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Responding to the need in Igoji
October 03, 2011 | by Lynne Baldwin | in Current Events
Change is part of a Poor Handmaids life. They go where the Spirit leads. Sr. Esther Dolezal, PHJC spent many years in the dry, warm area of Materi Girls’ School in Kenya where she devoted herself to fulfilling needs of the children at Materi and the Caring Place Home for Boys. Her new mission is very different - the pharmacy at St. Anne Hospital. Sister Esther dispenses medication to the people of Igoji, Kenya.
Igoji (E go Gee) is located in the forested hills east of Mount Kenya. The higher elevation is a bit cooler even though it is near the equator. Sr. Esther explained that trained medical professionals are scarce in the region. Her mission was born of necessity. St. Anne Mission Hospital is a small facility that provides local health care for conditions like wounds, malaria, and parasitic infections. If the patient has a complex case, they are stabilized and transferred to a larger hospital. The larger hospitals are often severely overcrowded. The smaller St. Anne’s Hospital is a preferred health resource for the local community.
The Social Network Unveiling
September 28, 2011 | in Current Events
Announcing the Official PHJC Facebook page.
Follow this link:
http://facebook.poorhandmaids.org
to stay connected to the Sisters with Daily updates, announcements and spiritual messages.
We welcome your feedback.
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Earthworks Wine and Cheese Event
September 23, 2011 | in Current Events
Please Join us for our Annual Wine and Cheese Tasting Event
The Earthworks Annual Wine and Cheese Tasting Event benefits their Children's Programs and is Sunday, September 25th from 3pm-6pm.
Associating Fall 2011
August 31, 2011 | in Our Newsletters
Word Gathering Fall 2011
August 31, 2011 | in Our Newsletters
Download the Fall 2011 edition of Word Gathering (Volume 32 No. 3)
In Memory of Sister Carmeline Parisi, PHJC
August 30, 2011 | in In Memory
July 4, 1912 - August 29, 2011
Sister Carmeline Parisi, PHJC passed away on August 29, 2011 at the Catherine Kasper Home, Donaldson, Indiana. She was born Rose Parisi to Dominic and Teresa (Riente) Parisi on July 4, 1912 in Chicago, Illinois. She entered the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ community and professed her first vows on June 25, 1931.
Sister Carmeline ministered for 40 years as a child care provider at St. Vincent Villa in Fort Wayne, Indiana; Angel Guardian Orphanage, Chicago; and St. John Orphanage in Belleville, Illinois. She also ministered at Catherine Kasper Home, Donaldson; Loretto Hospital, New Ulm, Minnesota; Thailand; and St. Catherine Hospital, East Chicago, Indiana. She retired in 1990.
She was celebrating her 80-year jubilee as a Poor Handmaid of Jesus Christ this year.
May Sister Carmeline rest in peace!
Memorial contributions may be made to the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ, PO Box 1, Donaldson, IN 46513.
Poor Handmaids Gather for Community Days
August 29, 2011 | in Current Events
Every year the Poor Handmaids in the American Province gather together as a community. This June, Poor Handmaids from around the country and a few from around the world, converged on Donaldson, Indiana for Community Days.
This is a time for learning, for dialogue and reuniting as the PHJC family.
During Community Days, Chelsea Wakefield, MSW, LCSW, led a process on various issues related to leadership. Her sessions were designed to encourage the Sisters to “find voice” and to give expression to the truth in all the dimensions of their lives. The response to her presentations was overwhelmingly positive.
GPR 2011 - Under the Rainbow in Dernbach
August 29, 2011 | in Current Events
The international GPR (General/Province/Region) meeting of Poor Handmaids was held in Dernbach, Germany from July 4-13. This meeting was held for PHJC leadership from around the world to gather and “re-energize, re-direct, re-found, and re-commit” as voiced by Sister Jolise May, General Superior in her opening welcome to the assembly.
She states, “time spent together has helped us grow in the rainbow of colors that makeup our present day PHJC Congregation and has expanded our views to that of a global world and a global church.” Sister Jolise indicated that the GPR logo of the Rainbow hovering over the Heilborn Chapel is a symbol of God’s covenant with His Handmaids.
Associating (Summer 2011)
August 08, 2011 | in Our Newsletters
Word Gathering Summer 2011
August 04, 2011 | in Our Newsletters
Download the Summer 2011 edition of Word Gathering (Volume 32 No. 2)
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