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f e a t u r e

The s Sr. Fran Gorsuch

Bon Secours with staff from

the Bon Secours
Baltimore Community
Works Urban Farm.
Family Brings

Good Help to

Those in Need

tHE BoN SECoUrS Family JoiNEd tHE SiStErS oF BoN SECoUrS

aNd itS miNiStriES to CElEBratE CatHoliC SiStErS WEEk By
PartiCiPatiNG iN a CamPaiGN aGaiNSt HUNGEr. tHE BoN SECoUrS Sr. Fran Gorsuch s
inspects the spring
Family PlayS aN iNtEGral rolE iN ExtENdiNG tHE miSSioN, viSioN aNd produce with
Timothy Douglas
SPiritUality oF tHE SiStErS oF BoN SECoUrS aNd SHariNG tHE HEaliNG of Bon Secours
T Bon Secours family could participate to help impoverished
Baltimore Community
miNiStry oF JESUS WitH tHEir CommUNitiES aNd World.
Works Urban Farm.
heir collective efforts as one
Bon Secours family were part of
people in their communities.
a larger campaign against hunger
sponsored by Region lV of the Leadership
concluded on the birthday of Mother Josephine Potel,
Conference of Women Religious. The
number of people going hungry in the United States Catholic Sisters Week took place March 8-14, 2021, and Being aBle tO SerVe with BOn SeCOUrS BaltiMOre COMMUnity wOrKS
founder of the Sisters of Bon Secours. In her honor,
has surged since the COVID-19 pandemic emerged Director of Associates Amy Kulesa had the idea for UrBan FarM haS really Opened My eyeS tO the injUStiCe OF FOOd
last year, affecting the most vulnerable among us, “Jars for Josephine,” and Young Adults Program Manager ‘‘ inSeCUrity and the iMpOrtanCe OF haVing aCCeSS tO nUtritiOUS FOOdS.
especially the young and elderly. Members from all Nicholas Stein designed the label for the jars. Participants
i Can really See hOw MUCh BOn SeCOUrS CareS aBOUt the COMMUnity
of the Bon Secours ministries formed a committee were invited to fill the jars with loose change during
they SerVe thrOUgh the lOVe that iS pOUred intO thiS FarM.”
to create a combination of activities in which the Catholic Sisters Week and then donate it to a local food bank.
— Kelly Flynn, Ministry Volunteer

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