#sistersofcharity

[feminismandtea]

"I don't want my healthcare to be in accordance with someone elses's religious values - I want my healthcare to be in accordance with best practice of healthcare" - Sinéad Redmond @gonnaeatalotofpeaches #repealthe8th #nationalmaternityhospital #sistersofcharity #notthechurch #prochoice #limerick #limerickmaternityhospital (at Limerick Regional Maternity Hospital)

[scnvolunteer]

The SCN volunteers are live this morning for a day of reflection with Sr. Jovita from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. “What is hospitality? God is hospitality. We are called to love. We can be an answer to someone’s prayer and they can be our salvation."

[scnvolunteer]

Volunteers to Belize

On Sunday, Jan. 22, Sister Tonya Severin led the Commissioning Ceremony for five of the seven SCN volunteers who, along with Sister Luke Boiarski, will travel to Las Flores, Belize on Monday. They will be working with the leadership group in the village to build a home for a family in great need. This house is being sponsored by Sister Barbara Von Bokern's family. Please keep their safety in your prayers.

Pictured above from left to right: Front row: Sr. Luke, Lorena Miller, Jude Leake, Tonya Severin (vice-provincial) Back row: Steve Hester, Jim Garvey, David Garvey.

Wayne Miedzinski and Theresa Pilkerton of Hollywood, Maryland, will join the group in Atlanta and all will travel to Las Flores, Belize, together.

[chvazquez]

Voltaire, acerca de las Hermanas de la Caridad:

There is not, on all the earth, anything to equal the sacrifice of beauty, youth, and often high birth, which the gentle sex offers gladly in order to solace, in the hospitals, the welter of human suffering… The nations separated from the Roman faith have but imperfectly copied so noble a charity.

Voltaire. Quoted in Will Durant and Ariel Durant, The Age of Voltaire: A History of Civilization in Western Europe from 1715 to 1756, with Special Emphasis on the Conflict Between Religion and Philosophy (MJF Books, 1992), p. 751

[redhotrabbit]

#eventsbybruno #queens #newyorkcity #Stgabrielelementaryschool #reunion #sistersofcharity (at Events By Bruno's)

[scnvolunteer]

United We Serve! The SCN volunteer program embraces Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a day of service for our community. Americans around the country are serving their communities all day today. As Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?"

[scnvolunteer]

An update from Luke Boiarski,SCN, Director of the Volunteer Program: We arrived in Belize City on Sunday, Jan. 8th and were warmly welcomed at the airport by Maggie and Abel Vargas, SCNAs, along with James Muschamp, our driver for the week. We were given a short orientation about the city and delighted in a delicious Belizean meal that evening. Monday morning we met the home owners, the Welch family. Together, Melissa and Steven have four children. We began to gather all building materials and start our project under the supervision of Hand in Hand project managers, Beto and Alphonso. Monday evening we spent time with the Sisters at the SCN Center learning first hand about the Belizean culture and our SCN ministries here. On Tuesday and Wednesday Melissa and her family helped to mix concrete, measure and cut wood, build the floor and start to build the frames of the walls, as well as painting them. Tomorrow we continue working on the house and plan to visit some Mayan Ruins in the afternoon.

[scnvolunteer]

A Commissioning Ceremony was held during the Liturgy on Saturday, January 7th at St. Vincent de Paul Church for nine SCN Volunteers. In the upcoming days the volunteers will build a house for a family in great need in Belize City. They do this wonderful service in collaboration with Hand in Hand Ministries. Please keep them in your prayers during this time.