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Sister Michaela Bank has received the 2006 Ecumenical Award for her work on the Ecumenical Council of Berlin/Brandenburg/Schlesische Oberlausitz, Germany. Sister Michaela has been working in this area of interfaith cooperation and financial stewardship for 12 years now. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The 5th International TeenSTAR (Sexuality Teaching in the Context of Adult Responsibility) Congress was held from August 24 - 29 in Vienna, Austria. Over the summer, Sister-Doctor Miriam Paul (Hanna) Klaus participated in training 100 new teachers in Maryland, Melbourne, Macau, Hong Kong, and Granby, Quebec. The material for this program has been translated into several languages, recently into Cantonese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Indian Sister Vijaya Puthusseril is nursing superintendent of the Regional Cancer Center in Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, India, which is a semi-government hospital. She accompanies patients coping with different stages of cancer, as well as their families and friends. Sister Vijaya completed her Ph.D. on, "The impact of selected complementary therapies on the quality of life of breast cancer patients." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical Mission Sisters celebrate the 81st anniversary of our Foundation Day on September 30. In North America, we will celebrate with a Liturgy at our Philadelphia headquarters on Sunday, October 1.
September 15,
2006
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