News from Our Sisters in the US
On May 19, St. Ann’s School in the Pilsen area of Chicago honored Sr. Darleen Mayo at their Gala with the SERVE LEAD LOVE Award for her mentorship of eight of their teachers through Loyola University’s LU CHOICE Program. Since 2005 Darleen has mentored over 80 teachers in that program, many of whom are pictured below. Sisters Mary Anne Powers and Regina DeVitto were happy to be part of the celebration.
All Saints Catholic School, Norwalk, presented the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Award to Sister
Sally Norcross, CND on April 29th for her role in the founding and growth of ASCS. From 1969 to 2012, she devoted her professional career of teaching, administering, and counseling to working with children in Catholic Schools, becoming the first assistant principal of ASCS in 1990. She celebrates here with ASCS and CND friends, and with fellow honoree Fr. Sudhir Dsouza.
LENTEN REFLECTION PROGRAM
The Congregation de Notre Dame Associates and parishioners at Immaculate Heart of Mary parish in Hayesville, North Carolina had an opportunity to participate in a six-week Lenten reflection program utilizing Barbara Lee’s book P raying Through Pain. Each chapter had a different topic to pray with via a variety of scripture passages that included reflection questions which we shared in pairs or small groups in our weekly meetings. Spiritual director, Barbara McGrattan, facilitated the group and supplied supplemental materials as well. Participants voiced what they shared freely and without judgment about what was going on in their lives since the atmosphere felt like a safe haven. It was a big commitment to meet for 6 straight weeks since we are all elderly, but they enjoyed the different perspectives on topics, they learned how to pray in a variety of ways, and they liked the confidentiality. We look forward to future engagements of faith sharing!
One of the highlights of the time Jackie and Mary Anne spent in Japan was a visit to the Tsukuba Catholic Church, where the pastor Fr. Nobuaki Yamada welcomed the Congregation Leadership Team (CLT) and representatives from Marguerite Bourgeoys Province, French Canada (MB), Visitation Province, English Canada (Vis), Blessed Sacrament Province, USA (BS), Maria Province, Japan, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Region, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador (NSG), and Notre-Dame des Apôtres Region, Cameroon (NDA).
