Caritas Newsletter 2003

Winter 2003

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~ Christmas greeting from Leadership Team
~ MJ Award to Chuck Hawley and Betty Harrington
~ Srs. Lang and AnnMary complete transfer process with Seattle Mass
~ Sr. Ana Dolores begins transfer process with Yakima ceremony
~ Sr. Jessica Taylor at WomenÕs Drop-In Center, Spokane

~ Briefs

• Sr. Karen Hawkins is certified as counselor, Great Falls
• Ken Spiering creates portrait of Sr. Bernadette for Bernadette Place
• New MJ sculpture outside Spokeman Review production building, Spokane
• Moose visits The Mount, Spokane
• ChildrenÕs hospital dedicated in Spokane

~ Pilgrimage to Montreal by PHS and PS
~ Obits

• Sr. Margaret Beaulieu
• Sr. Louise Lebel

~ PAs in Great Falls operate Angel Room
~ Hospitals sold in Toppenish and Yakima (photo)
~ Please Remember in Prayer

Fall 2003

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~ Sr. Joan ÒretiresÓ as vocation director
~ New vocation team
~ Vocation/Communications Group formed to tell sistersÕ stories
~ Sr. Jessica Taylor professes first vows
~ Transitions into religious life
~ Jubilarians
~ El Salvador update on relief efforts
~ Sr. Brenda Velasco visits El Salvador
~ Please Remember in Prayer
~ Obit Ð Sr. Margaret Anne Vosen
~ Briefs

• LA mayor recognizes Deacon Emile Adams and Lillian Rouzan, PAs
• New associates in Great Falls
• Vocation retreat in Spokane
• Provincial Administration staff gathers in Seattle
• St. JosephÕs Care Center opens (Sr.) LorettaÕs Cupboard
• Providence Event held in Spokane

~ Sr. Maureen Newman is released from prison after three months for SOA protest
~ 150th anniversary celebration in Chile

Summer 2003

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~ Spokane PAs offer retreats for street women
~ WomanSpirit in spotlight
~ Sr. Maureen begins prison term for SOA protest
~ Sr. Mary Kaye Nealen translates book on sistersÕ missions
~ Sojourner Place alumna T.C. Dumas receives Ph.D.
~ Anchorage welcomes new PAs
~ Briefs

• Sr. Lina becomes a citizen
• PHS gala, Burbank
• Sr. Rita Mudd receives posthumous award in Missoula
• Providence St. Peter Hospital, Olympia, names building in honor of Emilie Gamelin

~ Upper Room, Centralia, hosts reunion (Srs. Elizabeth Joyce and Virginia Miller)
~ Please Remember in Prayer
~ Obit Ð Betty Lynn Ehrenberg, PA
~ Sr. Ana Dolores returns to El Salvador

Spring 2003

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~ Health care delegation visits Guatemala and El Salvador (Sr. Roberta Rorke)
~ Sisters and Lay People Collaborate to Meet Global Needs (by Sr. Roberta Rorke)
~ Sr. Maureen Newman risks her freedom to raise awareness at SOA protest
~ New Providence Associates in Seattle, Great Falls, Portland, Burbank and Spokane
~ General Council visits Washington; regional conference in Spokane
~ Thank you to donors
~ University of Great Falls celebrates 70 years
~ SPs celebrate 25 years in Haiti
~ Please Remember in Prayer

~ Obits

• Sr. Mary Stephen OÕBrien
  
• Sedonia Doyon
• Reda Perrault

~ Briefs

• Sr. Karen graduates from UGF
• Sr. Brenda wins essay contest
• Providence Chapel to close in Seattle
• Sisters invite women to summer retreat
• Providence Event 2003 to be in Spokane

~ Providence Child Center honors SPs with Heart of Gold Award
~ Come and See weekend in Yakima (photo)