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The United Nations has launched 2004 as the International Year of Rice. A "symbol of cultural identity and global unity," rice is the staple food for more than half of the women, children, and men in our world. Although the world's population is growing, land and water resources for rice production are diminishing. The UN views rice as so important that, for the first time in its history, the UN has dedicated a year to a single crop of food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . On February 11, thirteen Medical Mission Sisters celebrate special anniversaries. It is the Diamond Jubilee of Sisters Mary Conahan, Eva La Bombard, and Juliana Matyi; and the Golden Jubilee of Sisters Annette Froehlich, Patricia Gootee, Celine Kallarackal, Gabriel Karikuzhi, Rose Kershbaumer, Felix Nediakalaparampil, Rosemary Sampon, Rosemary Smyth, Margaret Mary Thakadiel, and Anne Louise Von Hoene. We offer congratulations, prayers, and thanks to these Sisters for their presence among us. Together they represent 680 years of loving service to those in need of healing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical Mission Sisters will join with others around the world in celebrating the 12th Annual World Day of the Sick on February 11. The National Association of Catholic Chaplains has created prayers for the Sick, and for Caregivers, in both English and Spanish, especially for this day. You can find them at: www.nacc.org/resources/wds/default.asp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Our Sisters Mary Em McGlone, Sheila McGinnis, and Anne Mary Shimek recently attended a special Mass at the Cathedral of Mary, Our Queen, in Baltimore, MD, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. Our two Communities have been very close over the years. We congratulate the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur on this very special jubilee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The January-February issue of NETWORK Connection lists the 2003 voting records of U.S. elected representatives, along with articles about the U.S. elections in 2004. Network is a National Catholic Social Justice Lobby that works to promote economic and social justice for all.
February 1,
2004
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