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Wednesday, December 1, is World AIDS Day. This year, the focus of the campaign is on Women, Girls, HIV and AIDS. Its theme, "Have You Heard Me Today?" This question explores how gender inequality fuels the AIDS epidemic. "Globally, young women and girls are more susceptible to HIV than men and boys, with studies showing they can be 2.5 times more likely to be HIV-infected as their male counterparts," explains UNAIDS. In many nations, Medical Mission Sisters are involved in hands-on care of those who are suffering with HIV/AIDS; in training caregivers and counselors; in teaching HIV/AIDS prevention; in working with parishes and dioceses to establish programs to care for AIDS orphans; and in being AIDS buddies. For more information on World AIDS Day, please visit: www.unaids.org/wac2004/wad.htm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sister Pat Gootee recently celebrated her Golden Jubilee in the Parish Cristo Obrero (Christ the Worker) in Arequipa, Peru. "I am grateful for all the blessings, people whose lives I have touched, and events that have made up the 50 years," says Sister Pat. She has been in mission in Latin America for over 40 years, and in Peru since 1973. She began a health clinic in Arequipa, and also helped to found our Anna Dengel Center there. In her current ministry, she offers alternative healing modalities and holistic services to those who cannot afford them. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical Mission Sisters, along with 150 organizations and individuals, have signed the statement of the Religious Working Group on the World Bank and IMF entitled, "A Slow Small Step … Much too Little, Much too Late: Moral Assessment of Progress Toward 100% Debt Cancellation." This document will be sent to the World Bank, IMF, G-7 finance ministers, and other key decision-makers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Liturgy Schedule for Medical Mission Sisters' celebration of Advent and Christmas at our North American Headquarters in Philadelphia is now available. Evening Prayer takes place each Saturday in Advent at 5:00 p.m., and Sunday Liturgy at 10:00 a.m. For a copy of the full schedule, please contact us at mmsorg@medicalmissionsisters.org.
December 1,
2004
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