Hotels Respond to Anti-Trafficking InitiativeHotels in the Indianapolis area are better equipped to recognize and help victims of human trafficking thanks to an initiative launched before the February 5 Super Bowl by a group of 11 orders of Catholic women religious in Indiana and Michigan in collaboration with state and local officials and organizations. Super Bowl Anti-Trafficking InitiativeA group of 11 orders of Catholic women religious in Indiana and Michigan who invest in hotel chains to affect social change is collaborating with state and local officials to curb human trafficking during festivities leading up to the February 5 Super Bowl in Indianapolis. Sisters of the Holy Cross mark jubileesThirty-five Sisters of the Holy Cross will celebrate their jubilee years in Holy Cross on July 17, 2011, in the Church of Our Lady of Loretto at Saint Mary’s. Sisters recognized for HIV/AIDS careNine Sisters of the Holy Cross were among the 400 people who attended the Utah AIDS Foundation’s event on March 29, 2011, that honored the congregation as one of the state’s “Pioneers in HIV.” At the forefront of HIV/AIDS care 25 years ago, the congregation was recognized as the first to admit and care for AIDS patients at its Holy Cross Hospital in Salt Lake City. JusticeCraft prepares participants to lead justice ministriesThis year’s JusticeCraft program was held June 6—13, 2010, at Saint Mary’s, Notre Dame, Ind. Participants engaged in a broad range of interactive sessions, from theology and spirituality of justice ministry to ecological sustainability to rituals that shape and sustain the work of justice. Bells ring for climate change actionAs part of the Sisters of the Holy Cross’ commitment to the Global Day of Action for Climate Change on October 24, the bells at the Church of Our Lady of Loretto will ring 35 times beginning at 3:50 p.m. Joint Statement on Climate ChangeLeaders of the four Congregations of Holy Cross sisters, brothers and priests issued a joint statement on October 20, 2009, calling for collaborative action to stem the global climate crisis. Leadership Team to be installedThe Sisters of the Holy Cross will install its newly elected congregational Leadership Team on September 27, 2009, in the Church of Our Lady of Loretto at Saint Mary’s, Notre Dame, Indiana. Sister M. Gerald, CSC, pioneer in healthcare finance, dies at 98Sister M. Gerald (Maura Josephine Hartney), CSC, who was a pioneer in the development of healthcare financial management systems in the United States, died at age 98 on September 10, 2008, at Saint Mary’s Convent, Notre Dame, Ind. |