Today, I invited one of our sisters, Ann Duggan, osu over for lunch. Ann
worked with Catholic Relief Services for close to 20 years. At one point she
was in charge of the African Region. She spoke about how she became connected
to that work. She was working as a translator at our Generalate in Rome and was
invited to work with other religious communities to be a translator too and was
also asked to work at meetings for doctors and teachers. Sr. Ann spoke about
how enriching and eye-opening it was for her. These meetings though sparked a
real desire in her to go see more of the world and get a broader experience of
people. She loved her work tremendously.
Her use of the words "get a broader experience" reminded me of how
Ursuline education is always talking about having a broader/global view of the
world. I think that is so important. We are an international community of
sisters all around the world, Australia, Cameroon, Senegal, England, Thailand, Taiwan,
Indonesia, England, Mexico, Peru, Slovakia, Slovenia, Italy, France, Germany
etc...... So when learning about one of those places or hearing about events
there, I always picture some of our sisters who I have the fortunate chance to
meet at international meetings or visits.
I'm grateful for that Global View.
Sr. Jeannie
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