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Seeking a way to join other groups working internationally for justice
and peace, the General Council of the Society of the Sacred Heart will
apply in June to the United Nations for status as a Non-Governmental
Organization (NGO). If accepted, the Society will join about 25 other Catholic religious
orders and some 1,500 other organizations that hold NGO status at the
United Nations.
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Monday, 20 May 2002 |
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Sr.
Kathleen Hughes, Provincial, and the other four members of the U.S.
Provincial Team have written Gov. George Ryan of Illinois to thank him
for extending his freeze on the death penalty in his state. The
provincial team is in the process of sending letters to more than 70
other U.S. and state officials to notify them of the U.S. Province’s corporate stance against capital punishment.
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Monday, 20 May 2002 |
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Sister Claire Saizan, retiring after 64 years as a Sacred Heart educator, is asking for a minimum of fuss.
“No credit is due,” she said in a telephone interview from her home in Grand Coteau, La. “It’s been a privilege.”
Sister Saizan, 92, was recognized after a Mass May 23 at the Academy of
the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau commemorating the Feast of St.
Madeline Sophie.
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Monday, 20 May 2002 |
 Sr. Helen Rosenthal, rscj of Miami has developed a four-course program
in the history of Christian spirituality, to begin Sept. 16, 2002. The
Institute for Pastoral Ministries, Spirituality Center, at St. Thomas
University in Miami will grant certificates to students who complete
the program.
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Monday, 20 May 2002 |
 Even without the gift of a metal cross, students at Stuart Country Day
School in Princeton, N.J., are unlikely to ever forget September 11,
2001. But the cross, cut by rescue workers from an I-beam of the World Trade
Center's North Tower, is a visceral reminder of both the terror that
gripped the nation and its citizens' generous, often heroic, response.
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Monday, 20 May 2002 |
 In 1994, Sister Margaret “Mavi” Coakley, then 73, thought she’d like to
work with a social service organization in New York City that assists
elderly people who have few resources. But she doubted her
qualifications.
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Thursday, 16 May 2002 |
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I feel very much at ease with you, having been a school head myself. In
fact, except for the years I have spent in Society administration, both
in the United States and in Rome, my whole religious life has been
spent in schools. So I have a great affinity for this group and feel as
if I am among colleagues
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Wednesday, 01 May 2002 |
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Sr. Mary Helen McComas RSCJ won 12 medals in April — one for each event she entered in the Houston Senior Olympics. This was Sr. McComas’ first time to enter the competition, which is
sponsored by the Jewish Community Center of Houston. She competed in
the 65-69 age group, taking four gold medals, five silver and three
bronze.
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Wednesday, 01 May 2002 |
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Mary Frohlich, associate professor at Catholic Theological Union and a
soon-to-be novice of the U.S. Province, has received a $10,000 award
from the Templeton Foundation for her new course in the biological
dimensions of human spirituality.
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