Posted in Community Service, Current Events on Dec 23rd, 2009
Actuarial studies indicated that Catholic nuns live a long, productive, happy life. Our Sister Miriam Engles, OSU, is one who follows that pattern. She celebrates her 98th birthday on Christmas Eve and is the oldest member of the Ursuline Sisters in Youngstown. Sr. Miriam has been a member of the Ursulines since 1928 (81 years if [...]
Posted in Community Service on Dec 20th, 2009
Sister Kathleen Minchin was awarded the 5th Annual Ohio Department of Health 2009 Consortium Leadership Award for her dedication to HIV community planning. In the words of the award presenter, “She offers hope and healing to all those she serves and does so with compassion, grace and humble commitment. Simply put, the gifts she has [...]
Posted in Associate News on Dec 20th, 2009
Associate Brigid Kennedy was awarded the 1st Annual Ohio Department of Health Pioneer Award for her leadership, passion and dedication to HIV community planning. According to ODH, Brigid demonstrates “a commitment to the ideals of community planning and the execution of those ideals in an innovative and forward thinking manner.” Brigid was also honored recently [...]
Posted in Associate News on Dec 20th, 2009
Our own Associate Terry Mitchell, RN of the Ursuline Sisters HIV/AIDS Ministry clinic, was honored November 21, 2009 in Florida as a 2009 Frontline Nurse Distinguished Service Award by the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care at their annual conference. Congratulations Terry. Now the rest of the world knows what we do—our patients couldn’t ask [...]
Posted in Weekly Reflection on Dec 20th, 2009
In a recent conversation with members of our parish renewal team, I realized that we live in a very logical society: we want proofs, we love our technological gimmicks, we avoid risks when we aren’t sure something is trustworthy. But curiously, we are a people of belief: we place our trust in surgeons, we act [...]