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We Sisters of Charity of Nazareth are an international Congregation in a multicultural world. Impelled by the love of Christ, in the tradition of Vincent de Paul and the pioneer spirit of Catherine Spalding, we and our Associates are committed to work for justice in solidarity with oppressed peoples, especially the economically poor and women, and to care for the earth. We risk our lives and resources, both personally and corporately, as we engage in diverse ministries in carrying out this mission.<\/div>\n
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The year 2012 marks the bicentennial anniversary of the foundation of the Sisters of Charity of\u00a0Nazareth. As a tribute to these sisters, we offer a reflection on aspects of the Vincentian charism that\u00a0permeated their 200 years of ministry.<\/p>\n

Trust in Divine Providence<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"scn_1\"<\/a>Congregations formed in the spirit of Saints\u00a0Vincent and Louise are characterized by\u00a0boundless trust in the Providence of God and an\u00a0unwavering commitment to respond to \u2018what is\u00a0before them.\u2019 In the early 19th\u00a0century, the\u00a0immediate needs facing Catherine Spalding and\u00a0her companions in rural KY were education, care\u00a0for orphans and for the sick. Between 1812 and\u00a01834 the fledging community lovingly began all\u00a0three ministries.<\/p>\n

Education was their first priority. At great\u00a0personal sacrifice, the sisters built a school at\u00a0St. Thomas, the original site of their foundation.\u00a0Only later did they learn that the land on which\u00a0they built could never belong to them. In 1822,\u00a0with meager resources and firm trust in Divine\u00a0Providence, the Congregation purchased land\u00a0north of Bardstown, the site of the present\u00a0Nazareth campus. Here they could build and\u00a0expand as needed.<\/p>\n

In 1832 a cholera epidemic devastated Louisville\u00a0and Bardstown. The sisters closed their schools\u00a0and went into the homes of the sick and dying.\u00a0The epidemic increased the already large\u00a0number of children left orphaned by parents who\u00a0died on river boats enroute to Louisville. The\u00a0community responded by opening St. Vincent\u2019s\u00a0Orphanage, the first of many SCN homes for\u00a0children who had no one to care for them. The\u00a0first privately owned hospital, St. Vincent\u2019s\u00a0Infirmary, actually began in a vacant wing of an\u00a0expanded orphanage. From these modest\u00a0beginnings a constellation of schools, orphanages\u00a0and hospitals grew. Witness the numbers:<\/p>\n

\"scn_2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The SCN mission expanded beyond U.S. borders when two young Jesuits came to Nazareth in 1946 with\u00a0a request from Bishop Sullivan of the Patna Diocese for sisters to staff a hospital and later a school in\u00a0northern India. The Jesuits said that their Bishop was looking for a\u00a0\u201creligious order with a charism for risk in ministry.\u201d Overwhelmed by\u00a0the multitude of appeals for sisters to serve here at home, Mother Ann\u00a0Sebastian and her Council initially refused this request. Unexpectedly,\u00a0later in the day, the two Jesuits received the good news that the\u00a0community would accept this mission. The Spirit worked quickly on the\u00a0hearts of the Council.<\/p>\n

Steadfastness in Mission<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"scn_3\"<\/a>The Sisters\u2019 steadfastness in mission manifested itself in their\u00a0capacity for self-sacrifice, adaptability and resourcefulness in the\u00a0midst of great hardship. In 1919 SCNs established Our Lady of Mercy Hospital in Mt. Vernon,\u00a0Ohio. Because of the anti-Catholicism that permeated the area, only a\u00a0few patients, usually in a dying condition, came to the hospital. The\u00a0sisters\u2019 commitment and perseverance in providing compassionate\u00a0health care gradually overcame the intense prejudice that continued\u00a0for decades. The sisters served the people until the hospital closed in\u00a01979.<\/p>\n

The sisters responded generously to the educational needs in\u00a0southeastern Ohio where immigrants of numerous nationalities flocked\u00a0to work in the coal mines. The diversity of languages presented a real problem for pastors and teachers. In the spring of 1929, after meeting\u00a0with Polish parents whose children could not understand Englishspeaking teachers, the pastor of St. Stanislaus parish related the\u00a0problem to Mother Mary Catherine. Within a week of the pastor\u2019s call,\u00a0Mother transferred the lively and gifted Sister Austina Romanowski\u00a0from Kentucky to Maynard, Ohio to teach in both Polish and English.<\/p>\n

In the mid 1950\u2019s, Sister Mary Jude Howard served at Nazareth Hospital in Mokama, Northern India\u00a0where there was no electricity. Distressed at the frequent death of preemie babies, Sister noted the\u00a0need for incubators to keep the babies warm after birth. Her ingenious mind and heart figured out a way\u00a0to make incubators by cutting empty rectangular kerosene cans to form a cradle, lining them with small\u00a0pillows and blankets warmed by lanterns, and held up on four sticks. Her incubators didn\u2019t look like much,\u00a0but they kept the preemies alive.<\/p>\n

Wisdom in Communal Discernment<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cWhat are your thoughts, my sisters?\u201d \u00a0(Vincent de Paul)<\/em><\/p>\n

In respect to the possible merger with the Emmitsburg community in 1841, Catherine informed the\u00a0community of the situation, gathered them in prayer, read her letter to Bishop Flaget and invited all\u00a0who wished, to sign it. Tradition tells us that she then left the room. Catherine anticipated the call for\u00a0communal discernment stated so well in Vatican II \u2026 it happens \u2026 that with equal sincerity some of the\u00a0faithful will disagree with others on a given matter. They should always try to enlighten one another\u00a0through honest discussion, preserving mutual charity and caring above all for the common good.\u00a0(Gaudium et Spes, #44) To Bishop Flaget\u2019s credit, he listened to his \u201cdaughters.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 1974 the SCN General Assembly called the community to a life-style of shared corporate reflection.\u00a0Two years later, the Constitutions Committee involved the total community in a four year process of\u00a0prayerful reflection and honest dialogue in the revision of the Constitutions. (1976-1980) \u00a0This effort\u00a0concluded with a community written Constitutions sent to Rome for approval in 1981. Sister Margaret\u00a0Maria Coon, a member of the Committee, wrote \u201cAn ever-recurring theme throughout the papers was\u00a0faith manifested through awareness of God\u2019s Providence\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

More recently, Sister Mary Elizabeth Miller, President, called the community to a day of prayer and\u00a0discernment designed to gather the sisters\u2019 wisdom on how to respond to the 2009 Apostolic Visitation.<\/p>\n

Empathy of Heart<\/strong><\/h2>\n

From the very beginning of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, empathy was evident in the\u00a0sisters\u2019 ministries. Several stories highlight this.\u00a0A father, having lost his wife and needing to\u00a0travel to New Orleans to find work, presented\u00a0his two-year-old daughter to Catherine, agreeing\u00a0to pay one dollar a week. After seventeen weeks,\u00a0the father sent $17 plus an additional $3 for\u00a0warm winter clothes for his daughter. He wrote:<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026[the twenty dollars is] to be\u00a0paid to Catherine, nun, for\u00a0boarding my little girl in the\u00a0nunnery\u2026 Good Catherine, be so\u00a0kind as to favor me with a line or\u00a0two, letting me know how my poor\u00a0child is, as I am very uneasy about her, and sorry for the loss of her\u00a0poor mother. Your afflicted,\u00a0humble servant, James McGloin.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The sisters agonized over the plight of the African American community. During Catherine\u2019s time, she promoted instruction in the faith for the \u201cservants\u201d (slaves) at Nazareth. Between 1871-1943 the SCNs staffed eleven schools for African Americans in five Southern states, including St Augustine, the first school for Negroes in the Diocese of Louisville. At the request of the Passionist Community, the sisters opened a 50-bed hospital in Ensley, Alabama where African American doctors, who were not allowed to practice in public hospitals, cared for their own people. Mother Ann Sebastian Sullivan wrote, \u201cThis project will be charity, purely charity, one which we shall entrust to Divine \u00a0Providence, with one sole offering, our good will.\u201d<\/p>\n

From 1904-1950 the Kentucky Day Law prohibited any educational institution from admitting African Americans. When this law was rescinded, Nazareth College immediately opened its doors to African Americans and by December\u00a01950 had the largest number of African\u00a0American students of all Kentucky colleges.<\/p>\n

At the outbreak of the 1918 Spanish Influenza\u00a0Epidemic, the military requested the Sisters of\u00a0Charity of Nazareth to nurse the approximately\u00a014,000 men suffering from the flu at Camp\u00a0Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky. Both nursing and\u00a0teaching sisters went to minister to these\u00a0soldiers. Upon surveying their patients, the\u00a0sisters immediately requested pajamas for the\u00a0men. After a week most of the sick were out of\u00a0their uniforms. The next request which came a\u00a0few days later was for sheets and pillowcases.<\/p>\n

The sisters\u2019 arrival in the camp saw a notable\u00a0decrease in the death rate. One soldier said to a\u00a0sister, \u201cWe did not have this attention before\u00a0you came. We had no idea the Catholic sisters\u00a0were such good women.\u201d The soldiers were\u00a0amazed to discover the sisters received no\u00a0salaries for their services.<\/p>\n

Wisdom in Communal Discernment, Trust in Divine Providence, Steadfastness in Mission and Empathy of\u00a0Heart are not only virtues that were needed in the past, but values that every Sister of Charity and\u00a0Associate need to continually nurture today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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