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Monument revealed in Durant, Mississippi

On Saturday, Sisters, Associates and members of the SCN Family joined the town of Durant, Mississippi to pay tribute to Sister Paula Merrill and Sister Margaret Held with the dedication and blessing of a monument created in their honor.

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Sister John Ann Kulina celebrates with family, friends

Sister John Ann Kulina celebrated her 100th birthday with family and friends this weekend.

Photos of the blessing of the new hostel building in Shahpur

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Summer program of the Temporary Professed Bangalore 2017

The long awaited juniors’ annual gathering began on May 2, 2017, at Nazareth Convent, Chandapura, Bangalore. The ten young vibrant women, under the guidance of Sr. Beena, the junior director, shared with each other the God experience and relevance of their religious vocations over the past year. It was an encouraging experience during which we honed our skills of arithmetic by counting the blessings of our lives. We bid farewell SCNs Jansal and Josephine Arul in a prayer service and through a ceremony of south Indian marriage ritual (Haldi Rasam) on May 5, a day before their perpetual profession. We were also blessed with the opportunity of attending a three day education ministry workshop conducted by Bro. Joseph Phillip Pinto, CFC. No gathering is complete without an outing; so the juniors undertook a trip to Talakadu and Sangam, a beautiful town on the banks of river Kaveri in Mysore. It prepared us adequately with joy and enthusiasm to begin the seven days of spiritual journey under the guidance of Fr. Shibin, TOR. We experienced God’s unconditional love and guidance and gathered energy to serve one another with love and zeal in our missions and in our communities. All the juniors renewed their vows on May 19 during the Eucharistic celebration.

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M Prasanthi SCN

Sisters Paula and Margaret remembered

A memorial service for Paula Merrill, SCN, and Margaret Held, SSSF, will be held on Saturday, May 20, 2017, at 3 p.m. The service will take place at Liberty Park, which is located at Northeast Depot Street and Hwy 12, in Durant, Mississippi. A monument will be dedicated to honor these two women who served the medical needs of the people of Holmes County. SCNs Tonya Severin, Kay Glunk and some Sisters in the Memphis area are planning to attend this event as well as Dana Hinton, Communications Director of the Western Province and SCNAs Patsy O’Toole, Connie Blake and others. Photos will be shared this weekend.

Marie John Kelley, SCN

A beautiful service was held for Marie John Kelley, SCN, at Nazareth as she was laid to rest today. A native of South Boston, Massachusetts, she died May 8, 2017. She was a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 66 years. Sister Marie John was in ministry as a teacher and a principal in many states including Ohio, Tennessee, Maryland, and Massachusetts. Due to technical difficulties part of the video taken today at the funeral did not have audio. To view the portion of the video that does have audio, please click on this link: https://vimeo.com/218018098

Communications team completes visit to Botswana ministries

In preparation for Join the Journey, an OMA fundraising event to be held later this year, and for the purpose of gathering community stories, Jean West and Spalding Hurst have traveled across Botswana learning in detail about SCN ministries in the country.

“Our time in Botswana has come to a close. Thank you to all of the Sisters in this country for your unwavering hospitality and openness in sharing your lives, your ministry and your homes to friend of the community, Jean West, and myself. Most importantly thank you for the ministry work that you are doing in this beautiful country of Botswana. It is my hope that I can illustrate your stories to the world as wonderfully as you have shared them with Jean and myself.”

Spalding Hurst, communications specialist, Office of Mission Advancement

Sisters at Carrico Hall, Nazareth

Every day, the Sisters in Carrico Hall find creative ways to be involved in ministry. Faithful prayer, stamp ministry, research and writing, corresponding with prisoners, crocheting items to sell are but a few examples.

Today, Sisters Lucille Phipps and Mary Reisz joined other Sisters who serve the health office by volunteering to answer the office phones while the nursing staff gathered to celebrate National Nurses Week. It is this spirit of thoughtful service that fills Carrico Hall. The Sisters who live there are a blessing to all.

Funeral Mass for Rebecca Rodenbaugh, SCN

The Funeral Mass for Rebecca Rodenbaugh, SCN, was held today at St. Vincent Church, Nazareth, KY. Click here to view the archived video.

Funeral Mass for Mary Jane McMakin, SCN

The Funeral Mass for Mary Jane McMakin, SCN, was held today at St. Vincent Church, Nazareth, KY. Click here to view the archived video.

Hands Across Louisville

SCNs, Associates and other members of the SCN Family participated in Hands Across Louisville on Saturday, May 13. Hands Across Louisville is a faith-based, grassroots, non profit organization bringing awareness of gun violence to the community. The group works to make the community a better and safer place to live, work and play. Other SCNs and SCNAs participated and gathered with their house of worship.

Hats Off to Mom

The 10th annual Mother’s Day Luncheon was held Saturday, May 13 to benefit Sisters Place, Inc. Sisters Place is a supportive housing community committed to assisting single parent families who are homeless in Southwestern Pennsylvania. For more: http://www.sistersplace.org/

Entrance to Novitiate in Mokama

The new Novices were welcomed with arati, tikka, and flowers. Sister Basanti presented them with a chain and Philomena Kottoor, vice provincial and provincial elect the book of SCN Constitution. Read more.

The children at Asha Kiran, outside of Delhi, wish Sister Lucy a Happy Mother’s Day.

Closing Prayer for Disaster Relief Volunteers

SCN Disaster Relief volunteers worked in Durant, MS this past week, helping residents clear debris and trees from yards following the April 30 severe storms that struck the area. They concluded their experience with a prayer service at the home of Sisters Paula and Margaret who lovingly served the people of Durant for many years. Jamie and Sam Sample, friends of Sisters Paula and Margaret, joined them. In this video, Jamie leads the group in one of Sister Paula’s favorite songs during the closing prayer. The volunteers returned safely to Nazareth on Thursday, grateful for the experience, happy that they could be of service, and blessed by the people they met. Watch the video.

Renewal of vows by tertians

SCNs Mary Bincy Joseph, Mukta Marandi, Beronica Bilung, Anita Murmu (Sr), Ringemit Lepcha and Josephine Anthony Mary renewed their Vows during the morning liturgy at provincial house chapel in Patna on May 13, 2017. Basanti Lakra, SCN, provincial, received their vows and Philomena Kottoor, SCN, vice provincial and provincial elect witnessed the Vows.

These six Sisters had the NLP workshop cum retreat directed by Rev. Tony Mattappallil, SJ, at Atmadarshan, Patna. They will also have two weeks of review of SCN Constitutions, Vincentian charism and the latest Congregational decisions by Josita Eniakattu, SCN, at Atmadarshan. On June 1, they will proceed to Mater Dei, Goa, for their tertianship program. Please keep them in your prayers.

Malini Manjoly, SCN / More photos

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