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New International Leadership Our new Assistant Society Coordinator is Sister Suzanne Maschek. Originally from St. Louis, MO, Sister Suzanne entered the Society in 1963. A physical therapist by profession, she served in Ghana for almost 25 years, including two terms as District Coordinator of West Africa. For the past four years she has been stationed in Philadelphia, assisting Sisters from around the world with sabbatical and continuing education experiences. Both Sisters will take office in the spring of 2004 and serve six-year terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical Mission Sisters celebrated with others around the world the beatification of Mother Teresa on October 19, 2003. In 1948, Mother Teresa spent several months with our Sisters at Holy Family Hospital in Patna, India. While she was preparing for her new mission with the poor, she lived and worked with the Medical Mission Sisters, and learned basic nursing procedures. Mother Teresa wanted to live as the poor lived, and eat as they did; but our Sisters helped her to understand how balanced nutrition, adequate rest, and good hygiene would be essential to anyone working hard in the slums all day. She always remembered how the Medical Mission Sisters from Patna housed and trained her. Throughout their lifetimes, Mother Teresa and our Foundress, Mother Anna Dengel, were good friends. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sister Fernande Marie Pelletier, M.D., is featured in a special exhibit at the U.S. National Library of Medicine entitled, "Changing the Face of Medicine." This exhibit honors the lives and achievements of American women in medicine, past and present. A graduate of Georgetown Medical School, Sister Fernande has worked overseas for more than 40 years. She was awarded the Grand Medal by the government of Ghana for her outstanding rural medical service, and also received a Fellowship Award from the Ghana Medical Association. In addition to providing primary care, she offers AIDS education, home visits to new mothers, training for medical health personnel, and supplies and assistance to those living in remote areas. The free exhibit opened on October 14, 2003, and will remain open until April 2, 2005. The National Library of Medicine is located at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland (north of Washington, DC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical Mission Sisters invite graduates of Holy Family Hospitals in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh to a luncheon/get-together in Philadelphia, PA, on Sunday, November 23. Mass at 9:45 a.m. will be followed by a "potluck" lunch. For more information, please contact Sr. Aquinas Hamilton at 215-722-0177. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NETWORK, the National Catholic Social Justice Lobby, views the Iraqi war and its aftermath from a Catholic perspective. "This preemptive war has been opposed by the leaders of the Catholic Church as well as every other major world religion," the organization notes. "We support an open, independent investigation into the Administration's use of intelligence to justify war in Iraq. We continue to lobby against a policy of preemptive war. We hold our elected representatives accountable for their responsibility to the people of Iraq, as well as the people in need in the U.S." For more information, please visit, www.networklobby.org
November 1,
2003
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