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DEAR

Our Faith and Connection to God

This issue of Focus reflects the COVID-19 times we have and injustices in our society and support the Black Please enjoy the story about our Congregation Wishing everyone a wonderful spring and summer
been living in over the past year and the challenges many Lives Matter movement. In this issue, we share one Leader Sr. Rose Marie Jasinski as she reflects as we come closer to once again connecting in person
of you have faced. It has become more apparent than of the initiatives our Justice, Peace and Integrity of back on her 10 years as leader of the Sisters with friends and loved ones.
ever that with social distancing and working remotely, Creation team engaged in with our Congregation of Bon Secours, USA, and her transition to
and for some experiencing loneliness and loss, our faith and the Bon Secours family. Congregation leader. Sincerely,
becomes even more important.
The work of our Congregation has continued with It is with great sadness that we share the passing
In this issue, we look at how our Bon Secours family online Zoom forums for faith-sharing experiences of Sr. Frances McCabe. We appreciate her many
has stayed connected to God and each other and turned and to unite our staff working on-site and remotely. contributions to our Congregation over the years,
to faith to stay positive in these challenging times. We We even had our international meetings on Zoom and she will truly be missed. We also note the
share how we came together to participate in a campaign with simultaneous translation so our sisters from passing of Louis Vanlandingham, a valued
against hunger. We talk about bereavement and grief as around the world could participate. member of our Housekeeping department.
we pray for and mourn the many lives that have been lost
across the United States and the world in the past year. On the international front, we are especially excited And finally, a special thank you to all of
We are all looking forward to the light at the end of the about starting a community in the Democratic the people who contributed to the recent
tunnel as more and more people get vaccinated. We hope Republic of the Congo and keep in our prayers fundraiser coordinated by the Bon Secours
you find our stories uplifting and helpful. Sr. Jacqueline Rebours and Sr. Nelida who are now Retreat and Conference Center. More than Sr. Elaine Davia
officially living in the Congo. Sr. Pat Dowling $30,000 was raised in just four weeks, Area Leader,
Additionally, the Sisters of Bon Secours have always been joined them for several weeks in February to help and we appreciate all the hard work of the Sisters of Bon Secours, USA
fully committed to advocating against racial inequality them settle in. fundraising committee.

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