August 2010
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Nazareth Picnic Winners
The 6th annual Nazareth Picnic held last Saturday was, again, a huge success. Thanks to all who volunteered or participated in any way! Following are the winners of the capital prize, quilt and afghan: Capital Prize: 1st prize - $2,000 - Steve Newton, Soddy Daisy, Tenn. 2nd prize - $1,000 - Ann Margaret Boone, SCN, and the Nazareth Village residents, Nazareth, Ky. 3rd prize - $500 - Maxine...
Nazareth Picnic →
Nazareth Picnic is underway this Saturday, August 28, 2010. Hundreds of families have come out to spend the day! There’s plenty to do - booths, games, tasty cakes, candy and fried chicken,…
Nazareth Picnic - A Success! →
The 2010 Nazareth Picnic has come to an end. A steady crowd visited Nazareth Campus throughout the day with over 1400 Fried Chicken dinners served. The booths were busy all day…and folks lined up…
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Nazareth Picnic - A Success!
The 2010 Nazareth Picnic has come to an end. A steady crowd visited Nazareth Campus throughout the day with over 1400 Fried Chicken dinners served. The booths were busy all day … and folks lined up for the petting zoo. We hope to have a photo gallery available within the next few days. Our thanks to each person who volunteered and each person who came out to support the Nazareth Picnic and...
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Nazareth Picnic
Nazareth Picnic is underway this Saturday, August 28, 2010. Hundreds of families have come out to spend the day! There’s plenty to do - booths, games, tasty cakes, candy and fried chicken, face painting, entertainment, a children’s area, and a petting zoo. This is the sixth annual Nazareth Picnic. This event helps support SCN ministries around the world. The Sisters of Charity of...
2010 International Day of Peace →
Leader: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon announced this year’s Peace Day Theme as “Peace, Youth and Development.” The Advent season reminds us of our Divine bringing forth…
Weekly Justice Highlights →
Confronting Unjust Corporate Systems: Urge Hilton to prevent Child prostitution in their hotels by clicking here (look to right for action, act this week) Human Trafficking: Urge Prime Minister…
Nazareth Picnic →
Join us for the Nazareth Picnic at the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Motherhouse Campus on Saturday, August 28, 2–8 p.m.
There will be entertainment throughout the day featuring:
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Nazareth Picnic
Join us for the Nazareth Picnic at the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Motherhouse Campus on Saturday, August 28, 2–8 p.m. There will be entertainment throughout the day featuring: 1:30–3:00 p.m. Cathy Lavender & Meehan3:00–5:00 p.m. Andrew Scott Newton5:00–7:00 p.m. Anna Shepherd5:30–7:30 p.m. Rhythm Shoe Cloggers & Kentucky Home Cloggers7:00–8:00 p.m. Anne Milligan CAPITAL PRIZES1st –...
Moving Mountains in Nepal →
It had been ten years since her last visit, and Mary Elizabeth Miller, SCN, was looking forward to seeing how the ministries in Nepal were growing.
Landing in Kathmandu in February 2009,…
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Moving Mountains in Nepal
It had been ten years since her last visit, and Mary Elizabeth Miller, SCN, was looking forward to seeing how the ministries in Nepal were growing. Landing in Kathmandu in February 2009, while transportation workers in the city were striking, the first few hours got off to an adventurous start as she found herself travelling by rickshaw in order to make her way to SCN ministries. As she visited...
Weekly Justice Highlights →
Good News: Thanks to the efforts of health care advocates who took action quickly, the House passed a new bill that extends Medicaid funding to states. That means the bill is headed to President…
Theresa Novak, SCN →
Theresa Novak, SCN, ended her earthly life of 70 years and began her eternal life on July 14, 2010. Sister was born in Canton, Ohio. In 1955, she entered the Vincentian Sisters of Charity…
Agnes Regina Siracusa, SCN →
Agnes Regina Siracusa, SCN, 86, a native of Memphis, Tenn., died at Nazareth Home on August 7, 2010. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 67 years.
Sister Agnes Regina served…
Student unions threaten to attack Nepal schools →
From: http://www.ucanews.com/2010/08/05/student-unions-threaten-nepal-schools/ By Chirendra Satyal, Kathmandu Nepal student unions have threatened violence against schools that failed to follow a…
“Sister Cecelia Simick, from the western town of Surkhet, said her school had to...”
– Student unions threaten to attack Nepal schools
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Student unions threaten to attack Nepal schools
From: http://www.ucanews.com/2010/08/05/student-unions-threaten-nepal-schools/ By Chirendra Satyal, Kathmandu Nepal student unions have threatened violence against schools that failed to follow a union directive to go on strike in protest against education changes introduced by the government. Eleven student unions enforced a nationwide strike on Aug. 5 to protest against the phasing out of the...
Grace Cecilia Mackin, SCN →
Grace Cecilia Mackin, SCN, 88, a native of Cox’s Creek, Ky., died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky., on August 5, 2010. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 71 years.
Sister…
Weekly Justice Highlights →
Care of Earth: Write the Minister of Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh of India urging him to protect the coasts of India by opposing all new ports and the expansion of old ones (over 300 ports…
Theresa Novak, SCN →
Theresa Novak, SCN, ended her earthly life of 70 years and began her eternal life on July 14, 2010. Sister was born in Canton, Ohio. In 1955, she entered the Vincentian Sisters of Charity…
Weekly Justice Highlights →
Care of Earth: Write the Minister of Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh of India urging him to protect the coasts of India by opposing all new ports and the expansion of old ones (over 300 ports…
Sister Eva’s Loving Strength →
Eva Kowalski, SCN, sees Hospice patients’ grace, dignity and beauty
By Amy Taylor | Common Thread
Some Hospice of Nelson County volunteers prefer to visit a certain type of…
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Sister Eva’s Loving Strength
Eva Kowalski, SCN, sees Hospice patients’ grace, dignity and beauty By Amy Taylor | Common Thread Some Hospice of Nelson County volunteers prefer to visit a certain type of patient – maybe someone who can hold a conversation, or a patient who shares a similar background in quilting or fishing or music-making. For Eva Kowalski, all patients are the right kind of patient. After decades of lovingly...
Sacred Heart Prayer →
O Divine Beloved,
so often I am casual and half-hearted
in my love for you, my God.
Come and set my heart ablaze
with the fire of your love.
Inflame my heart and prayers
as you did for…
New Clinic Enables Sisters to Stay in ‘Rural Area’ →
By Fabvienen Taylor
LEXINGTON — Ask Franciscan Sister Margaret Held and Sister Paula Merrill, a Sister of Charity, how long they plan to work as nurse practitioners in Durant and…
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New Clinic Enables Sisters to Stay in ‘Rural Area’
By Fabvienen Taylor LEXINGTON — Ask Franciscan Sister Margaret Held and Sister Paula Merrill, a Sister of Charity, how long they plan to work as nurse practitioners in Durant and Lexington, they answer: “forever, or as long as the Lord wills it.” The pair rotate working, one week at a time, at the Lexington Medical Clinic, a new facility, and the Durant Primary Care Clinic. “The work is meaningful...
