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Sunday, May 8th, is the 39th annual World Communications Day. The theme is, "The Communication Media: At the Service of Understanding Among Peoples." Archbishop John P. Foley, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, said, "The theme, chosen by the late Pope John Paul II, reflects his desire that the media contribute to an authentic dialogue and mutual comprehension among peoples, leading to understanding, to justice, and to an enduring peace." To read the message of the late Pope John Paul II for this Day, please click here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sister Dagmar Plum recently moved from Amsterdam back to her native Germany. She immediately started an involvement with the organization Solwodi (Solidarity with Women in Distress) in Koblenz, where she is helping women to make a new life. Solwodi began 20 years ago in Mombasa, Kenya, when its founder, Sister Lea, began working with prostitutes in the red-light district to develop alternative ways of making a living. For more information about Solwodi, please click here. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In Nairobi, Kenya, Sister Sue Sopczynski, our Treasurer in District East Africa, has joined the Finance Committee of the Association of Sisters in Kenya. She is also secretary to the Nairobi Archdiocesan Liaison Committee, set up to implement recommendations pertaining to the improvement of working relations between bishops and clergy and religious men and women of the Archdiocese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . We welcome Jane Jones as an Associate Member of Medical Mission Sisters. Jane was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and has lived in many countries around the world. She and her husband have 2 daughters. She is attending the Women's Leadership Institute in Hartford, Connecticut, which is led by our Sister Miriam Therese Winter.
May 1,
2005
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