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“WE NEED TO DEVELOP THE contents

AWARENESS THAT NOWADAYS

WE ARE EITHER ALL SAVED

TOGETHER OR NO ONE IS
DEAR FRIENDS YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY
Connecting to Creation ............................................................2 Strengthening Our Connections with Each Other ........ 23
SAVED. POVERTY, DECADENCE Commitment to Our Communities.......................................2

Fratelli Tutti Directives .............................................................2 VOLUNTEER MINISTRY
AND SUFFERING IN ONE March on Washington ...............................................................2 Ministry Volunteers Serve Their Communities ................ 24
Vow Ceremonies..........................................................................3
LIVING OUR MISSION
PART OF THE EARTH ARE Timothy Bridges ....................................................................... 26
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE: GIVING TO THE SISTERS OF BON SECOURS ...........3 Colin Smith ............................................................................... 26
A SILENT BREEDING GROUND Sr. Elaine Davia, Area Leader, USA FEATURES Della McIntyre ......................................................................... 27

Sr. Anna Mae Crane Caring in West Baltimore .........................................................4 Melissa Frye ............................................................................... 27
FOR PROBLEMS THAT WILL Sr. Fran Gorsuch Irish Sisters See the Divine in Bees .........................................6 BON SECOURS MERCY HEALTH

Carol Jessee Caring for Creation Through the Stewardship Bon Secours Mercy Health Embraces Its Communities ... 28
END UP AFFECTING THE Jennifer Murphy of Animals ................................................................................7
Liz O'Neill RETREAT & CONFERENCE CENTER
JUSTICE, PEACE AND INTEGRITY OF CREATION Upcoming Overnight Retreats ............................................. 30
ENTIRE PLANET.” Liesel Ruprecht Caring for Our Communities ................................................12
Andrea Springer New Spiritual Direction Institute
Cohort Begins this Fall .......................................................31
FORMATION
— POPE FRANCIS EDITOR & DESIGNER:
FRATELLI TUTTI #79 Bonnie Heneson Communications Sr. Ji Kyung Choi Professes Temporary Vows ....................14 ASSOCIATES

INTERNATIONAL NEWS Spiritual Companioning Ministry ........................................32
PHOTOGRAPHERS: Christmas Afternoon with Migrants ...................................16 Health Care Ministry ..............................................................33

Thank you Harry Connolly, Sr. Elaine Davia, Final Vows Ceremony and Celebration in Peru .................18 Advocacy for Hispanic Residents and
Others in Need ......................................................................33
Sr. Fran Gorsuch, Sr. Mary Beth Hamm, SSJ, Visiting the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...............19 Emergency Department Nurse Teaches
Sr. Nathalie Lundolo, Sr. Rose Marie Jasinski, Others When to Let God Walk in First ......................... 34
JUBILEE
Jenifer Kirin, Jennifer Murphy, Liz O’Neill,
Sr. Alice Talone ......................................................................... 20
Sr. Chris Webb and all the others who ARCHIVES

contributed to this issue. VOCATION Artifacts Find New Homes ....................................................35
What Question Might God Ask You? ................................ 22 MINISTRY GRANTS
Ministry Grants Awarded to Four Projects ....................... 36

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