Caritas Newsletter 2010

Summer 2010

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~ Sisters make pilgrimage “In the Footsteps of Emilie …”
~  General Conference: A time of sharing in Montreal, April 11-13
~Sisters of Providence thank Pomeroy students for $2,030 for Haiti
~ Sisters and friends reach out to help survivors of natural disasters (Haiti and Chile)
~ 2010 Jubilee celebration (13)
~ Province accepts new candidate (Teresa Huong Thi Nguyen)
~ Vocation ad
~ 30th anniversary: Sisters join in El Salvador commemoration of the death of Archbishop Romero
~ Briefs

• Saving the earth, one person at a time
• Regional Conference brings visitors from Montreal
• St. Joseph Care Center dedicates window
• Mother Joseph Day: Actress portrays Mother Joseph at Providence Marianwood
• Change at SJR (Sr. Kaye Belcher replaces Barbara Larson)
• Ministry fundraisers (Run With Nuns, Mother’s Day Tea, A Cause to Dine For)
• Meet Dr. Dean (University of Great Falls honorary degree)
• Stop the Demand (bus campaign in Tacoma/Pierce County)
• ESL graduate (Sr. Vilma Franco)

~ Congratulations!: Sr. Dianne Crawford (sister advocate for Tacoma Dominicans), Sr. Gabrielle Nguyen (nursing license), SPs (flowers from St. Joseph Family Center)
~ “New” vocation director named (Sr. Joan Gallagher)
~ Sister experiences Russian Orthodox Church and city’s historic elegance (Sr. Charlotte Van Dyke in St. Petersburg)
~ Spring Break at UGF: Students take part in service/mission trip to Seattle
~ Obituaries

• Gilberte Parent, SP
• Marleen Hull, SP
• Elizabeth Jean Joyce, SP
• Virginia Jean Paul, SP
• Lillian Marie Deslauriers, SP
• Ursula Emily Beaulieu, SP
• Lorraine Hofmeister, SP

Please Remember in Prayer

~Providence responds to the Earthquake in Haiti
~Two lay women added to Leadership Team
~A fond farewell to the 2005-09 Leadership Team
~Thank you to donors
~Obits – Pauline Higgins, SP, and Marian Therese Kohles, SP
~Providence Health International returns to El Salvador
~Emilie Gamelin Mission Fund donations 2009
~Briefs

• More honors for Sister Carolyn
• New graduate (Gabrielle Nguyen, SP)
• Nuns at Noon
• Providence Pariseau welcomes new board members and leadership
• Staff anniversaries
• New interim director at Providence Hospitality House
• Providence Associate news

~Vocation ad
~Please Remember in Prayer
~Building Bridges 10th educational conference
~SOA Watch – Another generation (Jessica Taylor, SP)