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 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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