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Medical Mission Sisters are among many offering aid and comfort to the victims of the August 16 earthquake in Peru. Sister-Doctor Maria Fernanda Ramirez Rivera is spending two weeks in Pisco. She has experience in earthquake rescue, as she was on a team in El Salvador a few years ago. Several of our other Sisters in Peru are offering supplies and assistance through Caritas, a Catholic relief organization. Please join with us in prayer for the victims of the earthquake and all those affected by it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In Philadelphia, our Center for Human Integration is hosting an open house on Monday, September 10, from 7:00 – 10:00. This is an opportunity to meet the staff of the Center, talk with others who have attended classes, and observe demonstrations of various therapies. For more information, please visit:www.chi4wellness.org. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In August, Medical Mission Sisters celebrated 40 years of healing presence in Ethiopia, where we are in mission in Addis Abeba, Attat, and Wolisso. The Catholic Church in Ethiopia is also celebrating the Millennium according to the Julian calendar. Sister Walburga Kuepper, our District Coordinator in Ethiopia, is a member of the committee working on a Millennium exhibition, which will travel through all 10 dioceses in Ethiopia and form the beginning of a museum for the Catholic Church in that country. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Our Sisters in North America are hosting a “Come and See” weekend in Philadelphia for interested women, from September 28 to September 30. It will include sharing, input on our history and mission, religious life, and community. There will be time for reflection, questions, relaxing, and sharing in liturgy and vespers as we celebrate the 82nd anniversary of our founding. For more information, please e-mail Sister Marguerite Papineau at: www.mms8400@aol.com.
September 1, 2007
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