St. Columba’s annual Spring Concert is on June 6 at 6:00 p.m. in the cathedral church.  The free-will offering taken this evening will benefit the Ursuline Sisters’ HIV/AIDS Ministry this year.   The concert will feature Harper Kirk, harpist; Collen McNally Harris, vocalist; and Dr. Daniel Laginya conducting Laura Zaerr’s Celtic Concerto.  An evening of good [...]

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The Ursuline Sisters Ministry to people with HIV/AIDS began in 1993 with a monthly support group. The following year we started to distribute pantry bags on the 3rd Saturday of the month, and in 1995 we decided we needed to bring people together for a longer period of time to have an opportunity to talk and share and visit in a safe environment. The Café has served 180 meals since 1995; we have never missed a month and the number of guests continues to grow.

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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