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Brief description	Author
Gertrude (Trudy) Patch When Trudy retired from her rich academic career, she returned to San Francisco. Always an educator, she began working with a literacy program sponsored by Project Read, for ten years helping adults to improve their basic skills. At the same time she became a tutor with a newly established program which selected middle school students who had...	droche
Priscilla (Pat) Meier In 1976, Pat was instrumental in founding (along with Carmen Caicedo, Paula Toner, Leontine O'Gorman and Rosie Statt) the first RSCJ Community in East Harlem. "Sister Pat,"as she was known in the neighborhood, was the community organizer, the go-to person when anyone had a problem or need. She served as President of the Pleasant Avenue Block...	droche
Janith (Jan) Mcnabb During the 1970's, Jan was a community worker at the Green Street project in Albany, New York for which Bishop Howard Hubbard commended her at her funeral. She was Director of Residents and social worker at the Henry Street Settlement House in New York City and a medical secretary at the Rockefeller Institute in New York in 1972 and 1973. She...	droche
Grail McMullen In 1972-74 Grail, while continuing to work in public relations at Newton Country Day School, began pursuing her new interest, adult learning with the economically disadvantaged in Roxbury, Massachusetts. In 1974 she moved to the new community at Casa del Sol in Boston to continue this work, spending the summer of 1974 in Mexico City in an...	droche
Maisie Lufkin In 1973, in response to to a province questionnaire, Maisie stated that she felt a need for . . .some type of pastoral work with poor people. That summer she had taken part in a program for migrant workers in Bay City, MI. This experience put her in touch directly with people who were poor and oppressed and it awakened in her a desire to...	droche
Brigid Keogh Brief History of the Foundation in Korea After the signing of the Armistice Agreement which ended the Korean War in 1953, Bishop Thomas Quinlan SSC, who was stationed in Europe, was charged with the care of the Church in Korea. He wrote to five religious congregations requesting that they send members to Korea; but he...	droche
Elizabeth (Libby) Hoye In the late sixties when there was an early call for RSCJ who wanted to work among the poor, Libby Hoye responded by teaching in a New York City public school. Her strong background in science made this possible. She also had a lifelong interest in ecumenism. With Mary Gen Smith, in Albany , NY, she founded Abba House of Prayer, a...	droche
Regina Griffin In 1976 Regina entered the Society at Stuart, with a background in political science and theology. During the noviceship she volunteered at Casa Myrna Vasquez Home for battered women, In 1982, she came to work at Holy Redeemer Parish, Washington, D.C. as Director of Religious ED. In 1987, interested in ministry to the Haitian Communities in...	droche
Jean Ford Jean spent 14 years at Sprout Creek Farm. What she said she loved even years before coming to Sprout Creek Farm was the educational vision. She also had an administrative job in all aspects of the admissions process for student and adult programs (no small task with hundreds of children participating year after year), determining scholarship...	droche
Maria Teresa Daza For Maria Teresa, work in the justice ministries provided a time of expansion of mind and heart. Maria Teresa was born in Colombia and in 1953 answered a call to the United States. In 1969 she was instrumental in the beginning of the Spanish Center in Albany. From 1984 until 2001, she worked in pastoral care and family services with the...	droche
Kathleen Cox Kathleen’s special love of love for young children, for the poor and for simplicity of life was evident in her work in schools primarily for the poor and in Network Schools where she always supported those designing projects for the poor . In 1982, Kathleen was part of a small group of RSCJ who began work at Holy Redeemer School and...	droche
Barbara (Bobby) Cooper Bobby was sometimes dubbed a "Renaissance Woman" because of her many interests and talents. Her work in parish ministry heightened her knowledge and experience of the critical needs of those who were powerless to change their circumstances.	droche
Dorothy Ann (Dotty) Clark When the time came for Dotty to begin the preparation for her profession, she asked to go to Africa for probation. She made final profession on December 8, 1972, in Nkozi, Uganda, with the intention of remaining in Africa. Her time in Africa spanned almost twenty years, during which she served in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia and...	droche
Helen Carroll Helen lived her religious life in the San Francisco area. From 1968 until 1987, she ministered at Our Lady of Lourdes in a low income African American neighborhood (Hunter’s Point), first part time in religious education while working At Stuart Hall then full time for 17 years serving as bookkeeper, secretary, visiting and taking Communion to...	droche
Anne Byrne Anne’s concern for social justice was always evident in her teaching and administration in Sacred Heart Schools and in her work on the Provincial Team. Anne served on the Network Commission on Goals (1995-1992), St Ignatius School Board in Grand Coteau (1993-2002) and the Pastoral Council of the Diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana (2000-2003. ...	droche
Barbara Bireley In 1980 Barbara went to Indiantown, Florida, to join the small community ofRSCJ there and to work primarily with the African-American community. "I learned there, how and why injustice must enrage the Heart of God." (To read more about Barbara's life click on the link under her picture.)	droche
Duchesne House for Volunteers Duchesne House for Volunteers, in New Orleans, Louisiana, offered immersion and service programs for student groups and individuals ages 16 – 30. Participants engage in service, reflection and cultural immersion through working on the rebuilding of a house, meeting people in New Orleans affected by Hurricane Katrina, touring...	droche
Sarah (Sally) Brennan My journey to Casa Esperanza began when I was 7. Our dog ran after a “cleaning lady”on her way to the bus stop. Ginger jumped at the lady and tore her coat. My mother gave me some money and told me to run after the lady and give it to her for a new coat. I told the lady I was sorry that Ginger had scared her. She thanked me for the money and...	droche
Anita (Nancy) Bremner While in Chicago, Nancy directed the community service program at Woodlands Academy, in Lake Forest IL.which included tutoring the children at Cabrini Green housing project. She developed a partnership with St. Joseph School in Cabrini Green for this purpose. Students also tutored children at schools in North Chicago. The program arranged for...	droche
Joan Hopkins In 1986, Sister Hopkins worked at New Covenant Justice and Peace Center in Omaha, an inter-congregational organization that provided community outreach with programs on justice and peace issues. She would continue this focus of working for justice for the rest of her life. She was the researcher and author of two corporate...	droche
Casa Del Sol In 1974 I (Carlota Duarte) joined the RSCJ community living at Casa del Sol, 10 Pembroke Street, in the South End of Boston. The intention of the rscj was to live in the neighborhood, without a project, but rather to learn from their neighbors in what way the nuns might serve.	droche
Center For Educational Design and Communication CEDC was founded in the recognition that education is not bounded by classrooms, that communication is a matter of relationship and communion, and that the call to work for social justice is integral to our faith.	droche
Virginia McMonagle Virginia McMonagle forged a transnational link, dividing her time between Haiti and San Diego University, where she was an assistant to the Vice-President. Virginia's involvement came about in collaboration with Father William Wason. In 1986 this priest persuaded a reluctant Virginia to accompany him to Haiti, where he was going to explore...	droche
Elaine Abels Elaine Abels, rscj...began working in 1980 as staff chaplain at the Bergan Mercy Hospital; in 1985 she was appointed hospital chaplain. In 2000 she wrote of that experience: "I worked mostly in oncology, and for me accompanying dying and sick patients has been a true gift. I have experienced this ministry as holy ground." To learn more...	droche
Helen O'Regan In 1999 the authorities of Kenya acknowleged that there were over 1.5 million individuals infected with AIDS, out of a population of approximately 30 million. In describing her work there, Helen wrote: "I have sometimes given pastoral care to patients in their homes, which has brought me face to face with the ravages of the disease and its...	droche