December 2010
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New SCN Associate in Gurgaon, Delhi
FROM LEFT — Bridget Kappalumackal, SCN, Agnes Tudu, SCN, Joe Antony, SCNA, Beena Chirackal, SCN On Dec. 17, 2010 the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth initiated Joe Antony to the SCN Associate program. He is the first person in Gurgaon, Delhi, to join as an SCNA. SCNs Beena Chirackal, Agnes Tudu, and Bridget Kappalumackal were on hand to witness the event. Mr. Antony is a neighbor to the Sisters and...
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Flaget Memorial Hospital – 60th Anniversary
Flaget Memorial Hospital is gearing up for their 60th anniversary. They are asking the community to share their fondest memories and/or well wishes of Flaget Memorial Hospital and, in turn, are sharing these with the community on this webpage. Flaget Memorial Hospital, a 52-bed facility, is the only hospital in the Nelson County (Bardstown) area and treats those from Washington, Spencer, Bullitt...
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Golden Jubilations for Two SCNs in Jamshedpur
View More Photos of the Celebrations In the midst of excited students, teachers, and staff of Gyandeep Vidyalaya in Jamshedpur, SCNs Ann George Mukalel and Anne Marie Thayilchirayil released their Golden Jubilee balloons on Dec. 18, 2010. In accordance with local tribal culture, Sister Ann George walked on two baskets without touching her feet on the ground with students dancing on both sides to...
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Christmas Greetings from Nazareth
Christmas greetings to you from the SCN family, here in Nazareth, Ky. May you have a wonderful new year in 2011!
WatchChristmas greetings to you from the SCN family, here in Nazareth, Ky. May you have a wonderful new year in 2011!
WatchOnly one single bed left! This gift will help provide a home, education and nurturing care to children of women who are caught in the commercial sex trade.
Learn how you can help at: www.rerouteit.org/hope
A holiday gift of $67 will provide this simple bed to Asha Niwas Extension in Dharuhera, India. The “House of Hope” is in need of six single iron beds.
“After Sister Luke Boiarski spoke to the Sisters at St. Louise Convent about the...”
– SCN Family Western Province Newsletter
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Nazareth Institution Receives Award
From Conference of Religious India Bulletin An institution run by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth for mentally disabled children in Trichy, Tamil Nadu has been conferred with the ‘Best Institution’ award. State Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin presented the award to Sister Sabina Mattappallil, who directs the center, at a function in Chennai on Dec. 3, the International Day for...
WatchSCNs Luke Boiarski, Rita Davis, Nancy Gerth, Michelle Grgurich, Louise Smith and Grace Mary Whittaker participated in a week-long event held twice a year for religious women to join together in service for the people of New Orleans. The Sisters were among 70 religious from across the nation who will help in the Nun Build to rebuild homes devastated from Hurricane Katrina.
Action Alert →
December 2010 / January 2011 Ministering on the Margins: Migration, Immigration and Human Trafficking
While the words seem to be inclusive of much work and depth, this 2008 General Assembly…
Weekly Justice Highlights →
Good News: The Pittsburgh City Council has voted unanimously in mid-November to adopt a first-in-the-nation ordinance banning corporations from natural gas drilling in the city. A letter will be…
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AIDS Awareness Campaign
Kurji Holy Family Hospital Besides celebrating World AIDS Day at Kurji Holy Family Hospital (KHFH), Patna launched a two-week long mobile awareness campaign on HIV and AIDS on December 1. Sr. Juliana D’Cunha, MMS, the Administrator of the hospital flagged off the AIDS Team, the staff of the Hospital Community Health, and Rural Development Centre to Bikram Pali market area in Patna to start the...
World AIDS Day →
Cities and communities all over the world are being asked to dim the lights today, December 1st, to mark World AIDS Day as part of the Light for Rights campaign which focuses on human rights, HIV and…
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World AIDS Day
Cities and communities all over the world are being asked to dim the lights today, December 1st, to mark World AIDS Day as part of the Light for Rights campaign which focuses on human rights, HIV and AIDS. Significant progress has been made in advancing access to HIV prevention, treatment, support and care over the past ten years. The 2010 Global Update on the AIDS Epidemic by the Joint United...
SCN Foundation Day 2010
“The strength of a religious body depends not so much on its numbers as upon the fervor, zeal and devotedness of those who compose it; and especially upon the blessing of our good God, who seems to delight in effecting good by instruments few and feeble.”
Mother Catherine’s sentiments of 1841 are as relevant in our times as it was in her days, especially as we celebrate the Foundation Day. We...
Christmas Music Concert to be at Nazareth Dec. 5 →
The Kentucky Standard The Silver and Strings Chamber Music Ensemble will present a free concert, “Christmas Celebration and Inspiration,” 6 p.m. Dec. 5 in the drawing rooms of O’Connell Hall at the…
