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Medical Mission Sisters offer several types of gifts that might be perfect for someone on your holiday list. Sister Mary Gavin's beautiful floral Chinese brush paintings are available as 5" x 7"notecards. A set of 6 costs $12. You can place your order by calling her at 215-742-6100. The gift shop at our Center for Human Integration offers many wonderful products that promote healing and wholeness. We also offer a wide selection of popular music and books by Sister Miriam Therese Winter. You also might consider gifts to the Medical Mission Sisters in honor of someone special. Please send them to: 8400 Pine Road, Philadelphia, PA 19111. We'll send the person you're honoring a card acknowledging your thoughtful gift. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Indian Sister Vijaya Puthusseril has completed 15 years of service at the Regional Cancer Center in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. "Through sheer grace I was instrumental in setting up and standardizing the nursing department in tune with current trends," she says of her role as nursing superintendent. "Providing quality patient care, and inculcating ethical principles and value education into nursing practice, was a never-ending effort." In addition to training 300 nurses in cancer care, she has been involved in a number of committees at the national level, and has served as a resource to many. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A recent article in the Palm Beach Post, "Community gardens need more green thumbs," highlighted the efforts of Sister Lorraine Ryan at the Boynton Beach, Florida, Community Gardens. Many vegetables are grown in the gardens. Sister Lorraine is hoping to involve children from two local elementary schools in this work, enabling them to learn a bit about agriculture and also serve the community. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concerned about the plight of vulnerable migrant children making the dangerous trek to the US alone, and about victims of human trafficking, a delegation of Catholic bishops traveled to the US-Mexico border at the end of October. They visited with migrants, government officials, and local community and church groups. You can read their findings by clicking on: www.justiceforimmigrants.org and then clicking on the Bishops Blog.
November 15,
2006
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