Toppenish Food Bank Celebration
L-R: Cecilia Chavez, Associate, Janie Ibarra-Vijarro, Associate and Teodora Martinez-Chavez, Associate.
On Nov. 19, members of the various churches in Toppenish, WA gathered at the parish hall of St. Aloysius Catholic Church to celebrate the Food Bank of Toppenish. Every year this gathering takes place at a different church in order to raise money and food for the Food Bank. Three SNJM Associates have prominent roles in this event and in the work of the Food Bank. Cecilia Chavez, Associate (Yakima) is the director of the Food Bank, Janie Ibarra-Vijarro, Associate (Yakima) represents the Catholic Church on the board and Teodora Martinez-Chavez, Associate (Yakima) represents the SNJM community on the board.
Prayer Service from the Spiritual Ministries Network
The Spiritual Ministries Network has developed a new template for prayer services inspired by the Acts of the General Chapter. The first prayer service, which ties into the Advent season, was prepared by Elizabeth Liebert, SNJM (East Bay) and is titled “Listen to the Heartbeat of God.”
Click here to download the prayer service.
Mid-Atlantic Sisters and Friends Hear Nadja West Speak
Top L-R: Carroll Ann Kemp, SNJM (far left), Ann Burnett (third from left), Kathleen Keller, SNJM (fourth from left), Nadja West (back center), Carol Ries, SNJM (third from right), Ann Marean, SNJM (second from right) and other attendees.
Bottom L-R: Donald West (husband of Nadja West), Nadja and Kathleen Keller, SNJM.
Lieutenant General Nadja West, a 1978 graduate of the Academy of the Holy Names in Silver Spring, MD, shared her story of faith and family on Oct. 23 at her parish St. Dominic Church in Washington, D.C. Many parishioners attended the event along with Carroll Ann Kemp, SNJM, Kathleen Keller, SNJM, Ann Burnett, a graduate of Holy Names University in Oakland who now lives in D.C., Carol Ries, SNJM, Ann Marean, SNJM (all Mid-Atlantic) and many AHN classmates and friends.
