Sisters working in Gaya, a mission that she helped start.

Sangeeta Ayithamattam, SCN, Eastern provincial, and Sister Ann Roberta hug after Sister Sangeeta’s election at the 2007 Eastern Province Assembly.

You should have seen their faces when they looked down from the deck of the ship to see the three last sailing ones on the dock.

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So, what happened in 60 years? and so’s wife” or “so and It is impossible to count the so’s mother.” After finding number of lives that have been out the woman’s name changed by the presence of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in was Maya, Sister Patricia wrote it out. She then took India over the last six decades.

Maya’s hand and helped From the first missions in and her trace the name over and around Mokama, India, to the over again. What happened more than 40 ministries across next has stayed with Sister the country, Patricia Kelley, SCN, has experienced first hand Patricia over the years, “I gave her the stick and she the work being done at health could write her name. The clinics, schools, hospitals, and expression on her empowerment face, it was almost programs. “It’s “I am so like she’d seen God, just a different proud of our she saw something place now, the Community” of another world.” way they (SCNs) • That day the rest of systematically Margaret the women in the work with the Rodericks, SCN village asked to learn women,” says how to write their Sister Patricia. names. “So that’s something our Sisters teach Sister Patricia recalls a them (the women) that their memorable experience she had name is precious,” says Sister in the 1950s while working Patricia. with women and children in a village. As she was teaching Author of the book Fifty a little boy how to write his Monsoons, which chronicles the name in Hindi, she used a stick history of SCNs in India, Sister to trace the name in the dirt. In Patricia went to India with two turn, he practiced until he could write the name on his own.

Excited, the boy ran home to get his mother. Sister Patricia was moved by the woman’s expression upon seeing her son’s name in writing, “You could just see the light or her mind thinking.” When she asked the woman her name, the expression of wonderment disappeared.

The mother remained quiet and pulled her veil over her face. Sister Patricia says it was then she first learned that once a village woman married, she Ann Bernadette Ormond, SCN, rarely heard her name spoken. teaches outdoors in an Indian Instead, she was called “so village.

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RIGHT -- Patricia Kelley, SCN, center, with some of the first SCN candidates in India.

BELOW -- Sister Patricia with some of the young women that professed their final vows in 2007 and two SCNs from India.

other Sisters in 1952, as the third group of SCNs to go to the eastern country. The mission in Mokama had been established for five years and SCNs were now opening a school in Gaya, India. Sister Patricia was asked to teach English at Nazareth Academy. She went on to work in vocations for several years.

Sister Patricia says she is grateful to God for all the blessings that have taken place in India, “We are celebrating 60 years of phenomenal growth… we started out with four or five Sisters each year and now we have over 200.”

One of the many young Indian women Sister Patricia had an impact on was Margaret Rodericks, SCN. Laughing as she talks about the first time

she met SCNs, Sister Margaret says she decided to take a friend to a presentation given by SCNs Ann Bernadette Ormond and Patricia but wasn’t sure she would stay long.

“So I said to my friend, let’s sit in the back row near the door,” says Sister Margaret, “and if we don’t like this, we can just leave.” She didn’t leave early.

Instead, Sister Margaret found herself drawn to the SCNs. Especially fascinating to young Margaret was a photograph of Sister Ann Bernadette riding a bicycle, in full white habit and veil. “I had never seen a Sister ride a bicycle in my home city,” says Sister Margaret. “I thought, these Sisters go out to the people, they don’t wait for the people to come to them. That was the drawing card for me.”

Sister Margaret wrote the SCNs about her interest and was invited to come to Mokama.

But she put her wishes on hold in order to fulfill her father’s desire that she complete

Cover Story college. After earning her degree, Sister Margaret recalls the conversation she had with her father upon asking his permission to leave Bombay, a large developed city, to go to Mokama, a small village in northern India. Her dad asked, “Where is Mokama located?”

The two looked at a map of India. They spread the map out on the dining room table and even got out a magnifying glass.

Still they could not locate the city. Sister Margaret says her father put the magnifying glass down, looked at her, his only daughter of six children, and said, “My girl where are you going? Mokama is not even on the map!”

Despite her father’s concern that she might be treated differently because she was an Indian woman joining Sisters from an American Congregation, Sister Margaret was determined to become an SCN. And what she found was a refreshing approach to welcoming new members to the Congregation and embracing of the Indian culture. “We do it as we do it in India…the menu is Indian, our Sisters offer prayer

Margaret Vincent Blandford rides a bike in Mokama.

in Hindi, squatting on the floor, the mats, everything, everything from one to the other,” says Sister Margaret. “They did not think of that as being alien to SCNs, it is just part of who we are.” Sister Margaret went on to become the first Indian elected to the office of provincial, a proud moment for her father.

Sister Margaret says SCNs from India have spread out across the globe, working in Nepal, Belize, Botswana, and the United States. “I am so proud of our Community…and not just that, but how leadership has been developed among the Indian Sisters which is so unique.”

This is a sentiment echoed by Sister Patricia who says from the very beginning young Indian women who joined the SCNs were encouraged to become leaders. Now there are SCNs in a number of roles across India, shares Sister Margaret, “Indian Sisters today are totally in all leadership positions and not just Congregational but also in ministry. They are the administrators of hospitals, principals of our schools, the directors of clinics, provincials, council members and board members…” Sisters Margaret and Patricia both marvel at all that SCNs have accomplished since 1947. “We (SCNs) had no plans for the future, we just hoped our schools would increase and our hospitals would multiply…it has just far exceeded anyone’s expectations,” says Sister Patricia.

The two women, Sister Margaret and Patricia count themselves as so very blessed to be part of a global Congregation that has expanded beyond Nazareth, Ky., to missions in five countries.

They say that anywhere SCNs are in mission, a familiar charism can be felt, the charism of their foundress Mother Catherine Spalding – the spirit of simplicity, humility, charity, and hospitality.

Margaret Rodericks, SCN, second from right, as a

Sister Margaret, who novice in Mokama. first experienced “My heart just overflows with the SCN charism as a young pride and gratitude to God for college student herself, what has been done and having and through the SCNs was had the privilege of working encouraged to experience many with the Sisters in India.” She different cultures, today finds says she is forever changed herself extending hospitality to both by the wonderful people college students from around she worked alongside who took the world. As an international risks to improve the lives of student coordinator at Spalding others and the many friends she University, in Louisville, Ky., made from a myriad of cultures

Young women in India study nursing under the guidance of SCNs in Mokama.

Sister Margaret has made a powerful impression on many students, some of whom have even flown her to their home countries to meet friends and family.

And Sister Patricia, when asked about her life as an SCN, and the fact that it allowed her to experience India, smiles and pauses for a moment to think.

and religions. Ultimately she says, she returned to Nazareth with “an understanding that there are many paths to God and that my way, the Catholic way, the Christian way is great and glorious and it’s mine, but it’s not the only way… It gave me a respect of all people who are seeking God.”

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Cover Story SCN President Shalini D’Souza opens India celebration Hundreds gathered in the church at Mokama, India on Dec. 26-27, 2007, to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of SCNs in India. Among the speakers was Shalini D’Souza, SCN. Sister Shalini, a native of Bombay, India, is the first Indian Sister to serve as President of the Congregation. The following are excerpts from her celebratory remarks: In September 1931 Father Charles Cloud, SJ, visited Nazareth to request the General Council to consider Sisters for mission in India. Mother Mary Catherine Malone promised to “think about it” and to keep the project in her prayers. In May 1946 Mother Ann Shalini D’Souza, SCN Sebastian Sullivan answered that prayer!

SCNs at the Nazareth Motherhouse created dozens of angels for the Eastern Province’s Jubilee. .

In a letter to the Congregation, Mother Ann Sebastian wrote: “…We are entering the foreign missions… Do your best praying that God will support every step of our way in these new foundations. Our confidence must not fail Him.” In April 1947 Mother Ann Sebastian wrote again: “Six is the number chosen…but that does not bar the rest of us from sharing the same apostolate.” An impressive and touching departure ceremony was held at Nazareth; the six Sisters traveled in two groups, and at 4:05 a.m. on Dec. 13, 1947, all arrived in Mokameh where a warm and enthusiastic delegation waited to welcome them. A new era in the life of the SCN Congregation had begun; Catherine Spalding’s charism was being planted in India!

Slowly the mission developed and life began to form itself into patterns. Sister Lawrencetta wrote: “The year has passed quickly; in some ways it doesn’t seem that long and then in others it seems we have been here for many years…” Mothers Bertrand and Ann Sebastian, after their first visitation to India, wrote a letter signed: “The Two Mothers.” They said: “If there is one link which has bound us more firmly as a community and which has given us deeper appreciation of God’s Providence, it is our Mission to India. The Community has sacrificed to meet this obligation, the Community is sacrificing to support it, and the Community will continue to expand our labors here, if God so ordains. The mission has been blessed in exceptional ways and the sacrifices which the Sisters are making will bring untold graces to all of us and those under our care.”

The mission continued to be blessed and the 50s were years of great progress in the hospital. Its development was rapid and solid and many accomplishments - including the permission for the Sisters to ride bicycles - marked this decade. The arrival of Sister Mary Martha, SCN whose brief but staggering achievements as chief surgeon at Nazareth Hospital, were historic. Sister Crescentia fired with initiative and enthusiasm opened the leper clinic. This decade saw the beginnings of educational endeavors at Nazareth Academy, in Gaya and also in nonformal centers. In addition the Sisters engaged in social and pastoral apostolate. With the expansion of mission, the Congregation also began to grow.

India saw the entrance and profession of the first Indian Sisters of Charity of Nazareth.

Reflecting on the ministries of SCNs in India, decade by decade, we become aware of progress, cohesiveness, continuity, God’s providential care, and faithfulness. Sister Lawrencetta’s oft repeated words: “If Mother Catherine were here she would go…” have sent many an SCN from this Province along paths unknown and un-traveled all the way to Nepal and even to Africa!

Sangeeta Ayithamattam, SCN Eastern provincial, cuts the ribbon officially opening a Festival of Ministries that took place during the India Jubilee Celebrations in Mokama.

Sister Sangeeta places a garland of flowers, as a sign of gratitude on Ann Roberta Powers, SCN, the only living India pioneer.

The past 60 years speak of successes, failures, joys and tragedies and all the vicissitudes that make up the history of any institution! How many times have we looked back and laughed at seeming impossibilities? But we did it!!!

The 60th Anniversary included a Festival of Ministries, Eucharistic celebrations, times of bonding between the attendees and honoring the SCN Family members that have joined the mission over the years.

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Destination: Botswana

A Larger Family

SCNs begin Associate program in Botswana The SCN Family is growing in Botswana, Africa. Moved by the work of the SCN community in that country, several women are exploring the possibility of becoming Associates.

A young man prays in an outdoor chapel in Botswana.

In January 2007, SCN Central Leadership asked Marilyn Shea, SCN, to consider a three-month stay in Botswana to help plan the initial stages of SCN Associate formation. Sister Marilyn describes what followed as “a surprise, a challenge, and ultimately, a gracefilled experience.” Below, she shares her experience during her sojourn in Botswana:

After much prayer and discernment, the five SCNs and one SCN Associate in Botswana had invited seven women to consider becoming Associates and they accepted the invitation.

When asked why, the women cited example after example of the ways that the SCN community had helped them, the sacrifices the SCN community had made to come to Botswana, and most importantly, the great love with which they carried out their ministries.

It was evident that the women desired to share in the SCN charism and mission.

On June 2, the seven met with the SCN community in Kanye for the first formation event.

They entered wholeheartedly into the day-long learning process. On that day, I saw women eager to learn and hungry for a deeper spirituality.

During the next two months, I worked with the SCN community in planning a two-year formation process which includes eight formation days, monthly meetings for prayer and reflection, as well as honest dialogue and consistent evaluation of the formation process. The seven gifted candidates will be an invaluable help in shaping the SCN Associate relationship in a way that is culturally sensitive and relevant to Botswana.

While in Botswana, Sister Marilyn experienced a number of unforgettable encounters.

Thecountryof Botswana Botswana is a semi-arid, landlocked country with a population of approximately 1.6 million people.

Since achieving independence in 1966, Botswana has been blessed with a stable government, excellent roads, the economic benefits of being the third largest exporter of diamonds, and a large exporter of beef in addition to a growing level of tourism.

Like other African countries, however, Botswana suffers from the insidious spread of the AIDS virus.

Officially, it is estimated that 37% of the population is HIV positive and the number of orphans due to HIV-positive deaths continues to increase.

The SCN community began its ministry in Botswana in September 2000. In 2006, the small community of five SCNs and one SCN Associate chose to include in its long-range plans the development of the SCN Associate relationship.

Marilyn Shea, SCN, second from right, stands with some of the attendants of the fist SCN Associate formation event in Botswana, Africa.

It was also in Lobatse where I witnessed the loving welcome into the Catholic Church of a beautiful young woman in very frail health, hardly able to stand, due to the AIDS virus. That evening the powerful light of faith illumined the crowded “chapel” of her mother’s kitchen where only candles and a kerosene lamp burned dimly…

This indeed was a holy night.

What did I “see” in Botswana? Surely, I saw the glory of Christ revealed in the lives of his servants. I saw the “reign of God” made visible in their witness of faith, generosity, and compassion. I saw the difference their love made in the lives of so many struggling women, men, and children. I saw the depth of prayer and spirituality that is the foundation of their missionary zeal. I experienced the joy of celebrating the sacred liturgy with the Botswana Catholics whose deep, rich, harmonious voices make the angels glad to take their sung prayer to the throne of God. I saw the SCN charism vibrant, effective, and contagious enough to inspire talented, faith-filled women to become SCN Associates.

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Together on the Journey

Discovering Oneness SCN Associates make commitments, join SCN Family during annual retreat

Four women made initial commitments as SCN Associates in September 2007 during the annual retreat and commitment weekend on the Nazareth Campus, Nazareth, Ky. In addition to the four people making initial commitments, 28 SCNAs renewed their commitments and two Associates made a life-time commitment during an evening prayer service.

Associates enter into relationship with the Congregation citing a number of reasons including the desire to deepen one’s spirituality, to build community with other SCN Associates and SCNs, and to reach out in service to others in the tradition of Vincent de Paul, Louise de Marillac and Catherine Spalding. Cathy Lavender, SCN Associate, who made her first commitment, explains, “I have been friends with SCNs for many years. From left, Miriam Piconni, Wanda Russell, Cathy Lavender and Eileen Meyer made their first committment as SCN Associates.

I wanted a more committed relationship with the Congregation. Once I participated in the Associate weekends I knew this was for me. Every single weekend that I attended was life-giving.”

The faith sharing and camaraderie experienced during the Associate weekends and ongoing gatherings strengthens participants in their individual faith journeys. “My relationship to the Congregation brings a sense of community into my life. To walk as a child of God is an awesome (in the original sense of the word) task. Belonging to such a dynamic community in our Church today gives me the strength to continue putting one foot forward,” Cathy explains.

The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth have always reached out to include others in their Mission, just as Vincent de Paul did in his days. Reflecting on her commitment, Eileen Mitchell, SCN Associate, comments, “We come from different places both spiritually and physically but there is a oneness in our journey.”

Sharon Browning, a Vincentian spiritual director and an attorney from Philadelphia, Penn., was the key presenter during the weekend.

During the Associate weekend, many shared reflections at their tables. Pictured, Joetta Davis, right, and Rosanne Dillon.

In other SCN Associate news...

• SCNs Rosemarie Kirwan and Teresa Rose Nabholz went to Dangriga for the Sept. 28-29 SCN Associate retreat program.

Novencia Diego led the members in prayerful reflection on the SCN Associate universal call to holiness. Candidates Maruca Palacio, Christine Diego, and Ida Ogaldez, made their first commitment and 12 members renewed their three-year commitment.

• SCNs and Associates in the Northern part of the Western Province attended a day of prayer, reflection, and socializing at Our

Lady of Nazareth Academy, Wakefield, Mass., on Nov. 4, 2007. The theme - “Vincentian Spirituality: Integrating Spiritual Growth with Our On-going Call to Mission, ” with presenters Peggy Masterson, director of the SCN Associate program, and Kitty Wilson, SCN, coordinator of special and planned gifts for the Office of Congregational Advancement.

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Her Spirit Lives

New book on SCN foundress takes a deeper look at Mother Catherine Capture the spirit of Catherine Spalding. Put it in words. This was the mission asked of Margaret Maria Coon, SCN. Sister Margaret Maria embraced this task she was charged with and authored the recently released book, “Her Spirit Lives.” The author has received much praise for her book. The creation of this publication was first assigned to Sister Margaret Maria and her sister, SCN Anna Catharine Coon in 1998. Maria Vincent Brocato, SCN, then president of the Congregation, asked the Sisters to write a monograph that would illustrate Catherine’s spirit.

The project was temporarily abandoned in 2000 but after reading the first chapter, the SCN Publications Committee asked Sister Margaret Maria to complete it.

The committee felt this book was important because prior publications relate to the history of the SCN Congregation and Mother Catherine’s life as it relates to that history. “This book is different from other publications because it deals with the intangible – the spirit of Mother Catherine – a quality which is ‘caught’ by her daughters and cannot be ‘taught’,” said Margaret Rodericks, SCN, a member of the Publications Committee. The committee realized there was a need for a book which would help Mother Catherine’s spirit materialize in a tangible way. They knew Sister Margaret Maria could make this happen.

Sister is known in the community as a scholar, an excellent writer and one who knows the history of the SCNs. She also has a love for the Congregation and for Mother Catherine. In addition, Sister Margaret Maria had already produced many writings that range from poetry to prayer to historical sketches and short histories.

“Her Spirit Lives,” a new book on Mother Catherine Spalding, SCN foundress, can be purchased by calling (502) 348-1555.

Sister Margaret Maria Coon, left, holds her new book on Mother Catherine Spalding. She is accompanied

by Kathy Bolger, the designer of the book’s cover.

The book, which is less than 70 pages, can be used as an introduction into the life of Mother Catherine and the Congregation. Deceptively simple, it is a powerful account of Catherine Spalding’s character. “Her Spirit Lives” is quite readerfriendly and that quality has made it a popular read. Sister Margaret Maria has received many comments from people about the book and she believes it is serving its purpose of getting to Catherine’s spirit.

Sister Margaret Maria said she was surprised that so many people had not read about Catherine’s life before. Recently she has heard from members of different local parishes who have found the book a great resource. As Sister Margaret Maria says about the book, “In order to get to her spirit, and tell who she was, you have to tell what she did.”

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Western provincial honored Described as having “a unique blend of personal humility, a sterling character, and professional courage,” Judy Raley, SCN, Western provincial, was recently awarded the Meritorious Service Award from the Tennessee Hospital Association (THA).

The nomination, written by Carol Newton, senior vice president and CFO of Memorial Health Care in Chattanooga, Tenn., went on to read “Sister Judy Raley has achieved superb results as senior vice president of Memorial’s mission to nurture the healing ministry of Christ in the region. She has instilled our core values in the heart of the hospital and led associates by example…She is a champion of holistic health care – meeting physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.”

Judy Raley, SCN, accepts her award.

Sister Judy was nominated for the award in May, while she was still employed by Memorial Health Care in Chattanooga as senior vice president of mission.

The nomination touched on Sister Judy’s guidance of Memorial through transitions, creating a healthier community, planning and conducting special blessing ceremonies, enhancing a healing environment, and her commitment to the poor, the uninsured, the homeless and hungry in the community. She was also commended for leading the ethics committee which she created as a resource for physicians, family and patients with ethical concerns.

From left, SCNs Marie Celine Osbourn, Brenda Gonzales, Judy Raley, Shalini D’Souza and Betty Vannucci.

Carol’s nomination of Sister Judy was echoed in the many letters of support to the Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) Awards Committee. Ruth Brinkley, president and CEO of Memorial Health Care System wrote, “Rarely has there been a worthier candidate for recognition of meritorious service...I am grateful for having the unique gifts of Sister Judy in my life, at Memorial and in our community.”

Sister Judy received the award Nov. 8, 2007, in Nashville, Tenn. In her acceptance speech, she thanked her colleagues at Memorial for the nomination and the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth for making it possible for her to be in the ministry for the past 12 years. She said she has been blessed to have worked among a great group of health care professionals who see what they do each day as not just a job but a ministry.

The St. Joseph School of Nursing class of 1958 is planning a 50-year reunion in 2008.

Please contact Alyce Goldey Chumley, 1364 Fontaine Rd., Lexington, KY 40502 or call (859) 269-8186 for information and to update the mailing list. Pictured are, left to right, front row, Janice Messmer Nolan, Nell Barnard O’Daniel, Helen Mainous Holcomb; and back row, Janice Kincaid, Alyce Goldey Chumley, Mary “Podg” Amato (’48), Ann McCloud Harp, Peggy Soard Floyd, and Pat Frances.

REUNIONS Nazareth College class of 1962 held their reunion at Nazareth Oct. 26-28, 2007.

Pictured are, left to right, center front, Lillian Perko Devlin; second row, Yolanda Escobar Ocho, Gloria Lopez Venzon, Patricia Classick, Joyce Mattingly Shofner; and back row, Cece Fister, Marilo Canto Grassi, and Mary Annette Jones Wimsatt. Cece Fister shared, “What a wonderful but ever so short weekend. The memories we shared and being together again at Nazareth was an inspiration for all.”

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SCNs retire from Camp Maria ministry Imagine the thrill of seeing a sunset for the first time. Or as a young person from the tough life of the inner city, feeling that certain peace only felt when one’s safety is ensured. Imagine the freedom of moving your normally wheelchair-bound body through the water.

Carol McKean, SCN

These are just a few of the examples of wonder experienced by campers at the SCN-run ministry, Camp Maria, located on Breton Bay in Leonardtown, Md. These are also a part of the fond memories Administrator Carol McKean, SCN, and Assistant Administrator Michaella Cronin, SCN, take with them as they resign from their positions with Camp Maria.

Sister Carol has served for 10 years as administrator and Michaella Cronin, SCN Sister Michaella has been connected with Camp Maria for 41 years, beginning as a college counselor and is now in her 10th year as the associate director.

It is an emotional time for them both. The Sisters say they will remember the happy faces of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) campers at the camp they hosted annually. They will remember working with the youth of many nationalities and seeing them enjoy the beauty of nature and working to find God in their lives.

They enjoyed seeing young and old come together and find pleasure in the simple things in life, such as land sports, picnics, praying together, and seeing God in their midst.

Pictures, from top: • A stunning view from Camp Maria at sunset.

• Muscular Dystrophy Association members and their families have enjoyed the grounds at Camp Maria for 34 years.

• From left, SCNs Carol McKean, Maria Vincent Brocato as Mother Catherine Spalding and Michaella Cronin, stand in front of one of the cottages on camp grounds.

Running the camp and retreat center was not without its challenges. “Our constant challenge was hiring and training enough seasonal employees to assist with the work required for serving about 3,000 people a year.”

For more information on Camp Maria visit www.campmaria.org.

Sisters Michaella and Carol were able to accomplish much during their 10-plus years. They were able to renovate and do necessary repairs to all the buildings on the grounds, which enabled retreatants to continue to enjoy the simplicity of the center. They also boosted the staff by hiring highly qualified employees dedicated to the mission of the SCNs.

The Sisters are particularly proud of the annual yard sale which enabled the involvement of the local community of Leonardtown in the ongoing mission. The yard sale not only provided money for the Camp Maria Retreat Center, it also enabled the center to help the poor in the county by supplying them with needed articles before the yard sale. It was a gathering place for many in the county to come and meet old friends and a simple event which enriched the lives of many people.

The search for a new director to lead this retreat oasis was recently completed. Kitty Wilson, SCN, was appointed to “continue to offer the services of a retreat center and move it forward while embracing the mission of Camp Maria and the SCNs.” She assumes the position March 1, 2008. Read more about Sister Kitty in the next issue of The Journey.

Kitty Wilson, SCN

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Immaculate Conception School in Newburyport, Mass., is celebrating their 125th anniversary. In appreciation of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Mary Reardon, principal of Immaculate Conception School, presented a check to Mary Braley, SCN, to be used for SCN Ministries.

An article about Mary Haynes, director of healthcare and retirement for the Western Province, and her work at Nazareth Home appeared in the September issue of Medical News in a special section called “Women Leaders in Healthcare.”

The Community Corporate Award was presented to the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth at the 12th annual Presentation Academy Tower Awards on Oct. 11, 2007. Presentation is celebrating its 175th year since being founded by Mother Catherine Spalding.

On Sept. 21, 2007, members of the SCN Family joined with others around the world in prayer to mark the International Day of Peace. On the Nazareth Campus, Nazareth, Ky., several people gathered around the Peace Pole while others came together inside St. Vincent Church.

The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth participated in the annual Festival of Faiths, Nov. 4-10, 2007, in Louisville, Ky. Julie Driscoll, SCN, attended the Community Celebration of Thanksgiving on Nov. 4 at Cathedral of the Assumption. She took part in the opening procession. SCNs also oversaw a booth for this event.

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Paula Merrill, SCN, celebrated her silver jubilee in Lexington, Miss., on Aug. 18, 2007. The celebration was hosted by the parishioners of St. Thomas Parish. Janice Richards, SCN, also attended the event. Both Sisters Janice and Paula renewed their vows. Paula Merrill, SCN

Janice Richards, SCN

Elaine McCarron, SCN, was featured in an article published in the Sept. 6, 2007, edition of The Dialog, the newspaper for the Diocese of Wilmington, Del. Sister Elaine headed a committee that wrote a new religion curriculum, “Becoming Disciples,” for use in Catholic elementary schools and parish religious education programs.

Elaine McCarron, SCN

St. Joseph Healthcare honored Dorothy MacDougall, SCN, on Oct. 4, 2007, at a luncheon at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Ky. She was recognized for her visionary leadership for mission at the hospital from 1989-1994. On Oct. 5, Sister Dorothy participated in a meeting that focused on several innovative programs St. Joseph Healthcare offers to those in need, especially services for the working poor who cannot afford health insurance. The values underlying these programs were first instilled into St. Joseph Hospital by Dorothy MacDougall, SCN the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth.

Shalini D’Souza, SCN, attended the biannual board of trustees of Catholic Charities USA meeting Oct. 4-15, 2007, in Rome, Italy. Participants were invited to visit the Vatican offices in Rome and have a special audience with the Holy Father. Sister Shalini, an executive member of the board, was allowed to take a guest to Rome. Mary Elizabeth Shalini D’Souza, SCN Miller, SCN, made the trip with her.

Judy Raley, SCN, was one of the panelists at the 2007 Health Care Summit sponsored by the Kentucky Catholic Conference on Oct. 30, 2007, at the Catholic Center in Lexington, Ky. Based on the spirit of Catherine Spalding, Judy traced the changes in sponsorship of healthcare institutions from hands-on to having a voice in mission and advocacy as SCNs now serve as a participating Congregation of Catholic Health Initiatives. Judy Raley, SCN

Family Highlights SCNs Blanche Correia and Susan Tudu received their master’s degrees in education from Spalding University. They returned to India Dec. 12, 2007.

Blanche Correia, SCN

Susan Tudu, SCN

Margaret Rodericks, SCN, traveled to Taiwan Dec. 9, 2007 at the invitation of Spalding University’s Taiwanese alumni. She addressed high school students on the topic, “Qualities and Skills Required for Academic Success in a Foreign Country,” and attended various events hosted by alumni. She was also able to visit India to attend the Diamond Jubilee Margaret Rodericks, SCN Celebrations.

SCNs Barbara Flores and Marcelline Indwar attended the DPI/NGO Conference at the United Nations in New York.

The 60th annual DPI/NGO Conference featured sessions around the theme, “Climate Change: How It Impacts Us All.”

Anne Marie O’Shea, SCN

Joetta Venneman, PBVM, with the SCN Global Ministries Office, traveled to India on Oct. 30, 2007, for one month. Sister Joetta attended an International Presentation Association justice meeting. She also visited some SCN missions in India to dialogue with our Sisters about ways that the Global Ministries Office can more effectively support them.

Richard Sweazy, director of maintenance at Nazareth, won the SCN employee drawing for a trip to India to visit SCN ministries.

The scholarship is sponsored by the SCN Executive Committee. On Dec. 10, Richard and his wife, Rita, traveled to India accompanied by Shalini D’Souza, SCN. A similar scholarship was given to Gayle Case, a Nazareth employee working in health services, who traveled to Belize.

Marcelline Indwar, SCN

Barbara Flores, SCN

SCNs Anne Marie O’Shea and Ann Whittaker, Catherine Spalding House, Brockton, Mass., attended a workshop at Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York, entitled “Women, Power, and Peace.”

Women from around the globe were participants, including some of the Nobel Peace Prize recipients Ann Whittaker, SCN and women living in countries experiencing violence and war.

Mary Ellen Doyle, SCN, traveled to India and gave a community retreat Oct. 26, 2007 on Mother Catherine Spalding in preparation for the Diamond Jubilee Celebration of India missions. Sister Mary Ellen has also received word that her article, “American to Mission -Sending to International,” has been accepted by the American Catholic Studies.

Congratulations to Mary Margaret Nirmala, SCN, on her article published in the journal, “Mathematica Macedonia” of University of Skopje, Macedonia, as part of her doctoral work.

For the 18th year, thousands gathered at the gate of U.S. School of the Americas in Fort Benning, Ga., to protest the torture and violation of human rights in training police and military to intimidate and torture people in Latin America. In solidarity with the protesters, a prayer service took place Nov. 17, 2007, on Nazareth Campus, Nazareth, Ky.

SCNs Marie Becker and Beverly Hoffman completed the Global Exchange program in India Dec. 26, 2007. We will feature their story in the upcoming issue of The Journey.

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Journeying On Marie Hill, SCN, 91, formerly Sister Thomas Veronica Hill, died Nov. 9, 2007, at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 73 years.

Sister Marie, a native of Brockton, Mass., ministered in education for 51 years on both the elementary and secondary levels in Kentucky, Massachusetts, Ohio and Virginia as both teacher and principal.

In Kentucky, Sister Marie taught at Bethlehem Academy, Bardstown, at Holy Name High School, Henderson, was principal of St. Mary of the Woods High School, Whitesville, and a biology instructor at Catherine Spalding College, later Spalding University. She also served as coordinator of religious education and parish minister in the Boston Archdiocese after retiring from education.

Survivors include two nieces, Rita Mahan of Lecanto, Fla., and Sandra De Vito of Seabrook, N.H.; and many other relatives, friends and former students.

Cameron Ryan, a former student wrote, “I often think I owe part of my work ethic to Sister’s guidance as she taught me biology and mentored me during science projects. I and countless others will miss her.”

Elizabeth Ann (Libby) Webb, SCN, 89, formerly Sister Louis Joseph Webb, died Aug. 21, 2007, at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 70 years.

Sister Elizabeth Ann, a native of Memphis, Tenn., ministered in education as both teacher and principal in Kentucky, Arkansas and Tennessee. In Kentucky, she was taught and was a prefect at Nazareth Academy, Nazareth; taught at Bethlehem Academy, Bardstown; and served as assistant director of Nazareth Villages, Inc., Nazareth. Sister Elizabeth Ann dedicated herself to community service at the SCN Motherhouse until she became a resident at Nazareth Home.

Janice Downs, SCN, said, “Some gifts we hold in our hands and some we hold in our hearts. Libby Webb is a true gift, one who will live in our hearts.”

Janice Hamilton, SCN, 90, formerly Sister Jane Cecilia Hamilton, died Aug. 28, 2007, at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 70 years.

Sister Janice, a native of Leonardtown, Md., served in elementary education in Kentucky, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Maryland for 35 years. In Kentucky, she taught at St. Gregory School, Samuels; Holy Family School, Louisville; St. James School, Ludlow; and at Wimsatt School, Bardstown.

Sister Janice also served in the health care field, tutored at St. Augustine Center, Louisville, and was involved with the Sister Visitor Program. She reached out through her ministry of community service at SCN Center, Nazareth, Ky., and volunteer ministry at the SCN Motherhouse.

Mary Hamilton Griffin, Sister’s niece, said, “She was one of the happiest people I ever knew. She had a true calling.”

Maria Theresa Braddock, SCN, 96, died Sept. 2, 2007, at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky. She had been a Sister of

Charity of Nazareth for 75 years.

Sister Maria Theresa, a native of Morganfield, Ky., ministered in elementary education in Kentucky, Massachusetts, Ohio and South Carolina for 51 years. In Louisville, Ky., she taught at St. Cecilia School. In other localities in Kentucky, she taught at St. Clare School, Colesburg; at St. Vincent de Paul School, New Hope; at Fancy Farm Grade School, Fancy Farm; and at Good Shepherd School, Frankfort.

In retirement, Sister Maria Theresa taught the Laubach method in adult education at the Nazareth Learning Center, Nazareth, Ky.; was assistant coordinator of the Wolfe Co. Literacy Program at Campton, Ky.; served in child care at Children’s Edition, Inc., Louisville; and worked in the literacy program at St. Augustine Learning Center. In 2001, she became a resident at Nazareth Home.

Survivors include one sister, Ruby Pittman of Jefferson, Ga.; and several nieces and nephews.

Rita Spalding, SCN, said, “The following is a motto that Mary Theresa said she tried to live by. I believe it serves a lesson for us all. ‘Teach religion, see God’s presence in everyone and be friendly toward everyone you meet.’”

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Journeying On Mary Angelita Coomes, SCN, 96, died Oct. 6, 2007, at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky. She had been a Sister of

Charity of Nazareth for 78 years.

Sister Mary Angelita, a native of Whitesville, Ky., ministered in education on both the elementary and secondary levels in Kentucky and Ohio for 42 years. She worked in health care as pastoral associate at St. Vincent Infirmary, Little Rock, Ark. She later served as parish minister at St. Ann Parish, Bridgewater, Mass.; as switchboard operator at the SCN Motherhouse and as receptionist at Nazareth Villages, Nazareth, Ky. Sister Mary Angelita worked in community service as librarian at the Motherhouse and became a resident at Nazareth Home in February 2003.

During an interview in 1989, Sister Mary Angelita shared thoughts on her spirituality. “I think that no matter where you are, if you stay close to God, you can make it happen. I like to take advantage of every chance to get closer to God.”

Louise Maria Effinger, SCN, 89, died Oct. 30, 2007, at Flaget Hospital, Bardstown, Ky. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 70 years.

Sister Louise Maria ministered in education on both the elementary and secondary levels in Kentucky, Tennessee, Massachusetts and Ohio as teacher, principal and bookkeeper for 44 years.

In Louisville, Sister taught and served as principal of St. Barnabas School and was also office manager/bookkeeper at Presentation Academy.

Sister Louise Maria served in retreat ministry at Russell Hall, as secretary and bookkeeper; and in community service on Nazareth Campus, Nazareth, Ky. Brenda Gonzales, SCN, said, “Louise exemplified the SCN charism of hospitality to all she met, especially the new members of the congregation, the missionaries who needed a home when they returned to Nazareth and all those from missions abroad.”

Rita Vaughan, SCN, 70, formerly Sister Mary de Padua Vaughan, died Oct. 26, 2007, at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 51 years.

Sister Rita, a native of Louisville, Ky., ministered in education on the elementary and secondary levels in Kentucky in both Bardstown and Louisville. While in Juniorate training and study at Nazareth College, Nazareth, Ky., Sister taught part-time at St. Monica and St. Joseph Schools in Bardstown. In Louisville, she taught at St. Martha and St. Lawrence Schools. Sister Rita was a guidance counselor at Presentation Academy, Louisville; a ward secretary at Saints Mary and Elizabeth Hospital; and switchboard operator at the SCN Motherhouse.

Mary Anne Burkardt, SCN, said, “Our Sister Rita Vaughn, SCN, beloved daughter, sister and friend, was a woman who could see with the eyes of the heart. She was a person who loved to love – whether she knew you or not!”

Grace Babin, SCN, 90, formerly Sister Paul Maria Babin, died Nov. 20, 2007, at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 69 years.

Sister Grace, a native of Newport, Ky., served in elementary education for 29 years in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Ohio and Massachusetts. In Louisville, Sister taught at Holy Name School from 1961-63.

In health care, Sister Grace served at Our Lady of Peace Hospital, Louisville, in computer services. She served as transportation Coordinator at Russell Hall, Nazareth; at Nazareth Home, in purchasing; at Maria Hall as convent treasurer; and at the Motherhouse, also as treasurer prior to her retirement. Sister Grace became a resident at Nazareth Home in April 1999.

Survivors include a nephew, Landon Osborn, and his wife Marcella of Sun Lakes, Ariz.; a niece, Fran Thorman and her husband, Harry, of Cold Spring, Ky.; and several cousins.

Rita Spalding, SCN, remembered Sister Grace’s time as treasurer. “Grace had a gracious and welcoming manner, and personal interest in each Sister who entered her office,” she said.

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Journeying On Deceased SCN Associates:

Lillian Rose Adams Helen Zuk Mitchell Mary Clarice Egart Chism

Deceased Alumni/Alumnae: Joann Beam Becht, St. Joseph Infirmary, Louisville, Ky., 1961 Judith Guyn Begley, Lexington Catholic, 1954 and St. Joseph School of Nursing, 1958 Judson P. Cramer, St. Catherine Academy, Lexington, Ky., 1943 Frances Pauline (Love) Crenshaw, Nazareth College, Nazareth, Ky., 1968 Barbara L. Crow, Nazareth College, Nazareth, Ky., 1969 Katherine Gramig Godbey, Nazareth College, 1958 Imelda Heuser, St. Joseph School of Nursing, 1944 Louise Amato Jones, St. Catherine Academy, 1946 and St. Joseph School of Nursing, 1949 Marjorie Long Keegan, Nazareth College, Louisville, Ky., 1946 Rita Thieman Milton, Spalding College, 1973 Phyllis Watson Ravencraft, St. Joseph School of Nursing, 1958 Florence Trimbur, LaSalette Academy, 1937

The Journey is produced by the Office of Congregational Advancement.

Contributors for this issue include Diane Curtis, Dana Hinton, Raluca Barzu, Patsy O’Toole, Dianne Smith, Janice White; and SCNs Regina Atkins, and Kitty Wilson. Photos for this issue were provided by Diane Curtis, Raluca Barzu, Patsy O’Toole, Patrick Pfister Photography; and SCNs Kitty Wilson, Caroline Field, Marilyn Shea, Pat Huitt, Carol McKean, and Michaella Cronin.

Memorial/Honorary Donations MEMORIALS MICHAEL ALBANESE S. Ann Susan Villa S. ANN MIRIAM ALLGEIER J. Watson Allgier ALBERT ANDREWS Frank\Patricia Spirito HENRIETTA B. ASH S. Marian Stenken S. Brenda Gonzales FREEDA FERRIS ASSAID Helen\James Rowe S. RUTH BABBITT S. Mary Braley S. GRACE BABIN Marie F. Babin VINCENT BANKS Anonymous S. Mary Burns S. Mary Dullea S. Phyllis Dullea S. Barbara MacDonald S. Agnes Ann Fuhs S. Evelyn Hurley S. Janet Dougherty S. Alice Wills S. Ellen Paul McGovern S. Marie John Kelley S. Joan Robishaw Gertrude Keefe S. Martha L. Walsh S. Maureen Taaffe S. Margaret Spalding Wathen Helen Morrissey S. Elaine Puthoff S. Catherine Leo Callahan SUZANNE BARNETT Committee on Corporate Responsibility S. Mary Dullea S. Phyllis Dullea S. Barbara MacDonald SCNs\Russell Hall Anonymous S. Mary Jane Rhodes Phyllis Passafiume S. Kitty Wilson S. Mary Burns S. Gwen McMahon

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S. Marian Stenken S. Miriam Corcoran S. Pat Kelley S. Shalini D’Souza S. Mary Elizabeth Miller S. Theresa Cash S. MARIA THERESA BRADDOCK S. Rachel Willett Tony Wade Nancy Amlung S. Maureen Taaffe John\Barbara Braddock Wilma Braddock Charles\Martha Braddock Ann Norris S. GABRIELLE BRANSCOME S. Mary Sullivan John\Frances Moran S. Mary Austin Donovan Tony Wade S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown S. Connie Tarallo S. Celeste Reedy Cecelia Coleman Beatrice C. Smith Catherine B. Cox S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. Antoinette Magistro Barbara\Roscoe Porter S. Gwen McMahon S. Shirley Nugent Roseanne Stockwell Annette D. Fralin Dorcas C. Webster Betty Gill Eileen Carpino S. Carmelita Dunn Elizabeth T. Fore S. Agnes Marie Hagan, SL S. Pat Kelley REV. BERT BRIAN William Leslie Keene, Jr. EDWIN ARTHUR BULLARD Helen\James Rowe

MARY E. BURKE Rep. Thomas P. Kennedy GRACE BUSSE S. Anita Hager 55+ Senior Citizen Club\ Blessed Sacrament Church\ Fort Mitchell, KY Office of Congregational Advancement S. Celeste Reedy S. Grace Mackin Robert\Nancy Herbert Bob\Betty Kramer Dorothy G. Rippe Ronald\Linda Brown S. Mary Dullea S. Phyllis Dullea S. Barbara McDonald Jackson Kelly, Attorneys at Law Loraine\Thomas Dooley Ann\Joseph Milburn S. Margaret Spalding Wathen

8/01/07 - 11/30/07 S. Kitty Wilson Angela Wolking S. Alice Marita Kern Mary D. Brandner Dorothy E. Kappesser Allen\Joann Youtsey Dorothy\George Rehkamp S. Miriam Corcoran S. Brenda Gonzales S. Pat Kelley Mary Ellen Beumer Jerry\Eileen Messer S. Catherine Leo Callahan S. Marion Reardon S. John Loretto Mueller S. Theresa Cash Janet MacLean John E.\E. Anne Busse S. ANN MARIA CARRICO Jean A. Morgan LISA M. CARTER Jaclyn\Stephen McPherron ALBERT CHABOT S. Mary Dullea

Cameron Turner, Nazareth Montessori student, spent some quality time with Santa on Nazareth Campus Dec. 5, 2007. Santa and Mrs. Claus visit the children at Montessori each year.

Memorial/Honorary Donations 8/01/07 - 11/30/07 S. Phyllis Dullea S. Barbara MacDonald JANET CHAMBERLAIN Josephine Burch MICHELE CHENEY Helen\James Rowe S. ELIZABETH MARY CLARK Doris C. Haragan MARY CLARK S. Sharen Baldy PAT CLARK S. Mary Elizabeth Miller S. Shalini D’Souza S. Marie John Kelley

S. JOAN ELLEN CREGG S. Mary Ninette Manning S. MARY COLLETTE CRONE Julia Cowgill Carol Kelleher GEORGE “CHIPS” CRONEN, JR. S. Betty MacDougall Sue\Martin Blakeley BARBARA CROW S. Barbara Peterson Frances\John Shine, Jr. Debra Lass Margaret Contkof

Several members of the SCN Family attended the Garifuna Settlement Day Celebration on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007, at St. Martin De Porres Church, Louisville, Ky. A Eucharistic Celebration was held followed by a reception. Entertainment included Garifuna drumming and dancing. Pictured, Rose Johnson, SCN, a native of Belize, who helped coordinate the service.

S. Joan Robishaw S. RITA MARIA COCO S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown JEANETTE CONNOLLY Joseph L. Connolly S. MARY MATILDA CONNOLLY Catherine\Thomas Dunavant JOAN GEOGHEGAN CONRAD Patricia Lynch-Hayes S. MARY ANGELITA COOMES S. Clara Willett Martha Catherine\George Payne J.B.\Imogene Thompson Jacqueline Hammond Paul Coomes Leonard\Wilma Howard Carroll Howard, M.D. Tony Wade VIRGINIA CORY Josephine Burch JACK BERTRAM COULTER Helen\James Rowe S. CECILIA MARIA COYNE S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown Jean A. Morgan S. MARY TERENCE COYNE Jean A. Morgan S. RITA CLARE COYNE Jean A. Morgan MARY CRAIG Helen\James Rowe

Kathleen Williamson WBTV Estimating Catherine Sabolek Barbara O’Connor Lucia M. Giangrasso Elizabeth Critz S. MARGARET CROWLEY Della Crowley S. ROSE DOMINICA CROWLEY Beth Tykodi PHIL CRUME Mary T. Wimsatt HUGH CRUMP S. Mary Ninette Manning ELEANOR CURRAN Mil-Par Bowling League CATHERINE CUSSEN, MM S. Evelyn Hurley S. Agnes Ann Fuhs S. Janet Dougherty PEGGY DAY S. Evelyn Hurley JAMES DEERING Grace Busse (dec.)

RITA SMITH DELANEY Shirley Devers LLOYD W. DEMENT Rebecca Richert ADA DEMPSEY S. Rose Eleanor Perry S. ADRIAN MARIA DONOHUE Joyce Adams JACK DOWNS Leola Downs PEGGY DRAY S. Margaret Spalding Wathen MERVYN D’SOUZA S. Mary Joyce Kernen S. Ann Kernen

S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. Antoinette Magistro S. Charles Mary Burns S. Joseph Marita Wheatley S. John Loretto Mueller S. Susan Gatz Trudi Maish S. Pat Worley SCNs\Russell Hall S. Mary Dullea S. Phyllis Dullea S. Barbara MacDonald S. Mary Foeckler S. June Monaghan S. Ruth Ann Humphrey S. Susan Kilb S. Susan Tudu S. Sharen Baldy S. Miriam Corcoran S. Elaine Puthoff S. Mary Ninette Manning S. Kitty Wilson S. Mary Burns S. Margaret Rodericks S. Margaret Spalding Wathen Jon Meyer S. Evelyn Hurley S. Agnes Ann Fuhs S. Janet Dougherty Loyce Winfield S. Marie J. Kelley S. Joan Robishaw S. Elaine McCarron S. Carmelita Dunn S. Mary Serra Goethals S. Rose Ann Howard S. Blanche Coreia S. Emily Pugh S. Theresa Knabel S. Eileen Mary Meyer S. Kathleen Mary Bohan S. Theresa Cash George\Ann Marie Houghton SCNs\Nativity Hall S. Maria Vincent Brocato Mary Gene Frank S. Maureen Taaffe S. Clare McNeil S. Dorothy MacDougall S. Alice Adams S. Emily Nabholz S. Pat Hill S. Pat Kelley S. Eleanor Martin ELIZABETH DUDLEY S. Connie Tarallo S. PRISCA DUFFEY Robert A. Conway SUZIE DUNBAR Mike\Peg Dunbar S. ROBERT LOUISE DUNCAN Dr. Robert Scripko FRANK J. DURKIN Jean Durkin JOHN DWYER Jim Fowkes S. Marion Reardon S. Evelyn Hurley S. Agnes Ann Fuhs S. Janet Dougherty S. Ann SusanVilla S. Mary Dullea S. Phyllis Dullea S. Barbara MacDonald S. Marie John Kelley S. Joan Robishaw S. Pat Worley S. Gwen McMahon S. Shirley Nugent S. Miriam Corcoran S. Susan Kilb S. Catherine Lee S. Maureen Taaffe S. Patricia A. Healey S. Elaine McCarron S. Martha L. Walsh S. Maureen Taaffe S. Eleanor Martin

LEONA DEMERE “SISSY” DWYER Loyce Winfield S. LOUISE MARIA EFFINGER S. Kitty Wilson S. Rachel Willett S. Dorothy Wilson S. Elizabeth Blandford S. Virginia Blair S. Paris Slapikas Maura Wilbourn Peterson Truck Center\Staff Helen Wolf Robert\Jacob Reid S. Mary Sullivan Dolly Hayden Joe Ann Lochner Ethel\Paul A. Barry Elsie K. Schneider Donald L. Habig Bonnie R. Price Frank\Peg Bergamini Emily M. Malcomb Ron\Judy Spears S. John Loretto Mueller Charles Gerstle John\Sarah Benkert Dr.\Mrs. Robert O’Connor Margie Middleton Bernard\Sue Ellert Mildred M. Smith Paulie Clark Nancy Amlung Fran Buchart Ted\Margaret Duerr Mary\Frank Ellington Rose\John Mangino Laverne\Sam Metzler Helen Stewart S. Margaret Spalding Wathen Mary Wimsatt Martha\George Zeis S. Alice Adams S. Emily Nabholz S. Pat Hill Mary J.\Raymond J. Costelle Anne Johnson George Effinger S. Margaret Rodericks Helen E. McDonald S. Brenda Gonzales Sharon Cecil Fran\Bill\Ginger Peters S. Mary Margaret Reid Mr.\Mrs. Thomas Bennett Mary Medley Bonn Donna D. Gerber S. Connie Tarallo Elizabeth D. Bonifer DAMIEN ELDER S. Shalini D’Souza S. Mary Elizabeth Miller S. MARY PAULINE ENGLERT Barry\Kathryn Penn JOHN J. ENGLISH Virginia Foley JOSEPH ENIAKATTU S. Miriam Corcoran WILLIAM P. EPPES, JR. Loyce Winfield EDDIE FALDOWSKI Evelyn Faldowski PAUL FELOCK S. Evelyn Hurley JOHN “BERT” FENWICK Mike\Martha Mattingly TERESA FICHTNER S. Evelyn Hurley S. MARY LYNN FIELDS Nancy Leatherman DANIEL FLAHERTY S. Marie John Kelley S. Joan Robishaw S. Catherine Lee

CLAIRE FLANNIGAN S. Marie John Kelley S. Joan Robishaw MARY ANN FLATT The MacDougall Family S. MARY EXPEDITA FLEMING Catherine\Thomas Dunavant S. JOSEPHINE FOLEY Peggy Hyland WILLIAM FOLEY S. Evelyn Hurley MARCELYN FONTAINE Marie T. Underwood DONALD F. FORREST Helen\Jim Rowe MARY CATHERINE FOSTER Helen J. Murphy NIVEAH GALLEGOS Paula E. Palotay PETER GANU Helen\James Rowe EDWIN GARCIA S. Ruth Ann Humphrey S. Susan Kilb S. Susan Tudu S. Anna Marie Canary S. Theresa Knabel JACK R. GARRISON Helen\James Rowe JOHN GATZ Nell Gatz S. MARY RICHARD GERAGHTY Catherine\Thomas Dunavant HARRY GRAY S. Mary Austin Donovan S. Brenda Gonzales S. Virginia Blair S. Dorothy Wilson S. Betty Blandford S. Louise Maria Effinger (dec.)

S. Ruth Ann Humphrey S. Susan Kilb S. Susan Tudu S. Diane Pharo Marie Underwood S. Margaret Spalding Wathen S. Mary Ninette Manning S. Mary Burns S. Miriam Corcoran S. Sharen Baldy S. Pat Kelley S. Shalini D’Souza S. Mary Elizabeth Miller S. Theresa Cash S. Eleanor Martin S. MARGARET ROSE GREISBAUM S. Brenda Gonzales MARY W. GULDING Fran\Pappy Cecil Alice Mae Lewis Barbara J. Lundstrom CHARLES\LOUISE HAEGELE Katherine A. Johnston ROSE MARY MILES HALL Loretta\Ed Davis Helen Jamison\Diane\Linda John\Mary Ann Justus Jeff Meyerrose Shirley Korfhage Mary Wesolowski Ray Edwards James W. Hommrich Rick\Pat Hall S. JANICE HAMILTON S. Janet Dougherty S. Gwen McMahon S. Shirley Nugent S. Michaella Cronin Patricia\Lindsay Collins S. Celeste Reedy S. Mary Sullivan Catherine Cox

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Memorial/Honorary Donations 8/01/07 - 11/30/07 S. Carmelita Dunn S. Agnes Marie Hagan, SL Derek H. Plummer Jill\Arthur Plummer Cecilia Plummer Dana Plummer Michael Plummer David W. Hamilton William Plummer Lindsay Collins MOTHER OF JULIA HAMILTON Julia Hamilton MARY CAROL WATHEN HANNEKAMP S. Mary Kevin Egan Anonymous S. Margaret Spalding Wathen S. Maria Vincent Brocato Mary Gene Frank S. Anita Hager S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. Antoinette Magistro S. Sheila Madden S. Louise Maria Effinger (dec.)

S. Miriam Louise Hauser S. Mary Eula Johnson S. Mary Ninette Manning S. Miriam Corcoran MABEL HARDIN S. Mary Dullea S. Phyllis Dullea S. Barbara MacDonald Patsy O’Toole S. Mary Elizabeth Miller S. Shalini D’Souza Kay Clark Mary Wimsatt Leslie A. Wilson S. Theresa Cash

MARY VIRGINIA (GINGER) HEEB Shirley Devers Polly\Vic Rosenbaum S. Catherine Nix Paul Aydt Rebecca M. Hicks Thecla H. Robison Robert\Faye Thieneman Mary Strubel Steve\Susan Franklin Mr.\Mrs. Charles Corrigan Brenda Beckham Reinhard\Beulah Becker Mary Bohler Velma\Lee Cohen Paul\Lee Ann Biegert Joann\Keith Spears Mr.\Mrs. Edwin W. Schmidt Frank\Sara Beavin Lina Hess Virginia Kern Elizabeth Biegert Tom\Luck Gowen S. Mary Loretto Krimple Henry\Judy Despain Margaret\Clarence Biegert Arthur\Catherine Kopp William\Joan Hans PSP WIC Paul\Mary Ann Fowler Valerie Jo Roberts Cynthia\Thomas Burns Teri Lynn\Bobby Trail Julia Tirpak Janice\Michael Heeb Kurt\Alexa Beilman Juniorate Class\1951 Mr.\Mrs. Michael Heeb S. Gwen McMahon S. Shirley Nugent

The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth and Interfaith Paths for Peace co-sponsored An Interfaith Service on Peace and Justice as Viewed by the World’s Great Religions on Nov. 11, 2007 at St. Vincent Church, Nazareth, Ky. Participants in the celebration which centered around the theme “peace,” included representatives of Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, the Baha’i faith, Buddhism, the Quakers, Unitarians, Unity Church, and a number of Christian Churches as well as the Executive Director of the Kentucky Council of Churches. SCNs Shalini D’Souza and Julie Driscoll were also presenters. Pictured, Tibetan monks offered blessings and a prayer chant during the celebration.

SCNs\Nativity Hall Western Province Leadership Team Marie Underwood LEONARD HARDY S. Evelyn Hurley S. Ellen Paul McGovern S. ROSE CARMEL HARNDEN Maggie\Clinton Bubb

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S. MADELEINE SOPHIE HENKEL Tony Wade S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown JOSEPH HIGGINS S. Janet Dougherty S. Agnes Ann Fuhs S. Evelyn Hurley MARIE HIGGINS Pamela J. Higgins EDWIN T. HILGER Mary C. Hilger S. MARIE HILL S. Alice Wills Sharon Cecil Gertrude Keefe Mary Medley Bonn Eleanor Milan Mr.\Mrs. Edward Cochrane Ellen Contreras S. Evelyn Hurley S. Agnes Ann Fuhs S. Janet Dougherty Louise Murphy S. CATHARINE EILEEN HOAR Frank\Patricia Spirito ELIZABETH HOFFMAN Patricia M. Adams ROBERT HOGG Joanne Coleman S. AGNES MARTHA HOLBROOK S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown Tom\Alice Scott\Family MRS. SAMUEL HORN J. Dawson\Brenda Horn MARIE HORRELL S. Margaret Rodericks THOMAS HOWE Helen\Jim Rowe S. GREGORITA HUMENESKY S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown DARRELL JENKINS S. Clara Willett S. Rachel Willett HERBERT JOHNSON S. Janet Dougherty S. Agnes Ann Fuhs S. Evelyn Hurley S. RUTH JOHNSON S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown BRO. JOHN JOHNSTON, FSC Loyce S. Winfield ELEANOR JONES S. Maureen Taaffe LOUISE AMATO JONES

S. Mary Sullivan LILLY JOSEPH Anonymous S. Mary Elizabeth Miller S. Shalini D’Souza EDITH KELLER KANE Rosellen McGonegle

MARGIE KEEGAN Leola Downs S. Janice Downs BRIDGET KEENEY Helen\James Rowe VERONICA\MARTIN KERN Virginia M. Kern URBAN KNABEL Katryna Knabel JAMES KRIMPLE S. Mary Loretto Krimple MR. & MRS. LEO KRIMPLE S. Mary Loretto Krimple CLIFF\NATALIE KRUG Paula\Gary Johnson JULIA MAE LANGLEY S. Mary Ninette Manning EDWARD JAY LANIGAN, III S. Sheila Ann Madden Loyce Winfield S. Kay Winfield Anonymous S. Charles Mary Burns HANK LEEDOM S. Theresa Knabel BETTY LEFFLER Jean L. Bandos HAL LEGNER Louise J. Legner ROBERT LEHMKUHL S. Celeste Reedy S. Sheila Madden S. John Loretto Mueller S. Ellen Paul McGovern Anonymous S. Phyllis Dullea S. Barbara MacDonald S. Mary Dullea S. Margaret Spalding Wathen Mary Wimsatt S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. Antoinette Magistro SCN Associate Office S. Alice Adams S. Emily Nabholz S. Pat Hill Jerry\Deborah Shea Adeline Callan Jackie Brown S. Miriam Corcoran Rita Stringer S. Brenda Gonzales S. Mary Driscoll Janet MacLean Mary Medley Bonn S. Marion Reardon S. Theresa Cash Tim\Helen Mistler LENO\FATHER OF LISA SODINI S. Jeanine Jaster RON LEONELLI Ronald\Mary Davis HELEN LEWEY Anonymous WILLIAM (BILL) LEWIS S. Margaret Spalding Wathen SCNs at Nazareth Motherhouse S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. Antoinette Magistro S. Anna Marie Canary Greg Lewis Anonymous George Roberts C. L. Nalley Joyce Bunch Hubert Roberts Pat\Tawnie Gootee Phyllis\Mick Ballard Richard\Michelle Foreman Sharon Cecil Betty Jean Lewis Charles\Anna Rita Hayden S. Kitty Wilson Office of Congregational Advancement

DEACON JAMES LITTLE S. Ann Susan Villa S. FRANCES MIRIAM LOKER Mr.\Mrs. Robert Wigginton S. CATHERINE (KAY) LOOBY S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown Patricia A. Pendergast EUGENE A. LUCCHESI, SR. Loyce\S. Kay Winfield S. Jeanine Jaster S. MARTHA RITA LUCKETT John\Jeanelle Luckett Richard Cambron ANGELA P. LYNCH J. Dawson\Brenda Horn MARIANNE LYONS Rep. Thomas P. Kennedy RUSS MAGISTRO Anonymous S. Celeste Reedy S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. Antoinette Magistro S. Mary Dullea S. Phyllis Dullea S. Barbara MacDonald S. Mary Foeckler S. Mary Kevin Egan Janet MacLean S. Margaret Spalding Wathen S. Evelyn Hurley S. Agnes Ann Fuhs S. Janet Dougherty S. Theresa Knabel SCNs\Nativity Hall TRUDY MALTBY S. Anna Marie Canary Helen\James Rowe WILLIAM MARKS S. Pat Kelley DON MATTHEWS Joan\David Knapp AUDREY MCAULEY S. Evelyn Hurley S. RITA AGNES MCBRIDE Tony Wade ELIZABETH\LARRY MCCROSKEY Celeste A. Midkiff S. AGNES GERALDINE MCGANN Anna H. Kim S. FRANCES ANN MCGAUGHRAN Doris C. Haragan BRO. TIMOTHY MCNARY, FSC Loyce Winfield S. Kay Winfield CHARLES MEYER S. Celeste Reedy S. Mary Dullea S. Phyllis Dullea S. Barbara MacDonald S. John Loretto Mueller S. Theresa Cash S. Anna Marie Canary Janet MacLean ROBERT MILLER Kathleen Miller JUANITA MOONEY S. Mary Serra Goethals S. Rose Howard S. Blanche Coreia S. CONSTANCE MUELLER Jean A. Morgan MARILYN MUELLER Marie T. Underwood JOHN MURPHY S. Charlene Jacobs S. Carmelita Dunn S. Theresa Cash JOSEPH PATRICK MURPHY Helen J. Murphy

Memorial/Honorary Donations 8/01/07 - 11/30/07 S. PREMA MUTHUKATTIL S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown MARY ALICE MYERS Loyce Winfield ROBERT MYERS Helen\James Rowe REV. HERMAN NABOR Richard\Brenda Oechslin MAYME NALLY S. Kitty Wilson

CHARLES E. POUSARDIEN Mary C. Hilger MARY PUNCHALKALAPURAKAL S. Clare McNeil S. Dorothy MacDougall S. Mary Burns S. Miriam Corcoran Janet MacLean S. Marian Stenken BILLY QUINTANA S. Brenda Gonzales ROSE RABL Elaine D. Giebelhaus

SCNs and Associates met the new Archbishop of Louisville, Joseph E. Kurtz, DD, during a reception hosted on Nazareth Campus, Nazareth, Ky., Sept. 17, 2007. The event was an opportunity to welcome the new Archbishop to the area. Representatives from other local religious congregations were also present.

Pictured, from left, SCNs Marcelline Indwar, Patricia Kelley, and Rita Puthenkalam talk with the Archbishop.

S. FRANCES JEANNE NAUGHTON Lori Naughton AGNITA NETT Mary T. Wimsatt F. X. O’BRIEN S. Evelyn Hurley S. Agnes Ann Fuhs S. Janet Dougherty YVONNE O’CONNOR Margaret B. Kelly BARBARA OMLAR Rebecca Richert S. DOROTHY OSBOURN Memorial Health Care System (Chattanooga, TN) S. Catherine Arnold S. John Loretto Mueller S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown S. Mary Eula Johnson S. Eleanor Martin JOHN\MARY OSTROSKE Evelyn Faldowski JIM O’TOOLE Frances O’Toole PAUL PHILLIPS, SR. Martha\Doug Chagnon S. JEAN DOLORES PHIPPS Richard Nelson BOB PIKE Joan\Thomas Pike JOSE´ PIKE Joan\Thomas Pike MARGARET MARY PING Marge\John Petrenka

S. ANNA LORETTO REAGAN George Fritz LILLIAN REGAN S. Elaine Puthoff GERALD REID S. Mary Dullea S. Phyllis Dullea S. Barbara MacDonald S. Loretta Weller S. Anita Hager S. John Loretto Mueller S. Marie John Kelley S. Joan Robishaw S. Margaret Spalding Wathen Mary Medley Bonn S. Anna Marie Canary Anonymous Shirley Devers SCNs\Russell Hall S. Susan Kilb S. Theresa Cash STEPHEN\MARY REILLY Anna C. Mann COLEMAN RICE Helen\James Rowe DAMIAN “ART” ROGERS S. Theresa Cash WALTER ROGERS Marie T. Underwood Pat\Mike Feeney SCNs\Nativity Hall S. Pat Kelley PAULINE RUSSELL S. Clara Willett S. Rachel Willett S. Mary Loretto Krimple Lenora Turney

Joseph\Dorothy Willett HELEN RYAN S. Ann Susan Villa S. ROBERT MARIA RYAN Mary Eldridge OLIVIA MARIE SADOWSKI Tracy Davis Sadowski Isabelle Sadowski LOUISE SARNO S. Evelyn Hurley JOHN J. SAUNDERS S. Helen Blodgett FRANCIS “PAT” SCHLAGHECK S. Betty MacDougall BILL SCHMIDT Tammy Mattingly MARY LOU SCHNEIDER S. Elaine Puthoff GEORGE SCHWEINBECK S. Margaret Rodericks SCNs\DECEASED S. Connie Tarallo S. Mary Loretto Krimple SCNs\DECEASED RELATIVES S. Virginia Blair S. Mary Ellen Doyle S. Marie Becker S. Rose Johnson S. Ann Susan Villa SCNs WHO TAUGHT MY CHILDREN\HOLY NAMES, MEMPHIS\DECEASED Josephine M. Wood SCN\As RELATIVES\ FRIENDS\DECEASED S. Mary Jane Rhodes S. Regina Atkins S. Carol Rogers S. Bridgid Clifford S. Mary Loretto Krimple MARTHA BELL SCOTT William L. Scott S. CAMILLE SERAFINI J. Dawson\Brenda Horn TOM SHANLEY Marge\John Petrenka EFFIE SMITH S. Anita Hager SCNs\Russell Hall S. Ann Victoria Cruz S. Antoinette Magistro SCNs\Nativity Hall S. GERTRUDE SMITH Jean A. Morgan ANITA SNYDER John C. Thompson S. CECILIA CLARE SPALDING S. Mary Austin Donovan Tony Wade S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown Harriett Medley Virginia B. Spalding Peggy Price CHARLES SPALDING S. Mary Dullea S. Phyllis Dullea S. Barbara MacDonald S. TRINITA MARIA SPANYER Carroll Spanyer JUDY SPRIGG Marshall W. Sprigg WILLIAM STAMM Grace Busse (dec.)

BLANCHE STEWART Mary Wimsatt S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown MICHAEL STOKES Rod\Carole Embry

S. MARY ALMA STUECKER Frank Thieneman CLARE BROWN SULLIVAN Anonymous PAUL SULLIVAN S. Mary Sullivan SULLIVAN FAMILY\ DECEASED MEMBERS S. Mary Sullivan S. MARY SYLVESTER Doris C. Haragan S. BENITA TANKERSLEY Matthew J. Klena TARALLO FAMILY\ DECEASED MEMBERS S. Connie Tarallo TEACHERS AT SACRED HEART ACADEMY, HELENA, AR Loyce Winfield S. VINCENT TEHAN S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown CHANDY THOMAS S. Miriam Corcoran S. JEAN LOUISE THOMAS Tony Wade S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown Gladelle Hardenbergh S. MARY DAVID THOMAS S. Virginia Blair S. Dorothy Wilson S. Betty Blandford S. MARGARET MARY THOMPSON John C. Thompson S. AGNES JUDE THORNBERRY Sarah Noel S. THEODORA THORNSBERRY Ann Norris MR.\MRS. C.S. TRICHEL Frances O’Toole MARCELLE WATHEN TURNER S. Miriam Corcoran S. John Loretto Mueller S. Mary Dullea S. Phyllis Dullea S. Barbara MacDonald S. Mary Foeckler EDNA LINDSEY UMBERGER Helen\James Rowe

VALLORIC FAMILY\ DECEASED MEMBERS Anna Marie Valloric S. RITA VAUGHAN Jan Newcomb Kathleen M. Mahoney Anonymous S. Rachel Willett Mary E. Wathen Jeff\Peggy Merman S. Kitty Wilson S. Brenda Gonzales Jean Gish S. MARGARET MARY VESSELS Margaret Mills MARGARET VOLPERT James R. Volpert FRANCES WAGNER Leola Downs CHARLES WALZ Barry\Kathryn Penn STANLEY WASIELEWSKI S. Jeanine Jaster S. JOSEPHINE WATHEN Jack\Kathy Finefrock S. ELIZABETH ANN (LIBBY) WEBB S. Mary Sullivan S. Celeste Reedy S. Mary Burns Shirley Devers S. Betty MacDougall S. Clara Willett S. Rachel Willett Harriett Medley I.A. Metz, Jr. S. Gwen McMahon S. Shirley Nugent Katherine Crosby Donald\Dorothy Gammon S. Margaret Rodericks Constance Crosby Rogers S. Celeste Reedy Mary Nell Crosby Stephen\Carol Schaefgen Bro. Joel McGraw Sarah Coco S. Mary Burns S. Maureen Taaffe Mrs. Sidney L. Nichols Mary Medley Bonn Jane Young Shirl Rosen Boone Marilyn Dwyer Lenore\Herm Brinkman Anita\Dolly Pierantoni Loyce Winfield Robert Tyler S. Theresa Cash Jane Moses Ann Montgomery

Pat Huitt, SCN, middle, is pictured flanked by members of her team for the Education for Life Workshop in Botswana.

Sister Pat continues to promote the workshops in her ministry with those affected by the HIV virus.

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Memorial/Honorary Donations 8/01/07 - 11/30/07 Jane H. Massey Jack\Jane Webb Jean Mullins S. Pat Kelley Mary Medley Bonn Ann M. Corrigan RICHARD\CLARA WELTON Janette\Robert Moore Corwyn\Dick Welton ESTHER WERNSING Lea Furlong CHARLES WESTERMAN Nazareth Home Community Services S. ANNE WHITEHEAD Dr. Robert Scripko S. RITA ANN WILLETT S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown DIANE DEBO WILLS Helen\James Rowe ALAN E. WILSON S. Kitty Wilson Lois A. Wilson CINDY WILSON S. Kitty Wilson Lois A. Wilson FAYE WILSON S. Kitty Wilson S. JUDITH ANN WILSON S. Agnes Regina Siracusa S. Mary Elizabeth Middendorf S. William Marian Meany S. Miriam Elizabeth Brown KENNETH E. WILSON Ann McCauley MARY WILSON S. Kitty Wilson Lois A. Wilson PHILIP WILSON S. Kitty Wilson Lois A. Wilson S. CLAUDIA WIRTZ John\Lisa Rotunni ORLAND WOLFORD Anonymous

S. MARY IMELDA YURT Evelyn E. Smith DICK ZEIS S. John Loretto Mueller FLORA ZURKUHLEN David Blandford Hikes Point Optimist Club LaVerne\Buck Wagoner Jack\Lynn Burton Barbara M. Ashby Judith\Philip Cox HONORARIES S. JACQUELINE ACETO\ VOW RENEWAL SCN Formation Team S. Janice Downs S. EUNICE ANN ARNOLD Eleanor Duke Fearns S. ELLEN MARIA BALLEW Chet\Lue\Jennifer LeBlanc RUTH BECKMAN S. Sharen Baldy REV. JOHN BODDIE Helen\Jim Rowe MRS. JO ANN BOWLER Helen\Jim Rowe S. MARIA VINCENT BROCATO Jet M. Prendeville JAMES\MAUREEN BURKARDT\WEDDING S. Mary Anne Burkardt S. CHARLES MARY BURNS S. Irene Satory J. PHILIP BURNS S. Mary Burns MRS. ROBERTA CASBY Loyce S. Winfield S. THERESA CASH AL\Jeanne Cash BARBARA COLEMAN Joanne Hogg Coleman BRIDGET CONROY S. Evelyn Hurley

The Intercongregational Multicultural Committee (SCN, OP, OSU, SL), the Kentucky Interfaith Taskforce on Latin America and the Caribbean, the Hispanic/Latino Coalition, and the Mayday Coalition, presented a series of film screenings and discussions on two documentaries in the Bardstown and Louisville areas, Oct. 8-10, 2007. The documentaries, “The Invisible Chapel” and “The Invisible Mexicans of Deer Canyon,” directed by John Carlos Frey, are about the plight of undocumented immigrants.

John Carlos appeared as a special guest at each of these screenings. He is pictured with Sisters and visitors at the Motherhouse on the SCN Campus.

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JOHN HILLIKER\ BIRTHDAY S. Kitty Wilson INDIA’S DIAMOND JUBILEE S. Carolyn Wilson S. Therese Arru JIMMY\RICHIE S. Janet Dougherty S. ROSE JOHNSON\VOW RENEWAL SCN Formation Team JUBILARIANS Chet\Lue\Jennifer LeBlanc JUBILARIANS 2007\ SISTERS OF CHARITY OF HALIFAX Jolaine States MRS. NINA KEELEY Helen\Jim Rowe TIMOTHY KELLEHER S. Marylee King S. MARY JOYCE KERNEN Catherine\Thomas Dunavant REV. DENNIS KNIGHT S. Elaine Puthoff MARY KOCH\BIRTHDAY Mr.\Mrs. Wren Greene\ Family S. EVA KOWALSKI Carol Heilman S. CATHERINE LEE Chet\Lue\Jennifer LeBlanc JOY\RUSSELL LINDENFELZER S. Evelyn Hurley MARY KAY MARCHETTI Helen\Jim Rowe S. ANNE RITA MAUCK Philly Rains MARGARET MCCOLLUM\ BIRTHDAY S. Louise Maria Effinger (dec.)

S. Mary Jane Rhodes S. Regina Atkins REV. THOMAS P. MCDONNELL S. Martha L. Walsh S. GWEN MCMAHON S. Mary Dullea S. Phyllis Dullea S. Barbara MacDonald S. CLARE MCNEIL Patsy O’Toole Chet\Lue\Jennifer LeBlanc S. PAULA MERRILL S. Jeanine Jaster S. REBECCA MILES Carol\Phil Heilman ROB\BARB MITCHELL\ MARRIAGE Jim\Hermine Thompson Rita G. Recktenwald Carolyn\Bob Mitchell Margie\John Calderone Tim\Karen Warburton S. EMILY NABHOLZ Greg Nabholz S. TERESA ROSE NABHOLZ Greg Nabholz NAZARETH HOME ADMINISTRATION\STAFF S. Mary Burns S. PATRICIA NORTON Chet\Lue\Jennifer LeBlanc WILLIAM\ROSEMARY O’BRYAN S. Marylee King S. JANE ELIZABETH O’CONNELL S. Evelyn Hurley S. MARIE CELINE OSBOURN Dorothy\Carl Labbe FRANCES O’TOOLE Loyce\S. Kay Winfield S. BARBARA PETERSON Sue\Martin Blakeley

KATHRYN M. POOLE Helen\James Rowe RUTH RAUEN Thomas\Trudy Bieger S. MARION REARDON Chet\Lue\Jennifer LeBlanc S. CELESTE REEDY Rita Hudepohl Stevie HELEN CANARY ROWE\ BIRTHDAY S. Anna Marie Canary HELEN\JIM ROWE\65TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY S. Anna Marie Canary MOST REV. J. PETER SARTAIN\ANNIVERSARY OF ORDINATION Loyce Winfield S. Kay Winfield SCNs\SOUTH BOSTON Ruth C. Albanese S. MARILYN SHEA Helene Blair SILVER JUBILARIANS S. Ann Susan Villa S. PARIS SLAPIKAS\FIRST VOWS S. Frances Barber S. Pat Worley Anonymous S. Mary Wedding S. Joseph Marita Wheatley S. Anna Marie Canary S. Mary Dullea S. Phyllis Dullea S. Barbara MacDonald SCN Formation Team SCNs\Nativity Hall S. Mary Eula Johnson S. BARBARA SPENCER S. Jeanine Jaster MARILYN STANLEY\ BIRTHDAY S. Kitty Wilson S. MICHAEL MARY SWEENEY Marion\Mary Jane McKenzie JERRY\LISA RENE TAYLOR\ MARRIAGE S. Millie McGovern HELEN WANNER\BIRTHDAY S. Kitty Wilson S. MARGARET SPALDING WATHEN Monica Boggs THOMAS\BARBARA WATHEN\WEDDING S. Louise Maria Effinger (dec.)

S. LIZ WENDELN\50TH JUBILEE Connie Lusher S. ANGELA WETHINGTON John\Donna Pfiester JOHN M. WHITE Helen\James Rowe S. CAROLYN WILSON\ BIRTHDAY S. Kitty Wilson DOUGLAS WILSON\ BIRTHDAY S. Kitty Wilson ESTELLE WILSON S. Kitty Wilson JAMES HARRIS WILSON S. Kitty Wilson MICHAEL WILSON\ BIRTHDAY S. Kitty Wilson SHIRLEY WILSON\ BIRTHDAY S. Kitty Wilson S. ROBERTA MARIA WIMPSETT Catherine\Thomas Dunavant S. ALICE TERESA WOOD Larry\Glenda Hill S. PAT WORLEY Barbara Johnson

2007 SCN ANNUAL REPORT Fiscal year Sept. 1, 2006 - Aug. 31, 2007

YOU have made a difference.

Welcome to our family.

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Who makes up the SCN Family?

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“I’m super blessed” DONORS BY STATE BELIZE Rosemarie Kirwan, SCN Arthur M. Mogalli CANADA Margaret R. Hatala Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Schuck JAPAN Christine M. Yoshioka PANAMA Kevin J. Harris and Sandra Wang-Harris SINGAPORE Christopher J. Fussner ALABAMA Margaret and Frank Beuerlein Sharon and Michael Bounds Barbara M. Brocato Vincent and Georgette Brocato Daria Ann Brocato Elizabeth and James Doherty

Don Domico Winnibald and Rosemarie Fernandes Robert and Jeanne Garrett Martha and Joseph Marston Catherine Masden Tracy Sadowski Martha Wesley, SCNA Louise Receveur Wilson Shereen Zaidan ARIZONA Zion Carmelite Community Catherine C. Barrett Janet and George DeMorales John and Carol Harrison Jane G. High Nancy Idzorek Don and Regina Johnston Kathleen and Raymond Martinez Joan and Ervin McGrath John and Alice Powers Shirley M. Rogers Dolores K. Roman Berniece Rose

Sandy Tillotson Kimberley A. Tillotson ARKANSAS Knights of Columbus (Council #4143) Leather Brothers, Inc. Robert C. and Vuong T. Alexander Tish Anderson Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Baldwin Lee and Agnes Bass Dan Bearden Baker and Nicole Bush Elizabeth and Karl Christ Sarah J. Coco Jane and Robert Dennis and Family Joyce and Guy Diemer Justin and Hallene Dillier Laura Eppley Jim Flaherty Shannon and David Fritsche Frank and Anna Gunderman A. J. and Beth Hambuchen Joy and Pete Hibbard

William S. Jones Peggy and Louis Jordan Rebecca and Tom Kane Judith C. Lansky Mrs. J. J. Marschewski Robert L. Massery Josephine McCarley Carolyn and Frank McCauley Kenneth McNeil Elizabeth and Alan Miller Sarah and Jeff Mitchell Allan and Lisa Nabholz David and Jane Nabholz Frances Nabholz Gregory Charles Nabholz John and Tracy Nabholz Thomas and Barbara J. Nabholz Tim and Brenda Nabholz Tony and Teresa Nahlen Helen Nugent Joseph J. Pierre Phyllis Rains James D. Rengers Elinor and Henry Rohlman

Florence B. Sands Schrekenhofer Family Libby and Greg Sheard Samuel and Carolyn Smith Dent Smith, SCNA, and Maureen Smith Joanne and Jack Smith Freda St. Columbia Susan and Raymond Strack Clara M. Troillet Robert and Theresa Tyler Camilla D. Williamson CALIFORNIA Care 1st Health Plan Pacific Alliance Medical Center Safety Consultant Services, Inc. School Ten, Inc. Sisters of Charity (San Jose) St. Alban’s Episcopal Church

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riving down the main avenue through Nazareth Campus, you may see Francis Dixon walking along the road or down the paved path. Francis, a Village II resident, walks the grounds as often as he can. Even in the rain.

“Rain is a great sign of life from God,” he says.

You may even notice him veer off the path into the woods where he sometimes goes to climb a tree. “It’s a little bit risky but very meditative,” says Francis.

He spent most of his adult life as an attorney in civil law and practiced law for over 40 years in New York City.

After retiring, Francis moved to El Paso, Texas, where he worked with illegal immigrants. His volunteer efforts then led him to Colorado where he worked in family law, offering legal assistance for battered women Francis Dixon attends a prayer vigil at Nazareth. and abused children.

Nazareth Villages is an apartment facility A friend in Colorado recommended Francis visit Gethsemani near Bardstown, for persons 62 years Ky. From there, another friend suggested he call Ann Margaret Boone, SCN, old or older, or for administrator of Nazareth Villages. “I was sort of wandering,” Francis shares. individuals with disabilities, located on Francis says he is overwhelmed with the welcome he has received. “Sister Ann the Nazareth Campus. Margaret and the people are so good to me here and it gives me peace to be For more information helpful to them,” he says. on the facility visit www.scnazarethky.

Back home, Francis has six children and eight grandchildren but acknowledges org/village he feels he’s part of the SCN Family too. “I’m super blessed.”

Tin Man Dental Supplies, Inc. Myrna R. Allen John A. Arguelles Nancy L. Ballard Mary Ann Field Barrall David and Joan Bartrug Corinne Bertoniere Lolita L. Bonafe Claire Breen Jerry and Linda Bruckheimer Josephine Burch Maria A. Cabral Ellen Cartaino Anni Donahue Most Rev. Pierre Du Maine John R. Edwards Jacqueline and Philip Francais Susan and Pablo Grabiel Cornelia Grenier Lee Guthrie Sally A. Hamrock Juan C. Herrera Linda V. Hodges Dorothy Howlett Honorable Tricia Hunter, R.N., M.N. James and Nancy Koblensky Quynh Lam Therese Lawrence Suzanne Levonian Kevin and Theresa Locke Karen and Roy Marquedant James T. McDowell Richard and Faye Miltenberger Roger and Gloria Mullendore Amir Neshat, D.D.S. Diane Novakoski Elias and Lucy Pacheco Susan and Paul Paolilli Jack and Leslie Plecque John and Lisa Rotunni Anita and Dennis Rummens Virginia B. Spalding Daniel W. Trites Mareta Turner William and Dolores Wallace Margaret and Karl Wang Marilyn Rae Willett Kathleen Zimmerman and Bhagwan Thacker COLORADO Gerard and Vinola Aroquianadane Anne M. Beavan Ronald Bornhoft Nancy J. Burrows Gilbert and Anna Callow John E. Crowley, Sr. Suzann and Ernest Ficco Bernadel Fisher Darryl B. Grosjean Julia Hill-Nichols Rex and Rebecca Hogan Rita Husted Rakesh and Madeleine Khosla William C. King Joan M. Knapp Alice Mae Lewis

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Kevin E. Lofton Mr. and Mrs. John L. Lontine Barbara J. Lundstrom Janette and Robert Moore Aldo and Peggie Notarianni Paula E. Palotay Margaret M. Reinert Nancy J. Simpson Carey Thompson Nicolae and Cornelia Toderica Elizabeth C. Ziemann CONNECTICUT Virginia Cox Berrien Ruth D. Blodgett Francis and Eileen Donelan Mary Beth Fessler Mark and Barbara Fiano Jerry Grieco Beatrice Lacombe Gail A. MacLean Elizabeth Randall Maria and Manuel Ruiz Major Beverly J. Schilke Dr. and Mrs. Francis R. Trainor DELAWARE Mary S. Brisbane Anthony G. Flynn William Mosholder DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Angela O. Bannon Thomas J. Crage Michelle Grabiel & Family FLORIDA J. Watson Allgier Dan and Fran Arnold Mary Ada Bachman Doris and Robert Barletta Kathleen and Joseph Blais James and Joanne Bobay Shirley Bohnert Jane A. Clark Joseph L. Connolly Maria Elena and Jose Costa Paul and Phyllis Dawson J. Jerome and Mary I. Dowdle Donald and Dorothy Dulude Michael and Patricia Dunford Joanne and Mary Dunn David C. Elsen Lucille and David Fannin Rosemary Fisher Michael and Regina Flaherty Mr. and Mrs. Louis F. Floden Suzanne Foody Diann and William Ford Patricia and Robert Frolich Doretta and John Gillott Kenneth and Charlotte Hatcher Nancy E. Henley Nancy L. Hoskins

Rebecca and Mark Hulbert Evelyn M. Kaiser Ruth N. Kelley Jo Ann and Shirley Kelly Mary Sue and Bill Lewis Robert H. Mace, Jr. Margaret Blackerby McGurk Lud H. McKay Joyce and Andrew Mike Nell and D. J. Monarch Nancy Muller Kathleen O’Hara Sheree and Christopher Paskert James and Margaret Perry Stephen and Marcella Phillips Barbara K. Ross and James J. Fait Carmine Schembri Dr. and Mrs. Earnest E. Seiler Sharon Glenn Serna Rosalie and Wallace Shearer Wanda L. Siegle Catherine and Joseph Sikora Beatrice C. Smith Margaret Crelly Snaider Mary A. Spalding Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Taylor Col. (Ret) Allen E. and Martha S. Templeton Consuelo G. Thomas Marsha and J. Alex Thomasson John Thompson Josefina Thompson Daniel and Jane Trosper James and Fredericka White Patricia A. Wilbert Aurora Wonder Alice-Lee and Douglas Wynter GEORGIA Clare Terrell Berry Kenny Bohrman Mary Theresa Boone Andrea J. Camacho Mary and Vernon Carter John and Bonnie Coleman Eileen and Brian Deneve Ann and Leroy Fuss Dorothy M. Healy Lucy and Gary Lee Mary and Jerry Luckett Patricia Lynch-Hayes Martha and Richard Metzgar Mary Mullen-Ferzely Lois A. Patrizia Paul and Lottie Phillips Mary D. Swank Roger P. Sylvester Paul Theobald Mary C. Toombs Susan Zurschmiede

ILLINOIS Cook County Hospital Donovan Piano and Pipe Organ Service RLI Insurance Company Minimol E. Abraham and Johny Thottaplackal James D. Alvey Patricia A. Anderson Elizabeth Barrett Maria and Michael Berthold Maury Collins David Corcoran Anne P. Cunningham, Ph.D. Dr. and Mrs. Gerard Dominique M. Jane Eaves Rev. Leon Grantz, CP Timothy and Trude Harrington Rev. Joseph Havrilka, SFO Ronald and Bernadine Jacobs Carol F. Johnston Cyrilla K. Lambesis Philip T. Lamich George M. Lehman Joseph Longo Julia A. McCauley Lester H. McKeever, Jr. Thomas Melkovitz Dennis E. Miller Sandra Ohler Nancy Ryan Mary L. Schniedwind Bertrice Scribner George and Carol Shelton Sandra and Robert Spicer Jane S. Spratt Ken and Mariann Stanhibel Joseph W. Twombly Ressy and George Vachaparambil Gloria and Raul Venzon Luisa and Sergio Vercillo

Clare and Douglas Witter Bobette Zacharias INDIANA Janet Wolanin Alexander Jean M. Bandos Janice Sue Batman Fleurette Benckart Dorothy and Harold Berger Linda J. Brooks Joseph and Jane Byrd Mary Lou Cambron Cy J. Chowattukunnel Eugene and Mary Alice Coveney Dorothy A. Doyle Robert and Mary Edelen Joseph and Carol Ernst Margaret Evrard Carol and Kim Fisher Christopher and Kathy Gatz Mary Ann and Joseph Gipson Stephen and Diane Goffinet Thomas and Alma Grissmer Sam J. Guerriero D. L. Hubert George A. and Betty Ann Hutt Cheryl Ann Kitchin Joan L. Kraemer Lucian and Margaret Lupinski Elizabeth MacDougall, SCN Donna and Daniel Majewski Jaclyn and Stephen McPherron Carolyn and Chester Miller Helen Jane Murphy Emma and Joseph Nalley Eileen and Jack Nelson

William and Rosemary O’Bryan Betty I. Pace Edward Paulus Joseph D. Payne, Sr. Bonnie A. Peak Betty and Paul Pfister Diane Pharo, SCN George and Barbara Popp Mary Elaine Reisz Edward and Noreen Relue Margaret and Larry Richards Joan and Thomas Rillo Thelma Saphara Patricia Schauer Martha and William Smythe Mr. and Mrs. David J. Stumpf James and Patricia Taylor Charles F. Walker Letitia L. Walter Andy and Lore Weas Melanie R. Wermuth Janet Ann Werne Verna Wood Agnes Eileen Young Terri and Melvin Ziliak IOWA Catholic Daughters of America (Spencer, IA) Judy C. Bertling James J. Blake Michael and Margaret Dunbar Rachel Engelhardt Leo and JoAnn Folsom Jan Galbraith John R. Kohlstedt Daniel and Ramona Lauterwasser Dennis and Terri Ludwig Betty and Joseph Mallie Dale Meirick Verna M. Murray

Vernon and Winifred Nieland Michael W. Robert Ernestine and Robert Rodriguez Dean and Teresa Roudabush Dr. and Mrs. Louis Russell Alvina and Anthony Ruzicka Vernon Shaw Teresa Smith Gary and Teresa Smith Barbara F. Spencer, SCNA Omer and Agnes Topf Grace and Arlyn Wernke Margaret and Melbourne Wilson KANSAS Jacob and Madeline Carwile A. Dean and Alma Lee Fechter Joyce A. Lasseter James and Theodora Petosa Richard and Corwyn Welton Margaret A. Wheatley KENTUCKY Building Crafts, Inc. Catholic Health Initiatives (Erlanger) Church of the Epiphany (Louisville) Congregational Leadership Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet GLA Collection Company, Inc. Holy Trinity Church (Louisville, KY)

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“She is so gifted with children… and has the patience of Job.” Incarnation Catholic Church (Louisville, KY) Knights of Columbus (Council # 3379) Knights of Columbus-E. T. Murphy Assembly #1986 Nazareth Campus Service Nazareth Health Office Nazareth Home Community Services Nazareth Villages Office of Congregational Advancement Merrily Orsini, corecubed Publishers Printing Company SCN Archival Center SCN Associates SCN Ctr./COFA/POFA SCN Initial Formation Office

SCN Western Province (Nazareth) Shelter Insurance Company Sisters of Charity (Coxs Creek, Apt. A) Sisters of Charity (Coxs Creek, Apt. B) Sisters of Charity (Lou. 1415 Goddard) Sisters of Charity (Lou. 1418 Goddard) Sisters of Charity (Lou. Bonnycastle) Sisters of Charity (Lou. Breckenridge) Sisters of Charity (Lou. Cordova, 3) Sisters of Charity (Lou. Eastern Pkwy) Sisters of Charity (Lou. Illinois) Sisters of Charity (Lou. Jaeger) Sisters of Charity (Lou.

Willow) Sisters of Charity Motherhouse MiniShop Sisters of Charity (Naz. David 102) Sisters of Charity (Naz. Motherhouse) Sisters of Charity (Naz. Motherhouse Ceramics Dept) Sisters of Charity (Naz. Nativity Hall) Sisters of Charity (Lou. Newburg 101) Sisters of Charity (Lou. Newburg 102) Sisters of Charity (Lou. Newburg 201) Sisters of Charity (Lou. Newburg 204) Sisters of Charity (Lou. Newburg 303) Sisters of Charity (Lou. Newburg 504) Sisters of Charity (Naz. O’Connell 3D) Sisters of Charity (Naz. O’Connell 3E)

Sisters of Charity (Naz. O’Connell 3G) Sisters of Charity (Naz. O’Connell 3I) Sisters of Charity (Naz. O’Connell 3O) Sisters of Charity (Naz. SCN Center Convent) Sisters of Charity (SCN Center) Stamps/Postcard Ministry (Motherhouse) St. Margaret Mary Church (Louisville, KY) St. Thomas More Mission Club (Louisville, KY) Sts. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Laboratory Staff St. Vincent dePaul Society (Bardstown) St. Vincent dePaul Society (Fancy Farm) St. William Church (Louisville, KY) Stephen Foster Drama Association, Inc. Town & Country Bank and Trust Company

Two Guys Printing LLC Eugene Wilson & Company Wilson & Muir Bank & Trust Co. Wilson Brothers, Inc. Rev. Robert Abel Sara Ann Abell, SCN Alice Adams, SCN Robert and Peggy Adams Joyce Adams Patricia M. Adams Ann Whelan Agee Patricia Almy Nancy Amlung Edward W. Ammon, Jr. Brenda Anderson, SCN Margaret H. Anderson Mary and Edgar Anderson Alice Armour Catherine Arnold, SCN Gladys E. Arnold Therese Arru, SCN Louis and Susan Arru Phillip W. Ashley Joseph L. Atherton Regina Atkins, SCN Steve W. Auslander, D.M.D. Paul and Evalyn Aydt

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he is so gifted with children…and has the patience of Job,” Angela Hicks, SCN, talks about Prisca Bilung, SCN, and the tremendous impact she has had at a preschool in the village of Lobatse in Botswana, Africa. Almost all of the children at the school are affected by or infected with the HIV/AIDS virus.

They have lost parents and siblings to the disease or are battling the infection themselves. Sister Prisca Bilung, SCN, prays with her class in the village of Angela recalls the first day SCNs arrived at the Lobatse, Botswana. school. To say the children were not exactly on their best behavior is putting it mildly, says Sister Angela, but within three days, Sister Prisca, who has a way with children, managed to bring calm to the classroom. And, says Sister Angela, what is even more amazing is Sister Prisca accomplished this even though at the time she did not speak the same language as the children, Setswana.

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There was one boy in particular, a child who never spoke, that caught the attention of Sister Prisca. She had the child’s hearing tested, discovering he was impaired, and worked tirelessly with him. Sister Angela says “this gifted teacher” connected with the boy and eventually he was able to do everything the other children were doing.

Hopeful that she is always able to work with children because it comes so naturally, Sister Angela says Sister Prisca simply “has a gentle way about her.”

Sister Prisca helps with a mural on the wall of the preschool in Lobatse.

Suzanne Bach Maureen E. Bacon Catherine B. Baines Margaret J. Baird Anne and Roger Baird Marie Anne Ballard, SCN Nora J. Ballard, SCNA Dorothy C. Ballard Susan R. Ballard Emmanuel Ballard Carolyn R. Ballard Louis and Jennifer Ballard Francile Banken, SCNA Wanda Banks, SCN Frances Barber, SCN Ignatius Maria Barbour, SCN Ruth and Charles Barker Mary U. Barker Norma Barnes Elyner T. Barnes Phyllis and Robert Barnes Sue Anna Barrett Raluca Barzu and Chris Loher Mary Christopher Baseheart, SCN Carol and William Baugh John and Lynn Bauscher Renato Bautista and Ninfa Paredes Jessie Hibbitts Beasley Theresa A. Beaumont Judy and William Beaven Sara and Frank Beavin Beulah and Reinhard Becker Christine Beckett, SCN Carolyn A. Beckett Brenda and Chris Beckham Elizabeth and Thomas Beckham Frances S. Beeler William P. Beeler Mary Ann and Roy A. Bellflower Nancy and Norman Belt Carol Bennett Sharan A. Benton Kathy L. Bertolone Regina Besse Mary and Bernard Besse Thomas and Trudy Bieger Mary Elise Biegert Lee Ann and Paul Biegert Elizabeth A. Biegert Marjorie Glaser Bindner Seth R. Bishop Joan A. Blake Sue and Martin Blakeley Kirby and Nancy Blandford Willie Blanton Mary and Michael Blevins Susan Blois Cherie and Michael Blom Mary and Kenneth Bobzien Margaret and Paul Bode Barbara Bodine Jerry A. Boehmann Millard Boggs Kenneth and Barbara Bohn

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Elizabeth and Charles Bonifer Mary and Stephen Bonn Carol Ann Bonn SCN Elaine and Bernard Boone Joyce and Robert Boone Shirl Rosen Boone Linda and Roger Boots Shirley and Alfred Bosemer Sara and James Boswell Joseph and Cheryl Bowling Al and Mary Ann Bowling Mary and Bernard Bowling Mary F. Boyce Nancy and James Bradley Leslie Branch, M.D. Patricia and William Brasch Jean Ann and Robert B. Brasher Rosemary and Charles Brauch Ronald and Charlene Braunwart Patricia A. Braye Bruce and Esther Breeding Ann O. Bresler Mary A. Briggs Maria Vincent Brocato, SCN Ann and George Brown Robert and Mary Brown James and Catherine Browning Mary Rita Browning Robert Brungs Mr. and Mrs. James M. Buckman, Jr. Marie F. Bundy Thomas J. Burch, Sr. Anna and Glenn Burd Mary Anne Burkardt, SCN Virginia M. Burkart Jo Ann Burke Mary Burns, SCN Charles Mary Burns, SCN Louise J. Burns Jyoti and David Burruss Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Burt Michael and Marilyn Byrne Andrea M. Byrne Robert and Hazel Caldwell Catherine Leo Callahan, SCN Bettye E. Calvert Thelma Cambron, SCN Richard Cambron Millie and Jodie Cambron Barbara A. Cambron Johanna Camenisch Janice Campbell, SCN Richard M. Campbell Carol and Charlie Campbell Katherine Campbell Anna Marie Canary, SCN

Frances E. Capodanno Helen Carbol, SCN Margie and Robert Carney Bonnie and David Carrico Ruth Ann Carrico Theresa Cash, SCN Paul and Karen Casi Alice Casper, SCN Martha F. Casper Sharon M. Cecil, SCNA Teresa Cecil Nina Mae Cecil Toni and Brad Cecil Betty and Martin Cecil Charles M. Cecil Rose Therese Cecil Martha and Joseph Celletti Martha and Douglas Chagnon William F. Chandler, Jr. William Mary Chawk, SCN Mary A. Cheatham Martha and Vincent Cheshire John A. Chilko Maureen Z. Choate Beatrice J. Chumley Joan Cissell Amie and Joseph Cissell Walter Clancy Pamela J. Clark Mrs. M. C. Clark Dennis and Dorothy Clark William and Rebecca Clark Caroline M. Clarke, SCN Phyllis A. Clay Mr. and Mrs. Catesby Clay Jeanette Claytor Margaret Claywell Paul and Florence Clements Flora H. Clements Marilyn Clemons Bridgid Clifford, SCN Gary and Theresa Clifton Ruth E. Cole Mary Ann and Peter Cole Cherrylle E. Coleman Janet Colgan Joan and Charles Collins Charles and Glenda Comer Doris Conder Anna Marie Conklin, SCN Joseph H. Conley Dorothy A. Converse Marie and William Conway Mr. and Mrs. John J. Coomes Paul R. Coomes Stephen D. Coomes Margaret Maria Coon, SCN Byron and Kay Corbett Miriam Corcoran, SCN James E. Corey Martha and Charles Corrigan Marla and John Couch Maureen Coughlin, SCN

Mary K. Coulson Nola and Charles Courtney Dario and Madeline Covi Julia Ann Cowgill Margaret B. Cowley Carolyn Cox Mary and Klaus Cramer Sammy J. Cranmer Mary Louise Craven Martha and Paul Cronen Rose and Michael Cruey Kenneth and Myra Crutcher Ann Victoria Cruz, SCN Virginia and Joseph Culver D. Jean Culver Patricia and Jerry Curran Elizabeth and James Curtsinger Rose B. Cusick Mary Mildred Czirr, SCNA Michael and Barbara Czirr Albert and Bonnie Czirr Robert H. Dalton Helen and J.B. Dames Joe T. Danna Robert and Kimber D’Antoni John and Ruth Darcy Charles A. Dattilo Joan Daunhauer Mr. and Mrs. Bobby G. Davis Barbara A. Davis Katherine F. Dean Sandra Neal Dedich Mary V. Dellinger Michael and Margaret Delord Jeanne Denny, SCNA, and Jerry Denny Martha and Thomas Depenbrock Libby Dermody Theresa and Frank DeSensi Shirley Devers, SCNA David DeVita Mr. and Mrs. John Dickerson Francis Dixon Statia S. Dodge Merle Doering-Keeton Mary Rose Domalewski Jerome and Eleanor Domek Mary Austin Donovan, SCN Clementine Dossett William T. Dotson, Jr. Margaret and William Downey Janice Downs, SCN Mary Demetria Downs Mary Ellen Doyle, SCN Mary Sue Draus Agnes M. Drea Julie Driscoll, SCN Martha Ann and David R. Driscoll Mary E. Driscoll, MM Beverly Drye Paula Quinn Duane Mary and Martin Due Phyllis Ann Dullea, SCN

FOUNDATIONS/TRUSTS/GRANTS FOR FY 06-07 ADI, c/o Italian Embassy, New Delhi, India Apostolic Nunciatuare, India Archdiocese of Boston Retirement Fund American Women Association, Delhi, India Catholic Health Initiatives (Denver, Colo.)

Church of St. Maurice Hunger Program Conferenza Episcopale Italiana Conrad N. Hilton Fund for Sisters Croce Rossa Italiana, Alba, Italy The Dalit Friends Association, Albacete, Spain Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet (Frankfort, Ky.) Rev. Joseph Finan Mission Trust Geuting Trust Misereor - Aachen Rita L. Montgomery Charitable Fund Richard L. and Patricia K. Montgomery Family Fund Nabholz Charitable Foundation Robert D. and Barbara Nabholz Charitable Trust Foundation SC Ministry Foundation Schmidt-Messmer CharitableTrust Sisters of Charity BVM (Hunger Fund) George P. and Henrietta D. Whipple Foundation, Inc. Colette H. Dumstorf Debra and James Dunaway Carmelita Dunn, SCN Karen L. Dunnagan Dr. and Mrs. John J. DuPlessis Jean M. Durkin Mary Jo and James A. Eberle Josephine W. Edelen Catherine Barber Edelen Frankie L. Edlin Tammy R. Edlin Mrs. James E. Edlin Ann Jeanette Effinger, SCN George and Wanda Effinger Mary Kevin Egan, SCN Betty and Fenton Eglian Amanda and Leonard Ehringer Donna Ehrsam Mary and John Eichberger Rita and P.W. Eicher Michael and Laurie Eiden Mary Naomi Elder, SCN Bessie and William Ellis Lucy Elmore Maria Cecilia Emanuelli, SCN Carole, Rodney and Alex Embry Beverly Etherton Joy M. Evans Christina L. Evers Betty Ann Farnsley Robert Farrell Ruth Shelton Fears Adeline Fehribach, SCN Susan C. Fetter

Margaret Fey Caroline Field, SCN Marjorie Fisher, SCN Ed and Beverly Fister Sandra and Robert Fitz Lorena Fleischmann, SCN Rosemary Floyd Melissa and Justin Flynn Mary Foeckler, SCN Julia Clare Fontaine, SCN Dennis and Beth Ford Elizabeth Foushee Cindi and Mike Fowler Mary and William Francow Mary Gene Frank, SCNA Dorothy Jean Franke Steve and Susan Franklin Jean Frazier Peggy and Ray French Julie R. French Donald and El Frey Margaret and George Frey Nancy and B.J. Frey Joseph and Mary Catherine Fries George and Santina Fritz Evelyn Fugazzi, SCN Robert M. Fugazzi, SCNA Philip Maria Fuhs, SCN Margaret Furlong Mary Fusiek Mary and Anthony Gadlage Sarah L. Gallagher Donald and Dorothy Gammon Kenneth and Dorothy Gammon

Charlene and Tom Gandolfo Lula Elizabeth Gant Isamary Garcia, SCN Anthony and Rose Garvey Judge Kevin L. Garvey George I. Gates John Spalding Gatton Nell Louise Gatz Susan Gatz, SCN Jean and David Gawarecki Eloise and James Geesaman Lucy and Malcolm Geoghegan William and C.H. Geoghegan Mary A. Geraghty Mary Morton Germann Rita M. Gerth Margaret S. Gibson Dania and Sam Gish Frank J. Gitschier Mary and Kenneth Glaser Mary Ann Glaser Marjorie K. Godecker Frances K. and Marvin H. Goetz Brenda Gonzales, SCN Martha and Eugene Good Mary A. Goodman Tom and Lucy Gowin Randall and Karen Graehler Michael and Diane Graf Heidi Graham Maura and Clyde Graven Linda and Gary Graven Mary Ann Graves Rev. Robert B. Gray Susan M. Greenberg Dolores Greenwell, SCN

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“They really embrace the SCN charism” Mary Rita Griesbaum Mollie Griffith Marie Grigsby Kimberly and Robert Grissom Anne L. Gronefeld Scott Grosser Ernest and Gabriela Groves Steven and Lynn Gruneisen Lorine Gruner Kathleen J. Gunderson Clara and Jim Gunning Julia S. and Joseph Harold Hagan

Anne Louise Hagan Agnes Marie Hagan, SL Pat and Fred Hagan Anne Hagedorn, SCN Anita Hager, SCN Patricia Haley, SCN Jane Hall, SCN Dorothy Ann Hall Steve and Nina Hall Mary E. Hall Jerry and Brenda Hamilton Leo and Ginny Hamilton Katharine Hanrahan, SCN Rev. John W. Hanrahan

Anna Jeanne Hardesty, SCN Joan F. Hardin Ann Kirk Hardman Jean and Harry Hargadon Mary Gemma Harlow, SCN Patricia and Henry Harms Miller Harper Greg Harper

Genevieve Ann Harris Mary and Robert Harrod John and Elizabeth Hart Eugene Hartlage Dorothy and William Hartung JoAnn Hau Jacquelynn Hauenstein Miriam Louise Hauser, SCN Ann V. Hayden, SCNA

Bettie Ann Hayden LaVella and Gene Hayden David and Mary Stuart Haydon Leona Haydon Eleanora T. Hays Dick and Alice Heaton Mary Kay and Roger G. Hehman Carol Heilman

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hey are just a super family,” says Peggy Masterson, director of the SCN Associate Program, when talking about the Garza family - Felix, Elizabeth, Tomas and Annalisa.

Often seen with arms around each other at demonstrations, SCN Associate retreats, and candlelight vigils, the Garzas are described by many as a wonderful example of what it means to be an SCN Family member. “They really embrace the SCN charism,” says Peggy.

SCN Family members attend the annual SOA demonstration, at Fort Benning, Ga. Pictured, from left, front, Tomas and Annalisa Garza, back, Felix Garza, Joetta Venneman, PBVM, and Elizabeth Garza.

Felix talks with great joy about the decades-long connection he and his family have had with SCNs. In 1982, Felix met Brenda Gonzales, SCN, at the University of Texas. She was the Campus Minister. Sister Brenda says she watched Felix, an amazing student, become further socially aware of his voice to make a difference. “We connected a lot on issues of social justice,” says Felix of the SCNs. “We saw the church’s role in responding to the needs of the poor…there was a clear connection.”

Eileen M. Heinen Anthony and Judith Heitzman Rita Hellman Karen L. Hellmueller John and Peggy Helm James and Theresa Hengehold Bernadette Maria Henkel, SCN James and Carolyn Henry Diane and Val Henson William and Sherrill Herm Dorothy and Joseph Herrmann Lina M. Hess Evelyn Heun Lisa Boley Heuser Dixie Hibbs Martha N. Hickman, SCNA Angela Hicks, SCN Larry Hicks Margaret Hicks Rebecca and S.G. Hicks Barbara and George Higgins Sharron and Kirk Hilbrecht Mary Casil Pousardien Hilger Agnita Marie Hill, SCN Mary E. Hill Darlene and William Hill Barbara C. Hill Virginia A. Hiltz Maria Hines and Raphael Schweri John P. Hines Patricia and Carl Hinkel Irene M. Hinton Betty and Harold Hinton Raymond Hite Clora B. Hixon Earline Hobbs, SCN Milton and Marilyn Hoehler George and Viola Hoffman Mary Hoffman Daniel and Cheryl Hoffman Marilyn M. Hohmann Melodie S. Holcomb Roberta L. Holmes Anthony Holt Rita Hommrich, SCN Norma Honea Susan and Gerald Hope Brenda and J. Dawson Horn Barbara Hornbeck, SCN Jane Houck Peter and Mary Houck Mary Ann Houpt Rose Ann Howard, SCN William Edward Howard Jean Carmel Howard, SCN Carroll E. Howard, M.D. Margie Howe Robert Hublar Shannon T. Huecker William and Rebecca Hunter Faye Ragsdale Hussey Mary Ellen and Danny Hutcherson

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Felix and Elizabeth also feel very connected to the Nazareth campus in Nazareth, Ky., where they stayed for six weeks in 1987 following intensive work in South Texas with people fleeing El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. “It was an amazing time to relax, rest and just reflect and think on the direction we were going,” says Felix.

In the early 90s, the Garza family and SCNs Kathleen Hall and Julie Driscoll shared a house. “I learned from them the complete openness that their Mexican-American hospitality offers to anyone who comes to visit at any time,” says Sister Julie.

Felix has had many opportunities to serve his migrant and MexicanAmerican and the wider Hispanic communities over the years. So, too, has Elizabeth who works with both Casa Latina and La Casita – outreach programs for Hispanic families in Louisville. But for both Felix and Elizabeth, “the first priority is family,” emphasizes Sister Julie.

Felix and Elizabeth have been SCN Associates for more than 21 years.

Read more about the Garzas and their work on issues of immigration in the upcoming issue of The Journey.

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Felix and his daughter, Annalisa, at a peace vigil on Nazareth Campus.

The SCN Family

Cindy and John Hutchins Thomas and Virginia Hutsell Margaret C. Hyland Carol and Charles Iglehart Darryl and Theresa Isaacs Mary Eugene Ivie, SCN Dorothy Jackson, SCN Charlene Jacobs, SCN Barbara and Robert Jansing Monica and Paul Jarboe Lillian Jarnagin H. Clifford Jasper Kathleen M. Jeffers Horace Jenkins Madeleine Jenne Joseph Jewell, Sr. Mary Eula Johnson, SCN Jack and Carol Johnson Lois S. Johnson Joanne Johnson Julie Burger Johnson Alan and Barbara Johnson Joseph F. Johnson Edward and Shirley Jones Diane and Donald Jones Mardeth Jones Maria Elena Jones Keith and Barbara Jones Joan Kaelin Kenneth and Sheila Kaelin Mark J. Kamber Barbara KamerThompson Mary Pauletta Kane, SCN James R. Karibo Joan Kasamas John F. Kastensmidt William J. Kathman, Jr. Carole Kaucic, SCN Donna Y. Kays Carolyn Keelen Leslie Keene, Jr. Beatrice Ann Keller, SCN Dennis J. and Betty C. Keller Patricia Kelley, SCN Daniel and Catherine Kelley Mary Discher Kelly Mrs. Louis Kelly Margaret M. Kennedy Thomas Kennedy Virginia M. Kern, SCNA Alice Marita Kern, SCN Leonard and Mary Kernen Ann R. Kestler Ronald and Janet Ketterer Robin and Robert Keynton Susan Kilb, SCN Rose M. Killmeier Marylee King, SCN Cynthia Kirkpatrick Steve and Keri Kirsch Patricia A. Kline Bruce and Diane Klockars Theresa Knabel, SCN Edward and Betty Knabel

Marie Sue Knabel Carolyn and Charles Knights Charles Kenneth Knopp Carolyn and Joseph Koblitz Barbara A. Koenig Jane Anne Koenig, CP Celia Koppert Marlene Korfhage G. Earl Kraus Dorothy and Anthony Krause George Krauser Bob and Mary Lou Krebs Mary Rose and Robert J. Krebs Bertrand and Florence Krekel Mary Loretto Krimple, SCN Mary Immaculata Kuehner, SCN John Ann Kulina, SCN Susan and Steve Kute Joseph Kutz, M.D. Larry and Beverly Ladegast Barbaranelle and Laura Lambert Michael and Mary Ann Lambert Sharon LaPaille Constance and Harry Largen Edith A. Laughlin, SCNA Cathy Ann Lavender, SCNA Sarah C. Leachman Richard and Janice Lechleiter Donald J. Leffler Margaret B. Leibson Juanita and G. L. Lentini Mary and H.C. Leppert Andrea J. Levy Betty Jean Lewis Renae and William Lewis Mary Frances Liebert Carmel and Gary Lile Patricia and Richard Lohre Eva H. Love Mary M. Lowe Ruth A. Lowe Margaret Loyd Norbert and Rosemary Lubbers Margaret Ann Lucas Carol Luckett, SCNA John and Jeanelle Luckett Florence and Daniel Luckett Mary F. Luken Connie K. Lusher, SCNA Thomas L. Lutes Edward P. Lynch Emma Jane Lynch Horace Lynch Nancy and William Lyon Barbara MacDonald, SCN Grace Cecilia Mackin, SCN Janet MacLean, SCNA Sheila Ann Madden, SCN Margaret Maginnis, SCN Antoinette Magistro, SCN

Trudi E. Maish, SCNA Paula D. Maize Mary Doris Malloy Paula Manco Michael and Denise Mangeot Mary M. Mangeot Doris Mann Vivian F. Mann Mary Ninette Manning, SCN Jerry and Jeanette Manning David and Michlen Manning The Mansinne Family Andrew and Gray Mansinne Mary E. Markwell Joni Marsall Bettye and Harry Marshall Mary Martin, SCNA Edith and Paul Martin Jill and Sean Martin Diane Masden Margaret C. Masterson, SCNA Mary A. Masterson Dinwiddie L. Mathis Joyce and Mike Matracia Eleanora Mattingly, SCN Philip and Margaret Mattingly Charles L. Mattingly Tammy and Joseph Mattingly Carol Mattingly Jo Anne Mauer Melissa and James Mayer & Family Rosemary and Daniel McAdam James and Jane McCabe Marie McCarty, SCN Dr. Robert L. McClellan Ann B. McCollum Rachel E. McCormick Theodore and Marilyn McCormick Ernest and Mary McCubbin John and Mary McDaniel Francis Anthony McDonald, SCN Judge and Mrs. Michael O. McDonald Ruth Marie McGaughran, SCN Rosellen McGonegle Mildred McGovern, SCN Carol McGuire Ruby E. McHugh Cora and Rudolph McKinley Mary Jane McMakin, SCN Curtis K. Meador Wanda L. Meany Carolyn J. Medley Harriett L. Medley William O. Medley Mary Emma and Francis J. Mellen Mary C. Mercke Louis Joseph Merkle Ursula T. Metzger Kathleen Metzger John and Beverly Metzler

Marianne and Dave Meyer Eileen Mary Meyer, SCN Jon and Connie Meyer Jean A. Meyer Jack Miley Mary Adele Miller, SCNA Mary and L.A. Miller Margaret and William Mills Martha Minsterketter Dolores D. Mitchell Carolyn Mitchell Julie K. Mitchell Elizabeth Ann Mohr Ann Elizabeth Molony, SCN Belinda and Dean Monin Robert and Joan Montgomery Linda Bunger Moore Marie C. Moore Mery Ann Moore Michael and Theresa Moorman Frances and John Moran Marion and Dante Morassutti Anita and Richard Morris Kenneth Morrison Evelyn D. Morton John Mosgrove Marcy and Steve Mossholder Leroy Mudd Raymond and Regina Mudd John Loretto Mueller, SCN James and Ruth Mueller Sandra J. Muenks Dorothy Muething Dianne and Al Mulholland Stephanie A. Mullins Roger L. Mulloy, Jr. Janice Murphy James and Shirley Murphy Mary B. Murphy Mary Ellen Murray Thomas and Zena Musgrave Norma and Bobby Myers Charles and Jane Myers Emily Nabholz, SCN C. Jean Nalley Estelle Dant Nalley Mary O. Nalley Flaget M. Nally Nancy W. Neel Marita S. Neichter Dawn and Scott Nelms Mary F. Nett Linda C. Neubert John L. Newcomb Janet Lynn Newcomb John L. Newcomb, Jr. William D. Newcomb Regina Ann Newton Betty Jean Nicheols Marilyn and Allan Nicholson Jane and Carl Niemann Catherine Nix, SCN Janice Messmer Nolan Sue Noltemeyer Dorothea Oberst, SCN

Robert and Barbara O’Bryan Jane Elizabeth O’Connell, SCN Theresa O’Connor Nelle and Jerome O’Daniel Phyllis and William O’Dea Richard and Brenda Oechslin William Offutt IV, M.D. Joseph Oldiges John Edith O’Meara, SCN Dr. and Mrs. William O’Nan Jacqueline and John O’Neil Nancy Jane O’Reilly, SCN Rev. Robert E. Osborne, SCNA Thomas and Elizabeth Osbourn Rose Clare Ostenski, SCN John and Joan Osterman Patricia O’Toole, SCNA Herbert W. Overley Margaret and William Paasch Lorraine C. Panagopoulos Mae Parrott Phyllis Passafiume Barbara A. Pawley Edna Lucille Payne Anthony and Jeanne Pearson

Jerome Peerce Lois and J.E. Pendleton Kathryn and Barry Penn Eleanor Grace Perreiah Rose Eleanor Perry, SCN Lila and Karl Peters Barbara Peterson, SCN Valinda Pettit Dr. and Mrs. Michael Peveler Mary Jo Pfefferman, SCN Ruth Pharo Betty and Franklin Pierce Joan Pike, SCNA, and Thomas Pike Edith and Vaughn Pitzer Phyllis A. Pohl Frances and Tom Poirier Mike and Ann Pollio Mary Lou Ponchot Barbara Portman M. Pauline Posey Earl and Elizabeth Powell Laura W. Powell Clarence and Sharon Preuss Herbert and Emma Price Peggy Price Betty L. Pritchett Stephen and Sandra Pugh Jeanne M. Purcell, SCNA Elaine Puthoff, SCN Barbara Qualls and James Lievre Barbara A. Quam William and Kathleen Ralston Kenneth Rapier, Jr.

FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED BETWEEN 9/1/068/31/07 FROM THE MISSIONARY COOPERATIVE PROGRAM DIOCESES Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa Diocese of Fort Wayne/South Bend, Ind. Catholic Diocese of Lexington, Ky. Diocese of Covington, Ky. Diocese of Owensboro, Ky. Diocese of Jefferson City, Mo. Diocese of Columbus, Ohio Diocese of Dallas, Texas Diocese of San Angelo, Texas Diocese of Victoria, Texas Diocese of Green Bay, Wis. ARCHDIOCESES Archdiocese of Mobile, Ala. Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa Archdiocese of Louisville, Ky. Archdiocese of Omaha, Neb. Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Penn.

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“What do you want to be when you grow up?”

“A good man.”

Norma G. Rapier Eleanor T. Rapier Ruth and Emmett Ratterman Dorothy Ray David Clare Reasbeck, SCN Rita Recktenwald Betty Jean Redden, SCNA Wanda Redmon Celeste Reedy, SCN Robert and Anita Reh Debra and James Reh Mary Margaret Reid, SCN

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Edward F. Reinert Roberta Reinert Margaret F. Reinert Phil and Patricia Reinhart Robyn and John Reinhart Jeanne M. Reinstedler Mary Patricia Reynolds Judy and Jeff Reynolds Jeffrey Lee Rhinerson Anna Marie Rhodes, SCN Mary Jane Rhodes, SCN Agnes Richardson Mary and John Ridge Marita Riede, SCN George E. Riggs, Jr.

James Riley Thomas E. Riley Cava and Michael Riley James H. Roberts Thecla H. Robison Denise Robison Raymond and Susan Robison Mildred G. Roddy Maureen Roderick Margaret Rodericks, SCN Dorothy Roehrig, SCNA Ethel Carol Rogers, SCNA James and Mary Rogers

Melissa A. Rogers Pauline and Vic Rosenbaum Helen and Harry Rothgerber Mary Joan Rottman Cynthia and Donald Rough Charles E. Rueff Louellyn Russell, SCN Celeste and Joseph Russell Carol Czirr Russell Lawrence Ann Ryan, SCN

Wesley and Alice Ryan William and Kaelin Rybak Mary Ann Sage Mary Louise Sandman Irene Satory, SCN James Michael Schaller Connie and Ed Schickel Arlene Schlader Charles L. Schlensker Donna and Robert Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Edwin W. Schmidt Gerald and Doris Schneider

aveen Kumar, a young man living in a village of Mokama, India, was asked what he wanted to be when he grew up. It was expected that he might reply a doctor or an engineer, or some other profession. Instead he simply said, “A good man.”

His story before meeting the SCNs is a tragic one. Naveen’s father would often beg to feed his family so the Sisters in Mokama would give him small jobs so he could earn an income with dignity and support his family. On his way to work one morning, he was struck and killed by a vehicle. Naveen stumbled upon this site as he was walking to school. His world was shattered, Mercy Thundathil, SCN, recalls.

Naveen Kumar poses next to Cassilda Castell, SCN, in Mokama.

After the burial of his father, no one was sure what would become of Naveen. His mother was ill and unable to take care of him. She eventually died, leaving Naveen with his sister who dealt with physical conditions such as malnutrition and TB. Naveen, for the second time in his young life, had to oversee the burial of a parent.

The young boy often had no choice but to miss classes in the parish school. When he did attend, he earned good grades. Hoping to improve living conditions for Naveen, SCNs asked him if he would be willing to leave his village and go to Patna to live in a hostel and attend school. He gladly accepted.

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Over the years the Sisters have become Naveen’s family. Sister Mercy, his guardian, has made sure that Naveen always has food, shelter, and a place in the classroom. And almost everyday after school, one of the SCNs has tutored him in his studies.

“I receive a lot of love and care from the Sisters here,” Naveen wrote from Patna two years ago.

Having passed 10th class, he has now moved back to his village and is continuing his studies. Not only did Naveen graduate from high school but he also finished second in his class. He calls Sister Mercy almost every day to give her all of his news.

“Now he is hoping to do his graduation and teacher’s training,” writes Sister Mercy. “He likes to teach. He is hard working and has ambition…With our financial help, love and support he is coming up well.” Naveen has become a good man.

Merlin and Carol Schneider Alfred J. Schnell Rita and Henry Schnieder Mrs. B. J. Schoo Mary Jane and Louis Schorch Mary Dee and Allen Schroering Catherine Schuhmann Lisa and Dan Schuler Lee and Mary Schulz JoAnn and Paul B. Schwartz Matilda V. Schwartz Rev. John A. Schwartzlose Marian Schwind William Logan Scott Barbara B. Scott Melanie Y. Seibert Cornelia A. Serpell Mary Angela Shaughnessy, SCN Patricia and Ed Shawler Mary Kathleen Sheehan, SCN Betty Shelton, SCN Marianne and Ryan Sheroan Ken Shrader Ruby R. Shull Juanita and David Siegel M. V. Simpson Annette Skees, SCNA, and Philip Skees Linda Smart Evelyn E. Smith Louise Smith, SCN Zora and Harry Smith Maxine Smith Janice and Stephen Smith Mark and Kathleen Smith Steve and Wanda Smith Stanley and Carol Sohm John and Catherine Soldo Edith M. Southwood Frances Southwood Rita Spalding, SCN Joseph M. Spalding Gregory Paul Spalding Kenneth and Donna Spangenberger J. Carroll and Toby Ann Spanyer Jo Ann and Keith Spears Saralee and Ronald Stahl Sandy Stahl Margaret June Stanley Elinor E. Starr Mary A. Starr Marian Stenken, SCN William and Barbara Stewart Lillian H. Stokes Rosemary Lee Storr Mark A. Streety Dr. and Mrs. Martin Striegel Mary and David Strubel Maria Stuckenborg Mr. and Mrs. William Sturgis Mary Sullivan, SCN Rose Sullivan, SCN Marie and Thomas Sullivan Pat Sullivan and Brenda Hodges

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The SCN Family

Joan Susong Carolyn A. Tapp Janet and Edward Teel Joseph Clare Terio, SCN Elizabeth B. Tharp Robert and Faye Thieneman Henry and Agnes Thoben Dorothy Thomas, SCN Barbara and William Thomas Toni A. Thomas Michael and Cloa J. Thompson Carol Kline Thompson Rose Thompson Albert and Molly Thompson James E. Thompson, Jr. Suzanne M. Thompson Jim and Hermine Thompson Jeanine and James Thornberry Carol A. Thornberry Elizabeth C. Tichenor Mary Ann and Lawrence J. Tiemeier Barry and Cynthia Tilden Ray and Ruth Ann Tillman Rev. Gerald L. Timmel Joyce Ann Toon Robert and Carol Tway Marie T. Underwood Nanette and Christopher Vale Mary Jo VanVactor Helen C. Vatter Susan and Richard Vaughn John W. Vaught Laura Vaught-Skillman Edward and Linda Veeneman Victoria Veigl Janice and David Thomas Vetter Betty J. Vibert James R. Volpert Tony L. Wade Theodore and Sharon Waldeyer Jerome F. Walker Larry and Kathy Walker Joseph Maureen Walsh, SCN Carmen and William Warde Margaret Spalding Wathen, SCN Patrick Wathen Harold Watkins Donna and Breese Watson Alford and Mary Watts Mary and Franklin Waymeyer Trini L. Webb Reba Webb Kevin Webb Mary Wedding, SCN Dr. and Mrs. Gerard Weigel Loretta Weller, SCN Elizabeth Wendeln, SCN Linda and Paul Wentzel Charles and Judith Werner

Shirley and Donald Westerman Angela Wethington, SCN Mr. and Mrs. George P. Wethington, Sr. Mary M. Wettig Joseph Marita Wheatley, SCN Cecilia R. Wheatley, SCNA Malcolm Wheatley, Jr. Clara J. Wheatley Mary Justin Wheeler, SCN Mary Ann Whelan, SCNA, and Wayne Whelan Carolyn and Max White Grace Mary Whittaker, SCN James Albert Wiggins, SCN Clare Benedict Wildeman, SCN Clara Willett, SCN Eleanor Willett, SCN Rachel Willett, SCN Charles and Mary Willett Carolyn and Bill Willett Anne and Robert Willett Martha and James Willett J. Kendrick Williams Mark and Kathleen Williams Martha M. Williams Marie E. Williams, Ed.D. Lawrence and Debbie Willis Alice Wills, SCN Mary Joan Wilson, SCN Kitty Wilson, SCN Ann Leo Wilson, SCN Dorothy Wilson, SCN Leslie A. Wilson Robert and Barbara Wilson Mary Wimsatt, SCNA Laura J. Wimsatt Malcolm J. Wintergerst Mary L. Wiss, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Wolfe Angela M. Wolking Alice Teresa Wood, SCN Sara and Frank Wood Emmett W. Wood, M.D. Robert C. Wooldridge Mary Elizabeth Wordell Margaret and George Worland Patricia Ann Worley, SCN William and Shannon Wright Carol Wright Joseph and Bette Wright Margaret and James Wuertz Della M. Wulfeck Hyeson Yi Margaret Mary Young Tana and G. E. Young Georgia Zehnder Mary and Henry Zena Charles and Donna Zicari Wilbert L. Ziegler

SOURCES OF FUNDS (Fiscal year ending Aug. 31, 2007)

LOUISIANA Mr. and Mrs. Ira A. Breaux, Jr. Jennie De Genova Dorothy East Sam W. Hightower Helen Jaubert Sue and Kevin Mossholder Charlie and Leslie Patout Ruby Pierce Janice C. Schott MAINE Mary Ann Gleason Paula and Gary Johnson Ellen T. Sullivan MARYLAND John A. Adams Capt. Mark and Valerie Baldy James M. Banagan Dorothy C. Barclift Dr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Bowes Clifton and Margaret Bradley Joan and Ben Burroughs William and Inge Caldwell Miriam M. Cappers Ruby Cheseldine Susan and Willie Church Barbara A. Cooke Linda and Robert Dean Mary Henrietta Delozier, SCNA Mary Frances and Raymond Dicus Margaret J. Drury Jean E. Edwards Charles and Patricia Egender Eleanor Duke Fearns Elizabeth P. Finn John and Mary Fitzsimmons Emily Ann Gage William and Florence Garvey

Mary G. Goode Doris J. Guy, SCNA Priscilla Hall Lorraine and Freddie Hancock Thelma and Thomas Hayden Mabel C. Hayden, SCNA Larry and Glenda Hill Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Jarboe Jane E. Lancaster Jane C. Li Joseph and Dale Lloyd Catherine and Paul Ludwig Robert and Robin Mattingly Elaine McCarron, SCN Mabel J. Norris Mary G. Norris Joan O’Dell Duck Hee O’Donnell Thelma and Merrill Peterson Michelle A. Radez Bonnie S. Reinhart Marilyn Schuler Louis and Marie Shanks Gertrude and Gene Shaver Eleanor Storck John and Mary Taylor Loretta and Francis Taylor Anne Tennison, SCNA, and James Tennison Miriam D. Thompson James D. Trent Josephine C. Valenti Aleykutty and George Vetticad Peter and Gail Viechnicki Catherine Dwyer Weckel Paul and Cleone Wible George and Elizabeth Wigginton Sara and Robert Wigginton Mary Elizabeth Williams Margaret A. Wilmore

Katherine and George Winchester Mary Elaine and James G. Wood Sophia C. Yang Veronica Yeatman MASSACHUSETTS Mil Par Bowling League (Hyde Park, MA) Sisters of Charity (Dedham) Sisters of Charity (Milton) Sisters of Charity (North Quincy ) Sisters of Charity (Quincy, Granite) Sisters of Charity (South Boston) Sisters of Charity (Stoneham, LL 4) Sisters of Charity (Wakefield, Yale) Trillium Asset Management Corporation Michele Aceto-Amanouz and Lucy Aceto Ruth C. Albanese Tara and William Andrews Claire Appling Angela Baker Myrna Balk Marion Barone Cecilia Barrett Christopher and Lorraine Barrett John and Margaret Barry Lucille and Larry Bastianelli Mary Braley, SCN Dorothea I. Browne Mary Mullen Burke Donald F. Cameron, Jr. Ann Marie and Steve Cannon Angela T. Carroll Phyllis C. Carter Robert and Mary Carter

William A. Cashman Marcia Chapin Claire Chase Eugenie Coakley, SCNA Elaine and Edward Cochrane Marie E. Collins Mary T. Connolly Ellen Contreras William and Marion Coughlin Richard and Helen Crane William and Martha Crimmins Della A. Crowley Cathy and James Cummings Henry and Virginia Curtin Betty Davidson Ruth DeSantis Luanna Devenis Helen and J. Martin Devine Catherine and Herman Diehl Albert and Elise Dirsa Janet Dougherty, SCN George A. Dufresne Mary Assumpta Dwyer, SCN Mary Fallon Yolanda Famularo Jeanne Ferrari Yolanda A. Ferzoco Maureen M. Flaherty John and Kathleen Fleming Virginia A. Foley James Fowkes Katherine M. Freeman Agnes Ann Fuhs, SCN Eleanor Fuhs Alice Garrity, SCN Joseph J. Gilmetti Mary C. Ginnetty James C. Glidden Clare J. Glynn Gerard L. Golden Agnes T. Guthrie Eva E. Hagar

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“We call our donations -- gifts -- because it is your gift to help another child have a better life.”

Jean and Kenneth Hall Genevieve Harrington Patricia Ann Healey, SCN Leo and Ruth Healy Margaret Henderson Mayetta A. Holt Shirley Ann Howe, SCN Evelyn Hurley, SCN John T. Hurley Francis S. Ialenti Jacqueline Ierardi Robert J. Jepsen, Jr.

Robert and Susan Lemire Joan L. Lewis Albert R. Malo Anna C. Mann Eleanor Martin, SCN Margaret K. McClure Mary M. McCormack Ellen Paul McGovern, SCN Eileen T. McMahon Paul and Margaret McNeil Helen McNulty, SCN

Robichaud and Family Joan Robishaw, SCN Mary Sue and William Ryan William E. Ryan Arline Saulnier Richard J. Sergi Helen M. Sheehan Peter and Kathleen Smith Patricia and Francis Spirito Mary Sullivan Maureen Taaffe, SCN

Diana and Demo Stavros Rita A. Szajewski Kathryn and Benjamin Varney Jacqueline Wetherholt, SSJ MINNESOTA Paul Anderson Jane and Michael Brodie Robert and Frances Fischer Mary and Jim Hammill

James R. Smith Jacquelyn R. Stich Col. (Ret) Jerry A. and Rosemary Thomas MISSOURI Teresa E. Aiken Jeanie and Maury Barnes Ann R. Bergman Higinia Bol, SCN Ellen and Richard Buthod David and Ann Chopin W. Joseph Connolly

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itty Wilson, SCN, keeps a picture of two young sisters on her bulletin board and says a special prayer for them and their family. Isabelle Sadowski, 9, lost her baby sister, Olivia, who was 7 months old in 2004. To honor the life of her tiny sibling, Isabelle donated to the missions of the SCNs, asking that the money be used to “help girls in places where they’re not allowed to go to school and without clean water.”

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As the SCN Family continues to grow in benefactors each day, Isabelle, one of its newest additions, wants her donation to be used wisely – her six dollars are to be split between India and Nepal, going to some of the most needy SCN missions.

“I enjoy being a part of your mission work,” Isabelle scribbled at the bottom of her donation envelope.

The young donor, who lives in Huntsville, Ala., promises a new gift to help special needs babies.

Sister Kitty, who usually responds to SCN Family donors in writing, was especially touched by Isabelle’s story. The gift from the heart of a child is powerful, she says. “We call donations – gifts,” Sister Kitty wrote Isabelle, “because it is your gift to help another child have a better life.”

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Frances and Kevin Jones Richard and Mary Kanaskie Gertrude C. Keefe Alice and Patrick Keeney Marie John Kelley, SCN Rep. Thomas P. Kennedy Robert Andrew Kennedy III Elizabeth A. Klinger Carol Krim Philip and Rita LaFond John M. Lane Chet, Lue and Jennifer LeBlanc, SCNAs Sheila Connors LeDuc Catherine Lee, SCN Kathleen Lehane Rita A. Lemire

Mary A. Monnig Joan and Joseph O’Brien Genevieve P. Ohara James M. Oleskevich, D.D.S. Carolyn Patton Susan and Marvin Perkins Geraldine A. Rauch and Richard M. Kacenski Thomas P. Rose Thomas J. Sager Rose R. Schmidt Leona and Jerome Schwartze George and Iris Soscia Richard A. Spiering Margaret Rolwing Stricker Gloria Szczuka John and Elinor Thompson Leonard Tocheck F. Newton Underwood, Jr. J. Michael and Anne Nancy Volser Kenneth and Patricia Walker Robert H. Wilcox Frances K. Young

Ms. Andrea S. Morrissey Louise M. Murphy Anna P. Murphy Julia S. Murphy Susan Nash Josephine Nelson Linda C. Nolan Jonathan and Anne Marie Noonan Robert J. O’Meara Patricia A. Pendergast Dr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Plouff Claire E. Poskel Emily Pugh, SCN Marietta Putzig, SCN Anthony Ricci Catherine Rich-Duval Patricia Corkum

Ann Susan Villa, SCN Mary R. Wallace Martha Louise Walsh, SCN M. Judith West MICHIGAN Mary and J.D. Birchler Mary and Lawrence Bower Lawrence V. Burns Carol and Bill Dearinger Mariah G. A. Hope Lillian Johnston Karl M. Keller David G. Kelton Therese M. King Ann M. LaPrise Timothy and Mary Rey

Ben Kohler Nancy Koo Eady and Lee Lillquist John T. Phillips MISSISSIPPI Charles and Claudia Brocato Dorothy Canavan Philip and Susan Coco James R. Dunworth Richard and Anne Freibert Faye T. Hagan, Ph.D. Rev. Leona Harris Jo Ann Kaelin Jones Pat Malouf George P. Montgomery, Jr.

Mary M. Donovan Michelle and Dennis Drews Marie Flowers Agnes I. Harrington Kimberly Jayne Hazel and Thomas Kirk Elizabeth and Charles Klingsick Madonna KuciejczykKernan Yvonne Logan Marilyn F. LorenzWeinkauff Anne and Robert Maher Donald and Barbara Marx Gerald and Helen Meier Jane Conant Mendelson

NEBRASKA Mary Catherine Averitt Mary Jo Guinan Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Horihan James and Mary Nevinski Jerrald and Esther Pfabe J. Peter and Suzanne Ricketts John F. Thomas NEVADA Mary Edith Doyle Dorothy Maupin

NEW HAMPSHIRE Virginia R. Brown Romeo and Rachel Dube Ann-Marie and George Houghton, SCNA Gerald and Gloria Maduzia Siobhan S. Quinn Beth and Paul Tykodi Rebecca K. Whitmeyer NEW JERSEY Bellemead Development Corp.

Victoria and Richard Aneser Patricia B. Crapo Christine and Brian Donga Leo J. Donner Mary and John Marin Lancelot McGrath Richard Nelson James and Deborah Peters Robert and Regina Russell James and Alice Silvestri Lorraine Travaglione Josephine Treglia Alice Waldvogel

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“John’s gift is truly a gift from the heart.”

NEW MEXICO Jeanne and Jerome Erpenbeck Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. McGuire Patricia Rehmel-Evans Judith E. Vowels NEW YORK Pepsico Foundation Carole Allen Barbara Dwyer-Anderson Frank A. Antonucci Natalie and John Blaney Maggie and Clinton Bubb Joan T. Burke Helen O. Butler Gaby Y. Castillo Margaret and Charles Chatterton Ann C. Crelly Doris Duffey Elizabeth T. Flynn Bernard Foose Elaine and Richard Giebelhaus Paul and Sharon Herb Regine A. Hogarth Dorothy D. Holocinski Patricia and Richard Kiley Debra J. Lass Marie and Vincent Lorenzo Marlene and Joseph McCabe Marlene M. McCabe Livia Moller James and Judith Morris Mary Nowak Christine and Philip Patouhas Martha Popp Marcel Regensburg Teresa Sanchez-Latour Rosanne Voute Jennifer Wells Lisa Madalyn White NORTH CAROLINA James F. Bernicken M. Louise Diegmueller David and Patti Eichstadt Mary E. Eldridge Anita and John Hilliker Dr. and Mrs. Timothy E. Kute Ernest and Patricia LeFevre Jack, Diane and Kristina Miller Robert B. Scripko, Ph.D. Dorothy C. Smith NORTH DAKOTA Grace E. O’Toole OHIO Niles Catholic Woman’s Club St. Ladislas Senior Stars (Columbus, OH) Carolyn P. Althoff Raymond Amrein Stella L. Ashton Mary Ellen Aylmore Sharen Baldy, SCN Eileen M. Barton

Thomas and Judith Berhalter Lorraine Bloemer Matthew J. Boeckman Anthony D. Boiarski Roseann Bonamico C. Keith and Lyn B. Boone Maurice F. Bouffioux Carol and Tom Breitenbach David W. Buschle Margaret and John Calderone Eileen Carpino Joan E. Cashin

Kathleen and Edwin Duckworth Estelle Durbin Lea Duschinski Pamela F. Edwards Mary Marcella Elfers Kathleen and David Estep Evelyn Faldowski Kathleen and Jack Finefrock Lorraine Franco Mary Leaetta Furlong Mairead K. Fyda Rose Mary Gerlica, SCN

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Joseph and Therese Johnson Janet and Dominic Julian Daniel and Dorothy Kaighin John and Jane Katenkamp Jeanne A. Kavanaugh Carl and Saundra Kroskey Margie L. Kruse David and Judith Lanning Benjamin C. Leachman Nancy Leatherman Kaye and Gary Lengerich

Mary Jo and Richard A. Midei Kathleen M. Miller Robert and Barbara Mitchell Robert and Bernadette Mitsch Pat and Joseph Morand John and Martha Mueller Mr. John Muething Mary E. Murphy Anna Kathleen Meyer Nagel Dolores A. Nelson Susan Willett Neyer M. Clare Oestreicher

Jean Rom Wilma Ross, SCN Nancy Rudmann Lessie and Lester Scherer Barbara and Ernest Schlatt Muriel Schrimpf Cornelia and Anthony Schwendeman Bernard and Hilda Schwieterman Elizabeth and John Seitz Margaret Shank Mary K. Shaw Denise and Jeff Sheely

hat can a young boy of 10 living in the U.S. do for another child in an impoverished country? John Snider, from Fernley, Nev., proves even the smallest gift counts.

During a visit from Kitty Wilson, SCN, at his local church, John reached out and donated one of his most precious gifts – his favorite toy car.

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“He gave it to me to give to a poor child because he was touched by the story I told,” remembers Sister Kitty. The story was about a young boy about John’s age suffering from advanced TB and lying helpless in a train station in India. Joel Urumpil, SCN, took the boy in her rickshaw and held him in her arms. With his last bit of energy this little boy looked up at her and said, “You are God.” Sister Joel replied, “No, I am a nurse God is using to tell you God loves you.” The boy faintly added, “I cannot see God. I can see you.

You are God to me.” And with these words he died.

John was extremely impressed by the story, his mother, Emily said. “This story struck both of us and made us both want to cry.” He rushed out to find Sister Kitty and handed her the only possession in his pocket that day, his toy. John mentioned he just wants this car to get to some little boy who would enjoy it as much as he does.

And Sister Kitty promised him just that.

“John’s gift is truly a gift from the heart,” she said.

Violet Cervelli Paul and Ann Conroy Robert and Ruth Conway Rose Cost Regina Courey Cecilia Coyne Robert and Carolyn Cramer Jennifer J. Cyrill Anna Marie Davis Ben A. Davis, Jr. Rita DeMatte Joan Dickerson Elizabeth and John Doepker Yolanda and Kenneth Domyan Miss Mary Ellen Doyle Lloyd S. Dragonette

Ronald and Laverne Gerth Joseph E. Giordano Robert Glaser, Jr. Robin L. Grollmus Frances K. Groom Robert R. Hackel Grace R. Hafele Edmund L. Hamburger Maura and Edward Hamilton Joyce and Jeffrey Harris Thomas Hayes Nea S. Henry Louise J. Herndon Lisa and Robert Hiatt Donald and Regina Hope Susan and Vernon Hoying

John Snider

Louise and Charles Liebert Mary Elizabeth and Leonard Locaputo Joyce M. Lynch Jannette MacKay Helen and Robert Massa Kathryn and Robert Matthews Mildred T. McCaman Ann and Timothy McCormick Barbara and Thomas McHugh Mary Jane McKenzie Clara and John McKnight Rev. Msgr. Paul E. Metzger

Chester and Mary Pabin Joan and Charles Pace Mary Lou Parker Joseph and Olga Pasquarella Roger L. Petitjean Geneva Piwkowski Edward and Rose Polli Lorle Porter, Ph.D. Thomas and Mary Powers David and Anna Pritts Rebecca Richert Ruth E. Riesenbeck Challon and William Roberts Edward M. Robinson Margaret C. Roetker

Robert and Mary Ann Shepherd Mary A. Sjostrom Theresa K. Smith Joan Marie and Joseph E. Smith Sarah and James Smith Agnes E. Spiga Fannie Spinosi Dale and Marian Stalter Mr. and Mrs. C. Robert Stalter Debra Standiford Marie Sweeney and Fred Taylor Mary C. Sweeney Barbara and Michael Sweeney

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John L. Swintek Patty Teufel John W. and Cathy Tucker Anna Marie Valloric Don Voet Molly Vollmer Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Wahlbrink Timothy and Karen Warburton David and Janet Warner Patricia Wathen Donald and Mary Wedding Sharon and William Weinberger Adelaide and Joseph Wessling Alan E. Wilson, Jr.

Barbara Callahan Rosina D’Ambrosia PENNSYLVANIA Vincentian Collaborative Services Vincentian Sisters of Charity St. Angela Merici Parish (PA) Barbara A. Behan Helen Blodgett, SCN Regina A. Buckley Chungna and Carl Doughty Philip and Kathleen Federle Katherine Hayden and John Houle Ann Horvat, VSC

Margaret Jarboe and John Petrenka James A. Romano Linda Ann Soltis, VSC Richard Sosna Grace J. Strittmatter Mary and Michael Vogel Sister Mary Yolanda, SSCM PUERTO RICO Blanca R. Fernandez Judith M. Hernandez Carol and David Krebs RHODE ISLAND Marguerite and Robert Aiello Maureen A. Lee

Kenneth and Martha Severens E. Harriet Waters John W. Williams SOUTH DAKOTA Anna Corsi TENNESSEE Holy Rosary Catholic Church (Memphis, TN) Memorial Health Care System (Chattanooga, TN) Memorial Hospital Chaplaincy Department Sisters of Charity (Memphis, Peg Ln) Alma Arenillas Steve and Gwen Azar Chris and Kathryn Barnoud

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Diane Burton, SCNA, and Bruce Burton Rev. Elbert R. Callis Jason and Tammy Calvasina Denise and Don Carpenter Anthony and Deborah Christ Michael J. Cianciola Carol Clasgens, SCN James and Estelle Coleman Joanne Hogg Coleman Char Comfort Charles M. Cooley Alex and Pat Crivelli, SCNA Harrel and Cathie Crone Basil and Beverly Crone

ou might have seen her smiling face at the annual Nazareth Picnic.

Or met her while she was attending an Associate retreat.

Mary Catherine Hickman, SCN Associate and long time Nazareth employee, left, talks with another Associate, Nora Ballard, at the 2007 Nazareth Picnic.

SCN Associate Mary Catherine Hickman has been a part of the SCN Family for nearly forty years. She can’t say enough about what the Associate Program has meant to her. “It has brought me out of my shyness, helped me understand prayer more,” says Mary Catherine. And she has been able to form many friendships with others, especially women with whom she has been able to discuss the joys and sometimes troubles in life.

Mary Catherine is just one of dozens of SCN employees that are a part of the SCN Family. In fact three employees on the Nazareth campus have worked for SCNs for over 40 years. Mary Catherine recently retired after more than 39 and a half years on the job. She talks lovingly about being an SCN employee describing Nazareth as a “beautiful place to work.”

Always on the go, Mary Catherine looks forward to spending time with her husband, children and grandchildren and traveling with her sisters. She is also going to volunteer to take the elderly or disabled to their doctor’s appointments. And yes, although the Nazareth Picnic is still months away, she is already making plans to work in a booth.

Martha and George Zeis Elizabeth and James Zeyen OKLAHOMA David and Patricia Batow Stephen O’Sullivan Dorothy Woods

Mary P. Kaier Edward F. Kengersky, Jr. Matthew J. Klena, D.M.D. Linda Lannigan and Richard Velan Celeste Midkiff Virginia F. Murphy Leonette Boiarski, ACSW Alice O’Connell, VSC Maggie O’Connor and Jack Schwartz

Mary and Edward Weyhing SOUTH CAROLINA Janet Bamberger and Bobbie Kidwell Anita Maupin Davis Gerald T. Gimbert Leeann Hartlaub Rita McCutchan Anne D. Millar Mary C. Muckenfuss

Dorris Bell Dorothy Para Bertasi Constance Blake, SCNA, and Charles Blake Jack Borg Thomas and Jean Breen Rosanna S. Brogan Naomi and James Burkart Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Burkhart Molly A. Burns

Mary Crone Thomas E. Cubbins Helen Dahlberg Mr. and Mrs. Cullen L. Davis Dr. and Mrs. John R. Dickinson Joseph F. Driscoll Thomas and Catherine Dunavant Lt. John T. Dwyer, Jr. Katherine and R. W.

Eanes Mary Moore Ezell Bridget A. Ferns Betty Fracchia, SCN Mary Anne Frederick Martha Frink Jane and Paul Gillespie Carolyn D. Goddard, SCNA Donald and Darlyne Gohman Diane and Michael Goold Joyce C. Graflund Gene and Patricia Green Pamela and David Guasco Ann Hailey Mary Zita Henkel, SCN Willia Dean and William R. Higdon Gloria Holub Theresa Hudson Susan M. Irvin William Jabaley Jacqueline L. Jackson, SCNA Alice and Paul Jennings Jo Ann and Clarence G. Johnson Shirley Miller Johnson Patrick Kennedy Mary Ellen Kissell Tony and Nancy Lanigan Liza and Martin Lelis Aimee and Ramon Lelis Barbara Longo E. Jo-Anna and Robert M. MacMillan Mary Marguerite, OSC Brother Joel W. McGraw, FSC Mary C. McGuff Capt. Moira Modzelewski, JAGC, USN Mary Margaret Mulroy Rev. James W. Murphy Jo A. and L. B. Myhr Mary and Brian Negus Sandra and Byron Nestler Teddi Niedzwiedz, SCNA Virginia Norman Rev. James M. O’Bryan Marie Celine Osbourn, SCN Frances T. O’Toole John and Clayann Panetta Dr. and Mrs. Paul A. Payne Rick and Debbie Pellicciotti George and Patricia Petkoff Beverly and Richard Peyton Anita Pierantoni Ruth Robbins Porter Helen Powers Philip V. Powers Forrest and Barbara Priddy Mr. and Mrs. Reggie Ragston Sue and Gil Rittner Ann Robilio Kelly and David Rogers Grace Maria Saia, SCN Maria Sampson, SCN Louis A. Sampson

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Thomas and Joyce Sanders Agnes Schingle Deidre and Donald Seymour Patricia L. Sitter Betty and Joseph Skaggs Agnes and John Smith Joseph and Carolyn Spain Barbara and Jim Spain Frankie J. Avery Stahl Donald and Dorothea Syriac Constance Marie Tarallo, SCN Tim Taylor Mary L. Thoni Helen M. Tillotson Marie and Charles Tracy Lisa and John Tracy Tracy E. Truett Julie and Parke VanBrott Robin Vasa Judy Walsh Darren Walton Aileen and Bob Warren Emma Jo Webb Jennifer and Thomas Whitfield Wendy and Stephen Williams Loyce S. Winfield Josephine Wells Wood Raymond and Rosemary Wynne Joan Harris Zurhellen TEXAS H. E. Butt Grocery Company Thomas E. Baker JoAnne Braley Mary K. Branton Jeanne U. Carey Philip R. Cramer Rosa and John Culver Mary L. Fuchs Dona Dickson Gallagher, SCNA Rev. and Mrs. Calder A. Gibson II Suzanne Crowder Gray Marian A. Greenwell Sandra S. Gross Karen and Bart Hajovsky S. Yvonne and Brian Charles Jones Katrina Kargl Carol Kelleher Maria and Pedro Lora George Lorr Marcia and Tim Miller Kathy and Gary Owen Jettie M. Parker Jet M. Prendeville Mary E. Prunty Theresa and David Saucedo Eileen A. Snyder Ralph C. and Mary Lou Tierney Robert and Mary Zawalski

VERMONT William and Linda Drunsic VIRGINIA St. Andrews Catholic Church (Roanoke) St. Stephen Martyr Catholic Church (Chesapeake) Nancy and Wadi Acra Lisa M. Acra James and Marietta Anthony Ethel A. Arnold Janet and David Bell Lorraine Berry Mary T. Black Elizabeth G. Bobinski Thomas and Beverley Boehling Adrienne Bullington Joan Boyle Byrne Thomas E. Byrne Frank J. Cepollina William and Lacene Clark Cecelia Coleman Lindsay Collins James and Noel Cosby Rev. R. Roy Cosby Lynwood and Maria Cosby Catherine B. Cox Margaret J. Davies Raymond F. deLadurantaye Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Dipaola Ruth Downs Angeline Driscoll, SCN Timothy Driscoll Pauline Eccles Elaine Egan Nadine and Russell Eggers Keith Gearheart Dr. and Mrs. J. Patrick Gill Betty and James Gill Timothy and Elizabeth Gill Nancy and Sam Gonzales Mary Susan Goodykoontz Linda J. Hanson Gladelle T. Hardenbergh Christian A. Hoeser Emily and Joseph Jansen Dr. and Mrs. Robert Keeley Daniel F. Kelley Katryna F. Knabel Marilyn S. Krause James E. Lawrence, Col. USAF (Ret) Louise J. Legner Irene McAuley Roger and Margaret McDonald Margaret D. McElroy Patricia Mellen Brian R. Mercy Leslie Meyer Bonnie Molinary J. A. Morgan Kathie and Steven Narro Leora and Edwin O’Dell Michael F. O’Meara Kent and Aura Pankratz

Grey Pash Patrick and Donna Reddan Dolores M. Ross Helen and James Rowe James and Cynthia Satterwhite Paul Sauchuck Annette Schell Mark Seidell Jacqueline and Philip Seyfried Leelah Sharma Donald and Jeanmarie Sharretts Frances and John Shine Forest and Rosemary Singhoff Phyllis and Clyde R. Smith William M. Sonnett Quinn D. Thomas Kathleen A. Tierney Fernando and Alicia Troncoso Helen and Bill Wanner James N. Williams Lois Wilson James and Roberta Wilson Dorothy A. Woods Marian T. Yeager Katherine Zissulis WASHINGTON Nora M. Darcy Marylyn Karecki Paul and Lorraine Pike WEST VIRGINIA Kathryn and James Boland Robert and Sara Busse Robert and Brenda Danko Henry and Suzanne Richter Robert E. Turner, M.D. WISCONSIN John J. Case Thomas and Roberta Beson Crone Jane and William Crone Mary J. Dowling William and Wilma Federle Joseph and Lorraine Gillen Lucille M. Kleckner Patricia Klinter Donald and Lucianne Kunze Albert and Bette Kunze Remedios Lirios Mary Kathleen O’Sullivan Marilyn Schultz Sara Sullivan Marlene Westphal WYOMING Shirley P. Howard

Marianna Coady Estate Lesley Colburn Estate Anne Blincoe Conboy Estate Peggy Cottle Estate Mary Damiano Estate

St. Angela Merici Parish (PA) St. Ann School (Bartlett, TN) St. Dominic School (Springfield, KY)

Georgia M. Ellinger Estate Arthur L. and Eva R. Fraas Estate Jane Fulton Estate Matt Marsall Estate Judy Claire McMartin Estate Helen Theissen Estate

St. John School (Memphis, TN) St. Ladislas Senior Stars (Columbus, OH) St. Stephen Martyr Catholic Church (Chesapeake, VA) St. Thomas More Mission Club (Louisville, KY) Wilson & Muir Bank & Trust Co. Rev. Robert Abel Robert and Peggy Adams John A. Adams Myrna R. Allen Nancy Amlung Paul Anderson Mary and Edgar Anderson Victoria and Richard Aneser Claire Appling Catherine Arnold, SCN Dan and Fran Arnold Louis and Susan Arru Joseph L. Atherton Maureen E. Bacon Angela Baker Sharen Baldy, SCN Nancy L. Ballard Susan R. Ballard Emmanuel Ballard Carolyn R. Ballard Dorothy C. Barclift John and Margaret Barry Lucille and Larry Bastianelli Anne M. Beavan Ann R. Bergman Clare Terrell Berry Maria and Michael Berthold Kathy L. Bertolone Corinne Bertoniere Marjorie Glaser Bindner Mary and J.D. Birchler Kathleen and Joseph Blais Willie Blanton Ruth D. Blodgett Shirley Bohnert Anthony D. Boiarski Kathryn and James Boland Roseann Bonamico Carol Ann Bonn, SCN Shirl Rosen Boone Elaine and Bernard Boone Ronald Bornhoft Sara and James Boswell Mary F. Boyce JoAnne Braley Mary Braley, SCN Mary K. Branton Ronald and Charlene Braunwart Carol and Tom Breitenbach Charles and Claudia Brocato

DECEASED Suzanne Barnett Gabrielle Branscome, SCN Virginia Brungs Grace Busse Rita Maria Coco, SCN George T. Crone Jane Mary Dickman, SCN Louise Maria Effinger, SCN Dorothy Marie Greenwell Janice Hamilton, SCN Helen and George Heise Patricia V. Hennessy Ella Rose Henretta, SCN Marie E. Higgins Ruth O’Regan Rev. Bertrand J. Rapp Art “Damian” Rogers Walter J. Rogers Dorothy Sauchuck PELICANS Archbishop Williams High School (Braintree, MA) Bethlehem High School (Bardstown, KY) Catholic Daughters of America (Spencer, IA) Memorial Health Care System (Chattanooga, TN) Memorial Hospital Chaplaincy Department Nazareth Campus Service Nazareth Home Community Services Pepsico Foundation RLI Insurance Company Sisters of Charity (Lou. Jaeger) Sisters of Charity (Lou. Newburg 504) Sisters of Charity (Lou. Willow) Sisters of Charity (Milton, MA) Sisters of Charity (Naz. Nativity Hall) Sisters of Charity (Naz. O’Connell 3D) Sisters of Charity (Naz. O’Connell 3G) Sisters of Charity (South Boston) Sisters of Charity (Stoneham, LL 4) Sisters of Charity (Wakefield, Yale)

Jane and Michael Brodie Linda J. Brooks Ann and George Brown Robert and Mary Brown Dorothea I. Browne James and Catherine Browning Regina A. Buckley Thomas J. Burch, Sr. Joan T. Burke Jo Ann Burke Molly A. Burns Joan and Ben Burroughs Robert and Sara Busse Helen O. Butler Rev. Elbert R. Callis Mary Lou Cambron Johanna Camenisch Janice Campbell, SCN Richard M. Campbell Anna Marie Canary, SCN Ann Marie and Steve Cannon Miriam M. Cappers Jeanne U. Carey Jacob and Madeline Carwile John J. Case Joan E. Cashin Anthony and Deborah Christ Dennis and Dorothy Clark Pamela J. Clark Gary and Theresa Clifton James and Estelle Coleman Joanne Hogg Coleman Janet Colgan W. Joseph Connolly Ellen Contreras Marie and William Conway Charles M. Cooley Stephen D. Coomes Miriam Corcoran, SCN Anna Corsi Rose Cost Maureen Coughlin, SCN Regina Courey Julia Ann Cowgill William and Martha Crimmins Mary Crone Della A. Crowley Thomas E. Cubbins Virginia and Joseph Culver Anne P. Cunningham, Ph.D. Robert H. Dalton Rosina D’Ambrosia Joe T. Danna Joan Daunhauer Margaret J. Davies Anita Maupin Davis Eileen and Brian Deneve Martha and Thomas Depenbrock David DeVita Mary Frances and Raymond Dicus Albert and Elise Dirsa Jerome and Eleanor Domek Dr. and Mrs. Gerard Dominique Yolanda and Kenneth Domyan

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BEQUESTS Vincent A. Accardi Estate Ester F. Bentley Estate

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“There are so many patients...who are alive today because of the courage, risk taking and concern of Dr. Mary Wiss.”

Mary M. Donovan Chungna and Carl Doughty Ruth Downs Mary Edith Doyle Timothy Driscoll Most Rev. Pierre Du Maine Romeo and Rachel Dube Kathleen and Edwin Duckworth Donald and Dorothy Dulude Joanne and Mary Dunn M. Jane Eaves Mary Jo and James A. Eberle

Catherine Barber Edelen John R. Edwards Pamela F. Edwards Ann Jeanette Effinger, SCN George and Wanda Effinger Betty and Fenton Eglian Donna Ehrsam Mary E. Eldridge David C. Elsen Laura Eppley Kathleen and David Estep Margaret Evrard Mary Moore Ezell Evelyn Faldowski

Yolanda Famularo Winnibald and Rosemarie Fernandes Blanca R. Fernandez Yolanda A. Ferzoco Mary Beth Fessler Margaret Fey Caroline Field, SCN Kathleen and Jack Finefrock Robert and Frances Fischer Marjorie Fisher, SCN Rosemary Fisher Sandra and Robert Fitz

John and Mary Fitzsimmons Lorena Fleischmann, SCN John and Kathleen Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Louis F. Floden Anthony G. Flynn Melissa and Justin Flynn Leo and JoAnn Folsom Suzanne Foody Bernard Foose Dennis and Beth Ford

Cindi and Mike Fowler Jacqueline and Philip Francais Margaret and George Frey Robert M. Fugazzi, SCNA Kenneth and Dorothy Gammon Charlene and Tom Gandolfo William and Florence Garvey

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ifted healer,” “astute, brilliant woman,” “woman of many talents and gifts,” these are phrases used by SCNs to describe Dr. Mary Wiss. A long-time friend and donor, Dr. Wiss is also a former member who practiced medicine at Nazareth Hospital in Mokama, India, for five years.

The former Sister Mary Martha was a young Sister, says Patricia Kelley, SCN, when she was asked by leaders in the Congregation if she would consider going to Georgetown Medical School so that she could eventually work in India as a physician missionary. In those days, religious with medical degrees were not allowed to practice medicine in the United States.

Sister Patricia says Dr. Wiss, the first SCN to study medicine, was a smashing success in India and changed the lives of many patients by restoring their ability to walk or use impaired limbs.

Mary Wiss, an SCN at the time, left, operates on a patient assisted by Bridget Kappalumakal, SCN, in Mokama.

Bridget Kappalumakal, SCN, was beginning her teaching career at the School of Nursing in Mokama when she became friends with Dr. Wiss. “She worked hard day and night to take care of the patients along with another doctor, Dr. D’Cruze, under the most unfavorable situations. Lack of proper facilities in the hospital, lack of equipment, lack of continuous electricity, utter poverty, etc., did not deter her from her selfless service of the sick,” recalls Sister Bridget. “Often she would operate upon the patients all through the night… There are so many patients in and around Mokama who are alive today because of the courage, risk taking and concern of Dr. Mary Wiss.”

Anthony and Rose Garvey Susan Gatz, SCN Christopher and Kathy Gatz Mary Morton Germann Margaret S. Gibson Betty and James Gill Timothy and Elizabeth Gill Dania and Sam Gish Mary and Kenneth Glaser Mary Ann Gleason Carolyn D. Goddard, SCNA Martha and Eugene Good Mary Susan Goodykoontz Heidi Graham Rev. Leon Grantz, CP Mary Ann Graves Susan M. Greenberg Mollie Griffith Thomas and Alma Grissmer Robin L. Grollmus Darryl B. Grosjean Mary Jo Guinan Doris J. Guy, SCNA Anne Louise Hagan Agnes Marie Hagan, SL Eva E. Hagar Anita Hager, SCN A. J. and Beth Hambuchen Edmund L. Hamburger Rev. John W. Hanrahan Gladelle T. Hardenbergh Joan F. Hardin Mary Gemma Harlow, SCN Miller Harper LaVella and Gene Hayden Katherine Hayden and John Houle David and Mary Stuart Haydon Eleanora T. Hays Patricia Ann Healey, SCN George Heise John and Peggy Helm Thomas and Erica Helmick, SCNA Nancy E. Henley Nea S. Henry Paul and Sharon Herb Judith M. Hernandez Lisa Boley Heuser Dixie Hibbs Martha N. Hickman, SCNA Larry Hicks Barbara and George Higgins Mary Casil Pousardien Hilger Agnita Marie Hill, SCN Barbara C. Hill Julia Hill-Nichols John P. Hines Earline Hobbs, SCN Christian A. Hoeser Mary Hoffman Dorothy D. Holocinski Jane Houck Ann-Marie and George Houghton, SCNAs

risk-taking When Dr. Wiss returned to the United States her life took her into a different direction. Though she left the Congregation, she remained very much a part of the SCN family. Dr. Wiss moved to Appalachia and practiced medicine for more than 40 years before retiring.

“Dr. Mary Wiss is still remembered by many in and around Mokama,” says Sister Bridget. And she “still continues to support the India mission, which she loved so much.”

risk-takingrisk-taking Mary Wiss, left, in a recent photo, visits with SCN Rajni Hembrom, who ministers in Nepal.

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William Edward Howard Jean Carmel Howard, SCN Dorothy Howlett Susan and Vernon Hoying Shannon T. Huecker Honorable Tricia Hunter, R.N. M.N. Evelyn Hurley, SCN Rita Husted Kimberly Jayne Alice and Paul Jennings Robert J. Jepsen, Jr. Lois S. Johnson Alan and Barbara Johnson Carol F. Johnston Don and Regina Johnston Lillian Johnston William S. Jones Peggy and Louis Jordan Rebecca and Tom Kane Mary Pauletta Kane, SCN Marylyn Karecki Katrina Kargl John F. Kastensmidt William J. Kathman, Jr. Donna Y. Kays Carolyn Keelen Beatrice Ann Keller, SCN Ruth N. Kelley Mary Discher Kelly David G. Kelton Rep. Thomas P. Kennedy Leonard and Mary Kernen Ronald and Janet Ketterer Patricia and Richard Kiley Marylee King, SCN William C. King Matthew J. Klena, D.M.D. Patricia A. Kline Elizabeth A. Klinger Charles Kenneth Knopp James and Nancy Koblensky Marilyn S. Krause Susan and Steve Kute Dr. and Mrs. Timothy E. Kute Beatrice Lacombe Quynh Lam Tony and Nancy Lanigan Joyce A. Lasseter Edith A. Laughlin, SCNA Chet, Lue and Jennifer LeBlanc, SCNAs Maureen A. Lee Donald J. Leffler Louise J. Legner Kaye and Gary Lengerich Jane C. Li Joseph and Dale Lloyd Patricia and Richard Lohre John and Jeanelle Luckett Dennis and Terri Ludwig Thomas L. Lutes Edward P. Lynch Joyce M. Lynch Patricia Lynch-Hayes Elizabeth MacDougall, SCN Margaret Maginnis, SCN Antoinette Magistro, SCN Pat Malouf Anna C. Mann

Mary and John Marin Joni Marsall Martha and Joseph Marston Kathryn and Robert Matthews Carol Mattingly Eleanora Mattingly, SCN Melissa and James Mayer & Family Rosemary and Daniel McAdam Marlene and Joseph McCabe Maureen A. McCabe Mildred T. McCaman Margaret K. McClure Mary M. McCormack Judge and Mrs. Michael O. McDonald Ruth Marie McGaughran, SCN Carol McGuire Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. McGuire Eileen T. McMahon Kenneth McNeil Carolyn J. Medley Harriett L. Medley William O. Medley Thomas Melkovitz Mary Emma and Francis J. Mellen Patricia Mellen Martha and Richard Metzgar Jean A. Meyer Leslie Meyer Anne D. Millar Carolyn and Chester Miller Kathleen M. Miller Margaret and William Mills Robert and Barbara Mitchell Carolyn Mitchell Dolores D. Mitchell Bonnie Molinary Nell and D. J. Monarch Michael and Theresa Moorman Frances and John Moran James and Judith Morris Kenneth Morrison Sue and Kevin Mossholder Mary C. Muckenfuss James and Ruth Mueller Dorothy Muething Mary Margaret Mulroy Anna P. Murphy Virginia F. Murphy Janice Murphy Gregory Charles Nabholz Thomas and Barbara J. Nabholz C. Jean Nalley Mary and Brian Negus Dolores A. Nelson Amir Neshat, D.D.S. James and Mary Nevinski John L. Newcomb, Jr. William D. Newcomb Teddi Niedzwiedz, SCNA Vernon and Winifred Nieland Joan and Joseph O’Brien Rev. James M. O’Bryan

Robert and Barbara O’Bryan Alice O’Connell, VSC Nelle and Jerome O’Daniel Phyllis and William O’Dea Leora and Edwin O’Dell Duck Hee O’Donnell M. Clare Oestreicher William Offutt IV, M.D. Genevieve P. Ohara Sandra Ohler Rose Clare Ostenski, SCN Stephen O’Sullivan Kathy and Gary Owen Chester and Mary Pabin Joan and Charles Pace John and Clayann Panetta Kent and Aura Pankratz Susan and Paul Paolilli Sheree and Christopher Paskert Edna Lucille Payne Dr. and Mrs. Paul A. Payne Anthony and Jeanne Pearson Rick and Debbie Pellicciotti Susan and Marvin Perkins James and Margaret Perry Lila and Karl Peters Thelma and Merrill Peterson Valinda Pettit Paul and Lottie Phillips Stephen and Marcella Phillips Joan Pike, SCNA, and Thomas Pike Geneva Piwkowski Jack and Leslie Plecque Ruth Robbins Porter Lorle Porter, Ph.D. Helen Powers Herbert and Emma Price Peggy Price Elaine Puthoff, SCN Phyllis Rains Kenneth Rapier, Jr. Geraldine A. Rauch and Richard M. Kacenski Patrick and Donna Reddan Celeste Reedy, SCN Marcel Regensburg Robert and Anita Reh Edward F. Reinert James D. Rengers Timothy and Mary Rey Judy and Jeff Reynolds Michael W. Robert Challon and William Roberts Patricia Corkum Robichaud and family Shirley M. Rogers Thomas P. Rose Carol Czirr Russell Nancy Ryan Tracy Sadowski Mary Ann Sage Thomas J. Sager Louis A. Sampson Teresa Sanchez-Latour Mary Louise Sandman Irene Satory, SCN

James and Cynthia Satterwhite James Michael Schaller Carmine Schembri Connie and Ed Schickel Major Beverly J. Schilke Agnes Schingle Arlene Schlader Barbara and Ernest Schlatt Schrekenhofer Family Muriel Schrimpf Marilyn Schultz Lee and Mary Schulz Rev. John A. Schwartzlose Bernard and Hilda Schwieterman Bertrice Scribner Kenneth and Martha Severens Margaret Shank Louis and Marie Shanks Leelah Sharma Mary Angela Shaughnessy, SCN Vernon Shaw Denise and Jeff Sheely Marianne and Ryan Sheroan Catherine and Joseph Sikora Annette Skees, SCNA, and Philip Skees Dent Smith, SCNA, and Maureen Smith Mark and Kathleen Smith Janice and Stephen Smith Steve and Wanda Smith William M. Sonnett Joseph and Carolyn Spain Barbara and Jim Spain Joseph M. Spalding Richard A. Spiering Jane S. Spratt Frankie J. Avery Stahl Dale and Marian Stalter Debra Standiford Margaret June Stanley Margaret Rolwing Stricker Mr. and Mrs. William Sturgis Pat Sullivan and Brenda Hodges Mary Sullivan, SCN Ellen T. Sullivan Mary D. Swank John L. Swintek Constance Marie Tarallo, SCN Loretta and Francis Taylor Tim Taylor Col. (Ret) Allen E. and Martha S. Templeton Anne Tennison, SCNA, and James Tennison Col. (Ret) Jerry A. and Rosemary Thomas Dorothy Thomas, SCN John F. Thomas Quinn D. Thomas John and Elinor Thompson Rose Thompson Albert and Molly Thompson Miriam D. Thompson

SCHOOLS THAT DONATED TO THE SISTERS OF CHARITY OF NAZARETH FROM 9/1/06-8/31/07 KENTUCKY Bethlehem High School (Bardstown) St. Augustine School (Lebanon) Saints Peter and Paul School (Lexington) Presentation Academy (Louisville) Nazareth Montessori Children’s Center (Nazareth) St. Mary School (Paris) St. Aloysius School (Pewee Valley) St. Dominic School (Springfield) MARYLAND Father Andrew White SJ School (Leonardtown) MASSACHUSETTS Archbishop Williams High School (Braintree) St. Ann School (Quincy) Our Lady of Nazareth Academy (Wakefield) MISSOURI St. Joseph School (Salisbury) TENNESSEE St. Ann School (Bartlett) St. John School (Memphis) Holy Rosary School (Memphis)

Mary Ann and Lawrence J. Tiemeier Ralph C. and Mary Lou Tierney Ray and Ruth Ann Tillman Helen M. Tillotson Clara M. Troillet Robert E. Turner, M.D. Mareta Turner Joseph W. Twombly Robert and Theresa Tyler Anna Marie Valloric Gloria and Raul Venzon Aleykutty and George Vetticad Ann Susan Villa, SCN James R. Volpert Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Wahlbrink Larry and Kathy Walker William and Dolores Wallace Letitia L. Walter Aileen and Bob Warren Margaret Spalding Wathen, SCN Donna and Breese Watson Alford and Mary Watts Andy and Lore Weas Emma Jo Webb Catherine Dwyer Weckel Donald and Mary Wedding Dr. and Mrs. Gerard Weigel Loretta Weller, SCN Linda and Paul Wentzel Janet Ann Werne Adelaide and Joseph Wessling

Mary Justin Wheeler, SCN James and Fredericka White Lisa Madalyn White Jennifer and Thomas Whitfield Rebecca K. Whitmeyer George and Elizabeth Wigginton Sara and Robert Wigginton Robert H. Wilcox Marilyn Rae Willett Anne and Robert Willett Camilla and Joseph Williamson Kitty Wilson, SCN Lois Wilson Alan E. Wilson, Jr. Laura J. Wimsatt Clare and Douglas Witter Alice Teresa Wood, SCN Emmett W. Wood, M.D. Verna Wood Dorothy Woods William and Shannon Wright Margaret and James Wuertz Raymond and Rosemary Wynne Christine M. Yoshioka Bobette Zacharias Claire Zanolli Katherine Zissulis Joan Harris Zurhellen Susan Zurschmiede

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DECEASED Suzanne Barnett George T. Crone Helen Heise Ella Rose Henretta, SCN SILVER PELICANS Care 1st Health Plan Nazareth Villages Pacific Alliance Medical Center Safety Consultant Services, Inc. School Ten, Inc. Shelter Insurance Company

Jerry and Linda Bruckheimer Josephine Burch Anna and Glenn Burd Naomi and James Burkart Lawrence V. Burns Joan Boyle Byrne Eileen Carpino Theresa Cash, SCN Sharon M. Cecil, SCNA Teresa Cecil Marcia Chapin Martha and Vincent Cheshire Kathleen Sandstrom Clark

William and Wilma Federle Maureen M. Flaherty Nancy and B.J. Frey Philip Maria Fuhs, SCN Mairead K. Fyda Jane and Paul Gillespie Joseph J. Gilmetti Gerald T. Gimbert Joseph E. Giordano James C. Glidden Rev. Robert B. Gray Cornelia Grenier Kimberly and Robert Grissom Frances K. Groom Scott Grosser

Betty Jean Lewis Joseph Longo Lucian and Margaret Lupinski Connie K. Lusher, SCNA Nancy and William Lyon Robert H. Mace, Jr. Gail A. MacLean David and Michlen Manning Donald and Barbara Marx Dinwiddie L. Mathis James and Jane McCabe

Margaret M. Reinert Bonnie S. Reinhart Thecla H. Robison John and Lisa Rotunni Helen and James Rowe Anita and Dennis Rummens Donna and Robert Schmidt Marilyn Schuler Robert B. Scripko, Ph.D.

Patricia Ann Worley, SCN Wilbert L. Ziegler Terri and Melvin Ziliak ANONYMOUS: 7 BEQUESTS Judy Claire McMartin Estate

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hey come together each week day at 1 p.m. to pray for members of the SCN Family. Twelve people from different walks of life - among the group, a former teacher, a young woman originally from Romania, four SCNs, a native of Bardstown, Ky., who loves to camp, and an avid golfer.

Each member of this group has one thing in common, a passion for the SCN community that led them to begin working in the Office of Congregational Advancement. The twelve women are often touched by the prayer requests received by phone, mail or even through the SCN Web site. So if you are one of the thousands who request prayers or donate, know that this group of twelve is praying for you at about 1 p.m., almost every day.

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Every day, there are also dozens of Sisters in the ministry of prayer.

Pictured, the hands of John Ann Kulina, SCN, holding the Rosary during evening prayer at the SCN Motherhouse.

Stephen Foster Drama Association, Inc. St. Joseph School (Salisbury, MO) St. Vincent dePaul Society (Bardstown, KY) St. Vincent dePaul Society (Fancy Farm, KY) Town & Country Bank and Trust Company Vincentian Collaborative Services Wilson Brothers, Inc. J. Watson Allgier Ethel A. Arnold Myrna Balk David and Patricia Batow Dorris Bell Fleurette Benckart Elizabeth G. Bobinski Elizabeth and Charles Bonifer Claire Breen Vincent and Georgette Brocato

Eugenie Coakley, SCNA Philip and Susan Coco Maury Collins Barbara A. Cooke James E. Corey Rev. R. Roy Cosby Maria Elena and Jose Costa Catherine B. Cox Ann Victoria Cruz, SCN Elizabeth and James Curtsinger Linda and Robert Dean Carol and Bill Dearinger Justin and Hallene Dillier Francis Dixon Mary Rose Domalewski Miss Mary Ellen Doyle William and Linda Drunsic Mary and Martin Due George A. Dufresne Michael and Patricia Dunford Mary Assumpta Dwyer, SCN Robert and Mary Edelen

Kathleen J. Gunderson Robert R. Hackel Steve and Nina Hall Linda J. Hanson Joyce and Jeffrey Harris Dick and Alice Heaton Carol Heilman Margaret Hicks George and Viola Hoffman Brenda and J. Dawson Horn Carroll E. Howard, M.D. Margaret C. Hyland Kathleen M. Jeffers Frances and Kevin Jones Dr. and Mrs. Robert Keeley Carol Kelleher Karl M. Keller Donald and Lucianne Kunze Philip and Rita LaFond Philip T. Lamich Ann M. LaPrise Margaret B. Leibson Juanita and G. L. Lentini

Members of the SCN Office of Congregational Advancement gather to pray during the Advent season.

Pictured are, from left, Patsy O’Toole, SCN Associate, Janice White, Leslie Wilson, Judy Reynolds, Raluca Barzu, Kitty Wilson, SCN, and Kay Clark. Not pictured, Diane Curtis and SCNs Regina Atkins, Celeste Reedy, Joseph Marita Wheatley and Luke Boiarski.

Ann McCauley Julia A. McCauley Elizabeth and Alan Miller Anita and Richard Morris Tony and Teresa Nahlen Mary F. Nett Regina Ann Newton Susan Willett Neyer Jonathan and Anne Marie Noonan Aldo and Peggie Notarianni Robert J. O’Meara Dr. and Mrs. William O’Nan Patricia O’Toole, SCNA Betty I. Pace Grey Pash Lois A. Patrizia George and Patricia Petkoff James and Theodora Petosa Jerrald and Esther Pfabe Barbara Portman Philip V. Powers Jet M. Prendeville

Dr. and Mrs. Earnest E. Seiler Richard J. Sergi Samuel and Carolyn Smith Maxine Smith James R. Smith Martha and William Smythe Eileen A. Snyder Linda Ann Soltis, VSC Richard Sosna Virginia B. Spalding Elinor E. Starr Donald and Dorothea Syriac James and Patricia Taylor Suzanne M. Thompson John Thompson Mary C. Toombs Daniel and Jane Trosper John W. and Cathy Tucker Beth and Paul Tykodi Jerome F. Walker Margaret and Karl Wang Mary Ann Whelan, SCNA, and Wayne Whelan Rachel Willett, SCN Margaret A. Wilmore Leslie A. Wilson Mary Wimsatt, SCNA

DECEASED Grace Busse RUBY PELICANS Holy Rosary School (Memphis, TN) Knights of Columbus-E. T. Murphy Assembly #1986 Our Lady of Nazareth Academy (Wakefield, MA) St. Aloysius School (Pee Wee Valley, KY) St. Mary School (Paris, KY) Stamps/Postcard Ministry (Motherhouse) Tin Man Dental Supplies, Inc. Frank A. Antonucci Anne and Roger Baird Thomas E. Baker Capt. Mark and Valerie Baldy Dorothy C. Ballard Carolyn A. Beckett Thomas and Beverley Boehling Leonette Boiarski Mary Theresa Boone Linda and Roger Boots Nancy and James Bradley

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The SCN Family

Ann O. Bresler Virginia R. Brown Michael and Marilyn Byrne Bettye E. Calvert William F. Chandler, Jr. William and Lacene Clark Robert and Ruth Conway Lynwood and Maria Cosby William and Marion Coughlin Mary K. Coulson Thomas J. Crage Alex and Pat Crivelli, SCNA John E. Crowley, Sr. Nora M. Darcy Mr. and Mrs. John Dickerson Francis and Eileen Donelan J. Jerome and Mary I. Dowdle Michelle and Dennis Drews Thomas and Catherine Dunavant Michael and Regina Flaherty Mary Foeckler, SCN Evelyn Fugazzi, SCN Ann and Leroy Fuss Stephen and Diane Goffinet Randall and Karen Graehler Marian A. Greenwell Timothy and Trude Harrington Margaret R. Hatala Kenneth and Charlotte Hatcher Jane G. High Virginia A. Hiltz Maria Hines and Raphael Schweri Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Horihan Paula and Gary Johnson Mardeth Jones Jo Ann Kaelin Jones Marie John Kelley, SCN Virginia M. Kern, SCNA Bertrand and Florence Krekel Nancy Leatherman Richard and Janice Lechleiter Kevin E. Lofton Horace Lynch Jaclyn and Stephen McPherron Louis Joseph Merkle Monsignor Paul E. Metzger Marcia and Tim Miller Arthur M. Mogalli Leroy Mudd Roger and Gloria Mullendore Allan and Lisa Nabholz David and Jane Nabholz John and Tracy Nabholz Richard Nelson Maggie O’Connor and Jack Schwartz Mary Jo Pfefferman, SCN Edith and Vaughn Pitzer Thomas and Mary Powers Norma G. Rapier Raymond and Susan Robison

Denise Robison Dolores K. Roman Celeste and Joseph Russell Robert and Regina Russell William E. Ryan Mary Sue and William Ryan William and Kaelin Rybak Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Schuck Patricia and Ed Shawler Mary A. Spalding Mary A. Starr Jacquelyn R. Stich Dr. and Mrs. Martin Striegel Joan Susong Maureen Taaffe, SCN John and Mary Taylor Jeanine and James Thornberry Susan and Richard Vaughn Molly Vollmer Richard and Corwyn Welton Mary and Edward Weyhing Malcolm Wheatley, Jr. Loyce S. Winfield Sophia C. Yang Kathleen Zimmerman and Bhagwan Thacker ANONYMOUS: 5 BEQUESTS Georgia M. Ellinger Estate DECEASED Rita Maria Coco, SCN GOLDEN PELICANS Building Crafts, Inc. Father Andrew White SJ School (Leonardtown, MD ) H. E. Butt Grocery Company Holy Rosary Catholic Church (Memphis, TN) Holy Trinity Church (Louisville, KY) Incarnation Catholic Church Knights of Columbus (Council # 3379) Knights of Columbus (Council #4143) Leather Brothers, Inc. Saints Peter and Paul School (Lexington, KY) Sisters of Charity Motherhouse Mini-Shop Sisters of Charity (Naz. Motherhouse Ceramics Dept) St. Andrews Catholic Church (Roanoke, VA) St. Ann School (Quincy, MA) St. Augustine School (Lebanon, KY) St. Margaret Mary Church (Louisville, KY) Trillium Asset Management Corporation Vincentian Sisters of Charity Steve and Gwen Azar Nora J. Ballard, SCNA

Frances Barber, SCN Mary Ann Field Barrall Catherine C. Barrett Matthew J. Boeckman C. Keith and Lyn B. Boone Mary and Lawrence Bower Maggie and Clinton Bubb Thomas E. Byrne Gaby Y. Castillo Claire Chase Mr. and Mrs. Catesby Clay Paul R. Coomes Byron and Kay Corbett Philip R. Cramer Harrel and Cathie Crone Janet and George DeMorales David and Patti Eichstadt Mary Naomi Elder, SCN Christina L. Evers Lucille and David Fannin A. Dean and Alma Lee Fechter Philip and Kathleen Federle Jim Flaherty Betty Fracchia, SCN Jean Frazier Donald and El Frey Alice Garrity, SCN Dr. and Mrs. J. Patrick Gill Doretta and John Gillott Gerard L. Golden Faye T. Hagan, Ph.D. Leo and Ginny Hamilton Kevin J. Harris and Sandra Wang-Harris John and Elizabeth Hart Leo and Ruth Healy James and Theresa Hengehold Darryl and Theresa Isaacs Mary Eula Johnson, SCN Jo Ann and Clarence G. Johnson Carole Kaucic, SCN Mary Loretto Krimple, SCN Larry and Beverly Ladegast James E. Lawrence, Col. USAF (Ret) Benjamin C. Leachman Lucy and Gary Lee Carmel and Gary Lile George Lorr Mary M. Lowe Trudi E. Maish, SCNA Robert L. Massery Lancelot McGrath Brian R. Mercy Jon and Connie Meyer Jack, Diane and Kristina Miller Richard and Faye Miltenberger Sarah and Jeff Mitchell Ann Elizabeth Molony, SCN Robert and Joan Montgomery Linda Bunger Moore William Mosholder Helen Jane Murphy Rev. James W. Murphy Tim and Brenda Nabholz John L. Newcomb Helen Nugent Theresa O’Connor John Edith O’Meara, SCN

SCN LEGACY SOCIETY Rose H. Accardi Anne and Roger Baird Nora J. Ballard, SCNA Luke Barlowe and Jim Meade Shirley Bohnert Mary F. Boyce Claire Breen Karolyn and Robert Buck Sharon M. Cecil, SCNA Maria Regina Courey Verna L. Craig, SCNA Richard and Helen Crane Mary and John Cruise Miss Mary Ellen Doyle Margaret J. Drury Rose Ann Esterle Margaret S. Ferrell, SCNA Anne E. Ferrucci Elizabeth P. Finn Col.(R) Robert M. Fugazzi, SCNA Patricia J. Fuller Frannie Groom Ann K. Hardman Agnes I. Harrington James and Theresa Hengehold Mary Casil Pousardien Hilger Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Hubbuch Mardeth Jones Jo Ann Kaelin Jones Margaret Kemp Virginia M. Kern Margaret B. Leibson Trudi E. Maish, SCNA

Merrily Orsini, corecubed Jettie M. Parker Christine and Philip Patouhas Patricia A. Pendergast Kathryn and Barry Penn James and Deborah Peters Anita Pierantoni Siobhan S. Quinn J. Peter and Suzanne Ricketts James and Mary Rogers Elinor and Henry Rohlman Dolores M. Ross Dr. and Mrs. Louis Russell William Logan Scott Mary K. Shaw George and Carol Shelton Rosemary Lee Storr Rev. Gerald L. Timmel Fernando and Alicia Troncoso Robert and Carol Tway M. Judith West J. Kendrick Williams Mark and Kathleen Williams

Joni Marsall Mary Martin, SCNA Rosemary McAdam Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Mcguire Margaret Blackerby McGurk Maria M. Melendez, SCNA Peggie and Aldo Notarianni Helen Nugent Rev. Robert E. Osborne, SCNA Theresa (Terry) O’Sullivan Patsy O’Toole, SCNA Paula Palotay Simone M. Rageot Shirley M. Rogers Elinor and Henry Rohlman Marc and Joan Schwegman David E. Smith Sarah and Ron Sweat M. Judith West Mary Wimsatt, SCNA Jane Yen ANONYMOUS: 10 DECEASED Ester F. Bentley Georgia M. Ellinger Arthur L. and Eva R. Fraas Sue M. Holbert Rita L. Montgomery Thelma M. Schmidt Cecelia and Thomas Sheehan

Mary L. Wiss, M.D. Robert and Mary Zawalski

Alvina and Anthony Ruzicka

ANONYMOUS: 9

ANONYMOUS: 1

BEQUESTS: Vincent A. Accardi Estate Anne Blincoe Conboy Estate Lesley Colburn Estate Mary Damiano Estate Jane Fulton Estate Matt Marsall Estate

BEQUESTS: Ester F. Bentley Estate Marianna Coady Estate Arthur L. and Eva R. Fraas Estate Helen Theissen Estate

DECEASED Marie E. Higgins DIAMOND PELICANS Bellemead Development Corp.

Catholic Health Initiatives (Erlanger, KY) Therese Arru, SCN Christopher J. Fussner Mr. John Muething John and Alice Powers

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The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth thank sponsors and patrons of the 2007 Picnic.

Join us again on Aug. 23, 2008!

Platinum Sponsors Fifth Third Bank Diamond Sponsors Candy for Caring U.S. Food Service Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare Gold Sponsors Country Garden Knight’s Travel Flaget Memorial Hospital Ruby Sponsors: Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream Bardstown Rotary Club Conway Heaton Ford-Chrysler Corvin’s Furniture & Carpeting Mike’s Woodworking, Inc. National City Bank Nettie Jarvis Antiques Promotional Wood Products Ratterman & Sons, Inc. Salt River Electric St. Gregory Church & School Spalding University Town & Country Bank & Trust, Co.

Silver Sponsors Adams Painting Barber Cabinet Company Bardstown Animal Clinic Bardstown Dermatology, PSC Bardstown Internet Services, Inc. Bardstown Kiwanis Club Bardstown Women’s Center Bluegrass Assisted Living Buzick Lumber & Home Center Carey Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc. Clark Jewelers, Inc. Clifford’s Body Shop Coit Services Colonial Flower Shop R.J. Corman Railroad Co. Crume Drug Store, Inc. Denny’s Classic Diner Filcon Construction, LLC First Federal Savings Bank GBA Handy Food Mart Haydon Family Dental Care Highland Roofing The Holland Group

Hurst Discount Drugs State Rep. David Floyd Fort Knox Federal Credit Union Jim Beam Joe Hill’s Auto Center, Inc. Kentucky Home Bank Kleentech, Inc. A.C. Krebs Liver’s Body Shop/Rhino Linings of Central, KY Masterson’s Appliance, LLC McClellan & Patrick Eyecare Center Medica Pharmacy Moby Dick Restaurant Patron’s Home Center & Electric Outlet Pat’s Steak House Sewell & Metha, MDs/Blue Star Orthopedic St. Joseph School Leo Talbott & Son Heating & Air Conditioning Two Guys Printing, LLC Vittitow’s Cabinets, Inc. Wendy’s Wilson & Muir Bank

Other Sponsors Alice & Dick Heaton Arnold Insurance Agency Bardstown Laundry & Dry Cleaners Bardstown Sporting Goods Barton Brands, Ltd. BCD, Inc. Boone’s Butcher Shop Dr. Thomas G. Brelage Busy Bee Cedar-Fil Golf Course Earthgrains-Sara Lee Farm Bureau Frito-Lay Hampton Inn Hometown Pizza Physical Therapy Worxs Rueff Signs, Inc. St. Thomas Parish/St. Catherine Parish/ Bethlehem High School Thompson’s Food Mart #509 Toddy’s Liquor Village Green Garden Center Wilson Brothers Chevrolet Mike Wheatley

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

Impelled by the love of Christ, in the tradition of Vincent de Paul and the pioneer spirit of Catherine Spalding, we and our Associates are committed to work for justice in solidarity with oppressed peoples, especially the economically poor and women, and to care for the earth.

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

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