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Mary Frances Clarke Scholarship Recipient: Amber Haack

When Julie O’Neill, BVM shared news of recent accomplishments of Amber Haack, Julie remarked, “Isn’t Mother Clarke smiling from her heavenly home on this amazing young woman?” Amber received Mary Frances Clarke Scholarships for Women from the Sisters of Charity…

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To Haiti and Back: Grants Build Global Friendships

Six-year-old Jen-Noelle walks barefoot and alone for as long as two hours from her village to get to school. She has shoes, but the long walk through the mountains would ruin her only pair. Around her, there are no cars…

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BVM Legacy of Love: Holy Child Integrated Services

Participants in a skill acquisition program for young women in Bolgatanga, Ghana, learn to make snacks through Holy Child Integrated Services, recipient of a BVM Ministry Partnership Grant. Audrey Awambire was 5 when she lost her parents in 2002. She…

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Cheering on the “Boys of October”

by Jennifer Head, BVM Archivist As the “Boys of October” strive toward the World Series, I thought it would be fun to look at some of the biggest baseball fans in the congregation. I am indebted to Archives Assistant Kathy…

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Backpacks for Refugees

It all started with the devastating humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and a desire to do something. Impacted by the tens of thousands of Afghans trying to flee from the Taliban takeover of their homeland, Vice President Kate Hendel decided to…

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20th Anniversary Memories of Sept. 11

Photo: Bumble Dee - stock.adobe.com BVM Katherine Kandefer was in her second week of a new job in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11, 2001. The office of the National Conference for Catechetical Leadership was about eight miles from the Pentagon…

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Support for Pacific Islander Health Project Recognized

Irene Maun (l.), a former employee at Mount Carmel, is a community health worker at Crescent Community Health Center's Pacific Islander Health Project. Naming of a suite at Crescent Community Health Center in Dubuque, Iowa, honors Sisters of Charity of…

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