Congratulations to Sister Kathleen Minchin, who received the Cardinal Mooney High School Distinguished Alumni Award of 2012 along with football coach Bob Stoops. Sister Kathleen, who leads the HIV/AIDS Ministry for the Ursuline Sisters of Youngstown, was honored by the Mooney Alumni Association for “demonstrating a continuing concern and dedication for Cardinal Mooney High School [...]
Today, December 1, is World AIDS Day. Take a moment to join the Ursuline Sisters and its HIV/AIDS Ministry as we pray for children and adults living with HIV/AIDS in our community and around the world. Pray especially for those who are also vulnerable and marginalized by poverty, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender and age. Pray for [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
