Handmaids 2023 Impact Report by handmaidsus

Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

2023 Impact Report

FROM THE PROVINCIAL Dear Friends and Collaborators, My heart swells as I ponder the diverse ways in which God calls us to partner with Him: through the work of nurturing young minds and hearts in our school, Ancillae-Assumpta Academy; in the joyful labor of supporting Handmaids in formation as well as our older sisters who minister through prayer and hospitality; in the essential care given to our immigrant brothers and sisters as well as college students in Athens; through the creative and reverent work of spiritual nourishment that unfolds each day at St. Raphaela Center; and through the untold and unplanned encounters, conversations and prayers that fill out the days. We are abundantly blessed to be called to this life and that blessing very often takes shape through those who partner with us in this work. I am especially grateful for the generous hospitality of the Sisters of Saint Joseph who have welcomed four members of our Province to reside at St. Joseph’s Villa. Our sisters have found such belonging and a high level of care and connection in the beautiful environment of the Villa. They are also closer to both of our communities in Wyncote and Haverford and are now all together in one building. Our ACI Associates program has grown this year. A group of young adults are gathering to pray and discern a call to become Associates, and, last May and June, 16 Associates made a formal commitment to share in charism and ministry with Sisters and other members of the ACI Family. The Associates as a whole were also recognized by our Superior General, Rosario Fernández-Villarán, as full members in the ACI Family network. Besides living and sharing the charism of the Handmaids at home and in their workplaces, our local Associates’ apostolates include serving as virtual English tutors to our Sisters in formation in Vietnam, visiting Sisters who are in the nursing home, and collaborating at St. Raphaela Center. They also prioritize times of adoration and share the gift of prayer with others. As our Associates share in our mission in a special way, so too do our benefactors. Simply put, our ministries would not reach nearly as many people without your generous support, and we are deeply grateful for your continued collaboration. We understand that part of our work is stewarding your goodness and we hope this impact report gives you a sense of what your generosity empowers. One joyful update: with help from many of you and an award from the SOAR (Supporting Our Aging Religious) foundation, we have reached our fundraising goal for purchasing a wheelchair-accessible van. This will be an enormous help in sustaining mobility, community, and a high quality of life for many of our older sisters.

The winning team from our Province gathering trivia night, celebrating their success (left) Sister María Jesús meets Pope Francis in Rome and shares that she was born in Spain in the same region as St. Francis Xavier, SJ (right)

Handmaids explore Washington, D.C. with friend Francisco José Ruiz Pérez, SJ before leading our 8-day Spiritual Exercises in August (left) Sisters Kathleen and Trinh pause to share lunch during their August preparation days for the academic year at Ancillae-Asumpta Academy (right)

This year I witnessed many movements of courage in our Province made possible by God’s faithfulness: Sisters transitioned cities and ministries with open hearts We closed our Miami community after almost 50 years of service We discerned the completion of Project FIAT in El Salvador after 20 years of service We built a labyrinth at St. Raphaela Center and deepened our practice of synodality with great intention We made a renewed investment in our communications and reorganized our Advisory Board This coming year also marks the 100th anniversary of the death of our foundress, St. Raphaela Mary, and we look forward to sharing her spirituality and journey. Her life was characterized by a radiant interior freedom and a profound commitment to unity paired with a passion for sharing the consoling and liberating experience of encounter with Christ. Her clarity of call to the reparation and healing of that which is broken and aching makes her life compelling and relevant for our time. We invite you to learn about her with us! Please hold Sister Catherine Kirwan-Avila in prayer as she departs for Rome, where she will spend six months preparing for perpetual vows with nine other Handmaid sisters from around the world. Thank you for your prayers, generosity and friendship. Please know that they are received with great gratitude and are treasured. I continue to hold you in my heart and in my prayers. May God pour out blessings upon you and your family and accompany you on your journey. With a grateful heart,

Lyan Tri, aci Provincial Superior USA Province The mission of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is Reparation. As Eucharistic women, we work with Christ to bring healing to people’s hearts and peace to their relationships with God, with one another, and with creation. The core values that define a Handmaid are Joy, Hospitality, Simplicity, Humility, and Compassion.

OUR COMMUNITIES Globally, there are over 800 Handmaids in 23 countries. In the United States, we are an international community of 28 women living in four local communities. ATHENS, GEORGIA Uyen-Chi Dang, aci Margarita Martin, aci Angela Cordero, aci HAVERFORD, PENNSLYVANIA Cecilia Chen, aci Cam Banh, aci Carmen Cabrejos, aci Catherine Kirwan-Avila, aci María Jesús Sagaseta, aci Kathy Gazie, aci Lyan Thuy Tri, aci Asunta Thanh, aci Michelle Cimaroli, aci

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI Ngoc Nhu Nguyen, aci Dona DeMarco, aci Jessica Kerber, aci Oanh Vo, aci Nhan Nguyen, aci Phuong Uyen Vu, aci

WYNCOTE, PENNSYLVANIA Kathleen Helbig, aci Mary Theresa Nguyen, aci Maureen Gillespie, aci Trinh Nguyen, aci Margaret Scott, aci Alice Rodríguez, aci* Betty Ann McDonald, aci* Gloria Petrone, aci* Marietta Jansen, aci* *residing at Saint Joseph’s Villa

THE BEAUTY OF SISTERHOOD AT ST. JOSEPH’S VILLA The Wyncote community “lives together apart” as the modern saying goes. Five of us live in the Wyncote community residence while four are living at St. Joseph’s Villa: Srs Gloria Petrone, Alice Rodríguez, Betty Ann McDonald, and Marietta Jansen. We are immensely grateful to the Sisters of Saint Joseph for opening their arms and their home to us. They provide our Sisters with a homeaway-from-home religious community space: daily Mass, morning and evening prayer and the rosary for those who wish. It is a delight to visit the Sisters and to see them wrapped in such friendly care. They tell us they love it there. “Everyone here is so nice and kind!” And what is not to love...so many fun activities, weekly Happy Hours, birthday celebrations every month, trips to the dollar store, and they even go to Phillies’ games. The medical and nursing care at the Villa is also amazing and they keep us fully informed about how each Sister is doing and any changes in her needs or care plan. How can we ever thank the Sisters of Saint Joseph enough?! -Margaret Scott, aci

Marietta Jansen, aci, Betty Ann McDonald, aci (top) Alice Rodríguez, aci, Gloria Petrone, aci (middle) The Wyncote community helping Sister Marietta settle into her new room (bottom)

PROVINCE TEAM

Development Advisory Board, 2022-23 Kathy Garrett, Advisory Board Chair Jaclyn Newns, Director of Communications Timothy Denny Kathleen Regele Marie & Jacques Gordon Francesca & Steven Molinari Thomas Reusche Provincial & Consultors

Consultors Jessica Kerber, aci, Uyen-Chi Dang, aci, Kathleen Helbig, aci

The purpose of the Development Advisory Board is to assist the USA Province of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its efforts to gain the public interest and voluntary financial support necessary for continuing its Eucharistic-Reparative mission and ministries among the People of God.

A labyrinth now greets retreatants outside the House of Hope at St. Raphaela Center as a space of movement, meditation and union.

LABYRINTH: A DREAM REALIZED MICHELLE CIMAROLI, ACI

I love walking and praying - walking the woods and not neccessarily seeing the whole path. I like being on a journey when you can’t see the end. Walking is one way to pray, and here at St. Raphaela Center, we really want to offer diverse spaces and ways for people to encounter God, especially ones that immerse us in the vivaciousness of creation. So, we had this idea to build a labyrinth. One day, I sat down at the dining room table and took an hour to sketch a design (as a Math teacher, this was a very enjoyable and restful activity for me!). This summer when my family came to visit, I mentioned our labyrinth dream to my parents, and my dad immediately looked into renting a sod cutter (something he had always wanted to try). One thing that constantly amazes me about life here at the Center is what is possible when you bring people together. There is very little we can do as individuals on our own. Sisters, volunteers, family members and even a former student of mine from Ancillae-Assumtpa Academy all jumped in. We started putting down the lines of the path, filling in gravel, shoveling sand and landscaping. I was blown away by the creativity of it all. The labyrinth has become a multi-sensory experience - there are things to touch and see and smell, listen to and even eat! A water fountain grounds the center, and we hope to add edible plants in the Spring. The experience of sharing this project with my parents here was a great gift they are always supportive of me, and it touched me very much to see their love of our mission here. They, along with so many others, are generous collaborators in our collective life as Handmaids!

Sisters Trinh and Michelle on Day 1, working the sod cutter to remove the grass alongside Mark and Jayne Cimaroli (top) Sister María Jesús delighting in the fountain at the center of the labyrinth (right)

Local university students walk the labyrinth during a fall retreat with SCHEAP (Synodality in Catholic Higher Education in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia) while contemplating their hopes and dreams for the Church (left) Dan Joyce, SJ, blesses the labyrinth with holy water during an August morning Mass to officially open the prayer space on the front lawn of our House of Hope (right)

The labyrinth started with a dream - to create one space where people can encounter God. We started with the poverty of the Center - we know we cannot do it by ourselves. And we also started with the richness of the people who come to the Center and share our dreams with us. Collaboration happens very naturally here. Everyone shares their gifts - whatever they can bring - and we put all the gifts together. Experiencing the process of collaboration has been a true joy. -Lyan Tri, aci

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One of the highlights of my summer was spending an afternoon at local nurseries with Phil (our lead gardener), and Sisters Lyan, Trinh, Nhu, and Uyen. Sister Lyan invited each of us to choose a plant that we were drawn to, so that all of us were represented in the landscaping design. This encouragement was so reflective of the charism of the Handmaids. They live Reparation through encouraging authenticity and agency. In so many areas of life, we listen to external shoulds and expectations - what do other people want and need from us? But with the Handmaids, I am encouraged to listen to my internal wisdom - what am I drawn to? What choice feels natural? Where do I delight? For me, sharing life and mission with the Handmaids is a practice of deeper relationship with myself and meeting God’s Spirit in my desire, creativity and individuality. -Jackie Newns, Director of Communications

LIVING SYNODALITY: JOURNEYING TOGETHER AS THE PEOPLE OF GOD MICHELLE CIMAROLI, ACI The call to Syndoality comes from our identity as women in the Church. At this time, with the guidance of Pope Francis, the Catholic Church is being called to become more synodal. As Handmaids, we perceived this call in our last General Congregation, where there was a specific call to synodality both in our minisitres and also in our way of being. Here at St. Raphaela Center, we have a desire to create an environment in which we participate in synodality. We learn how to be synodal by doing it and living it. Locally in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, we want to raise awareness and help people engage in synodality through deeper listening and discernment. Earlier this year, we hung a collection of six images in our main hallway that were created by Philadelphia artist and friend, Becky McIntyre. The art is a visual summary of synodal listening sessions with college and university students across our city. Pope Francis is also calling us to listen to young people, and that is why we chose to display the art so prominently in our retreat house. Recently, I witnessed a retreatant (who did not identify as Catholic) completely captivated by the six images and expressed to me his desire to unite with the hopes and dreams of our young people in the church. He said to me, “I share those hopes and dreams. How can I help make them a reality and help those students bring them into our world?” Because St. Raphaela Center is a place that draws people from so many different faiths and walks of life, it is important that we provide diverse entry-points for engagement. As we “enlarge the space of our tent” (cf. Is. 54:2, Synod DCS), we want all people to find room and welcome to be themselves authentically. Synodality requires sacred listening and sacred receiving. I don’t know how often we really engage with each other by simply receiving who and what someone else is about without feeling the need to make our own sense of their words or rationalize their sharing. There are very few spaces for vulnerability and transparency in our world. As Handmaids, we aim to create brave spaces so real relationships can grow. In addition to showing up with honestly and receiving the other, synodality is also about discernment. And, it’s not just me and what I think God is calling me to. It’s about the collective we. I bring my heart to the group, and each member of my community brings their own understanding. I only have a piece of the truth. Synodal listening guides us in discerning how God calling us collectively through each person’s truth and call. If we are able to hold what we bring sacredly and loosely, and allow ourselves to be affected by the other, then transformation can occur - newness can come forth, life can come forth - the Spirit is able to be born from our openness.

“Fragmentation to Wholeness” by Becky McIntyre, @sanaartista

Michelle Cimaroli, aci serves as the Director of St. Raphaela Center and delights in the opportunity to engage people in sharing their gifts in the practice of being and becoming Church.

BUILDING HOPE IN THE IGNATIAN FAMILY NHAN NGUYEN, ACI This summer, I had the opportunity to join the MAGIS 2023 experience in Lisbon, Portugal, together with Sister Jessica Kerber, aci and our dear friends, Tinamarie Stolz, and Isabelle Molinari. MAGIS is a gathering of young adults of the Ignatian Family from all over the world and takes place in the ten days piror to World Youth Day. This time, it began on July 22, 2023 and ended on the Feast of St. Ignatius, July 31. Nearly 2,000 young people from more than 80 countries participated. All of the nearly 80 MAGIS experiences, which took place across Portugal and Spain, were anchored in the theme of “creating a hope-filled future.” Young people could choose a primary focus within the larger theme: faith and spirituality, ecology and the environment, pilgrimage and journey, art and culture, and solidarity and service. For me, one of the most exciting parts of MAGIS 2023 was that it represented a deep collaboration between Jesuits, Handmaids, and lay people. In total, about 40 Handmaids from over 13 countries participated in MAGIS and were engaged in every level of planning, facilitation, and participation. It was a graced experience to be a part of the universal body of the Handmaids, within the universal Ignatian Family, together in the larger body of the universal Church at World Youth Day. I co-led a group focused on faith and spirituality. Our group included 30 participants from six different ethnic backgrounds. As part of the experience, we practiced reparative dialogue (a strong call from the Handmaids’ General Congregation XXI). This type of dialogue requires us to walk at a slower place with vulnerability, trust, receptivity, humility, and courage and to risk allowing ourselves to be transformed in the process. I was amazed at how much participants moved from “I” to “we” throughout the experience, encountering one another on a deep level. One of the highlights of our time together was a visit to a nursing home in Sintra, Portugal. While language was a barrier, music connected us. We sang and danced together to songs in Chinese, Japanese, and English. As a thank you, people from the nursing home sang a Portuguese song about Mother Mary to us. We felt our hearts grow larger as we made space for God and for others. It is an experience that creates hope. I am very grateful for the glimpse of World Youth Day 2023 that I had while in Lisbon. A moment that moved me during my few days at World Youth Day was an hour of adoration at the Lisbon Cathedral guided by our Handmaid Sisters. Thousands of young people from all over the world passed by the tiny Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament. It was evident in their faces and gestures that they came with souls yearning for God and open hearts. That hour was an oasis of sacred silence and stillness in the midst of pilgrimage! I was moved to tears as I witnessed and experienced His loving embrace. Christ was holding all of us, and his outstretched arms bounded us together. Recalling the words of the Psalm, I, too, praised God, for His love endures forever. I sensed His desire to show me, His little handmaid, the meaning of adoring the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, how this prayer becomes apostolic, a service and act of hope for the world. Our Constitutions remind us of the call to make “the eucharistic Christ…available for ‘the adoration of all people’ so that they come to acknowledge him as Savior and Lord” (Const. 5). How grateful I am for the gift of this call, for the depth of the mystery of love contained in the Eucharist, for our Ignatian heritage, and for the chance to live it together with so many others. I think Raphaela would rejoice to see our sisters co-laboring with the Jesuits to share the riches of Ignatian spirituality with young people…and of course to see spaces of adoration opened up so that all might experience for themselves God’s embrace and unconditional love. - Catherine Kirwan-Avila, aci

LETTING OURSELVES BE CARED FOR IS LIVING REPARATION OANH VO, ACI

Oanh Vo, aci is a Nurse Practitioner currently residing in St. Louis and enrolled in a spiritual direction formation program. She graciously shared her artwork here to accompany her reflection. General Congregation XXI has urged us Handmaids to build a culture of care in our communities and beyond. It is no easy feat when our society rewards efficiency, activism, and self-sufficiency, constantly pressuring us to dedicate less time and attention to care for ourselves and for one another. Furthermore, the diminishment that exists in many Provinces has demanded us in every generation to take upon ourselves various significant responsibilities. Thus, the focus on building a culture of care could not have come at a better moment. It is an urgent invitation to let ourselves be cared for and to learn to care for others. For us Handmaids, it is nothing other than the call to live with greater intentionality and coherence our Eucharistic-Reparative charism and thereby become effective wounded healers of our suffering world.

"Beating With You" When it is experienced most intimately that the heartbeat of the Trinity and mine are one, forming the characteristic, inseparable lub-dub sound in the Body, hope, trust and joy in following Jesus and co-laboring with him, without counting the cost, are renewed.

Building a Culture of Care Begins with Self-Care A few months ago, when I was feeling quite overwhelmed with some difficult responsibilities, my very perceptive spiritual director said, “Oanh, let God care for you.” Truly, it was an echo of a persistent call from the Heart of Jesus, who always longs for me to let him love me, nourish me, and take care of me. It was a poignant reminder that the journey of my consecrated life began with the singular desire to grow in intimacy with Jesus. Having been a nurse for more than 17 years, I should have known better the importance of good self-care and the real risk of burnout or, more appropriately named for those who are “caregivers,” compassion fatigue. When there are so many responsibilities and so few of us, it is not easy to resist the temptations of efficiency, productivity, overcommitment, activism, and selfsufficiency that exist in our society and in religious life. A doctor friend recently shared with me from his personal experience that burnout is not so much from doing too much, but rather from “running empty.” Building a culture of care in our community (GC XXI) must begin with holistic self-care as the foundation, asking myself, “How do I nourish my life physically, emotionally, and spiritually? How else would it be possible to give myself with love in service if I cannot be still and receive? How else would it be possible to truly care for others if I do not allow myself to be vulnerable and cared for? Ultimately, am I really living our Eucharistic-Reparative charism with coherence and integration by allowing God and others to care for me and, in turn, to teach me how to care for the members of His Body? Our beloved sister and formator, Sagrario Núñez, aci, taught me most lovingly with her life, especially during her last month while on home hospice, the essentials in a Handmaid’s life. She never failed to remind her sisters that our consecrated life is not about action and work, but about relationships and encounters. Her life exemplified a true contemplative in action, knowing well the art of balancing giving and receiving. She cautioned us while on her deathbed, “We need to slow down. We need to spend quality time with God, with community.

We can’t run all the time. It’s dangerous!” How much we must resist the temptation of turning ourselves into a workforce, into social workers, running at an unsustainable pace, leaving us distracted, scattered, exhausted, superficial, and empty. It requires true humility and frequent reminders to recognize that we are neither robots nor God. Fruitful self-care relocates us in our humble place of creaturehood and reminds us that the mission is neither “mine” nor “ours” but missio dei–God’s mission. It decenters us, frees us, and empowers us to accept with deep joy and peace: “This is God’s mission. They are God’s people. May God do whatever he wants with it, how he wants it. It’s my task to follow Him with patience, trust, and hope. I collaborate as much as I can and leave the rest in His hands.” Like Raphaela Mary, we must learn to “live resting in God’s providence.” Cultivating mindfulness or contemplation in our daily life is an essential part of building a culture of care. Raphaela Mary wisely teaches us “to trust blindly in God as a daughter in the hands of her mother; to think only of the present hour, to have a good time, and to leave superfluous cares behind me.” This contemplative living is an act of letting ourselves enter more deeply into and remaining in the Heart of Jesus, our Center, in order to embrace and live the present moment fully, without rushing, without running away, without accumulating, without daydreaming, without rationalizing, but rather remaining fully open and attentive to the present with reverence, compassion, and tenderness. This mindful living permits me to be more in touch with my needs, disordered affections, vulnerabilities, and hidden wounds that still need attention and healing, and therefore helps me to let go of my desire for control and security, my desire for recognition and success, my desire to change the situation, the other person or even myself. As we learn to really rest in solitude, we recognize that we are never alone, that Jesus always accompanies us – just like the inseparable “lub-dub'' sound of the heartbeat – and is always eager to wash, caress, and heal our weary and wounded feet. In this intimate, vulnerable space of abiding, we can better hear Jesus whisper to us, “You are My beloved. You are Our beloved. May my love fill you and heal you.” When we allow our heartbeat to be in tune with His heartbeat, everything has meaning. Mutual Care in Community In our community life, self-care is neither a luxury nor egoism. As the chambers of the heart must be opened and filled before they can pump blood out to nourish the body, so it is the same with each member of the community. As the health and the life of the Body depend on the fidelity of each member (cf. GC XX), the quality of our relationships with others depends on good, holistic self-care. Therefore, poor self-care can destroy the fruitfulness of our community life and mission (cf. Thomas Merton). Since “prevention is the best treatment,” it is important that we practice co-responsibility in promoting a healthy community lifestyle. With generosity and simplicity, we must nourish our community members with healthy foods. We need to actively empower each other to practice healthy habits, including exercise, nature walks, health check-ups, and spiritual accompaniment, while respecting each Sister’s needs and choices. It was clear for Sagrario that “our strengths and gifts are for community, for unity, for relationships...to care for the other.” And the best gift we can offer to one another is our caring and healing presence. I will never forget how gentle, yet persistent Sagrario was caring for me with her “Go to bed!” every time I checked on her at night while caring for her during her last days. And she faithfully corrected my Spanish everyday with great humor, just how she had done in my early formation years. It is necessary to create space and time in our community to stop and rest and have fun together, to know each other at a deeper level, to celebrate our differences, and to share our joys, sorrows, fears, desires, and dreams. An authentic living of the culture of care allows the community to be about “sharing and making public our vulnerabilities” through radical humility and trust, just as Raphaela Mary desires, “May we all be one heart and one mind, helping each other, sacrificing and tolerating each other's weaknesses.” Indeed, we learn how to be wounded healers in community by embracing and being transparent with our vulnerabilities and allowing others to care for us and caress our scars and wounds. While we know we cannot “cure” anyone, even ourselves, we need to “waste” our time and energy to accompany each other through compassionate listening in order to facilitate healing and integration, rather than inflicting more wounds or making old scars rebleed. The main task of a “wounded healer is not to take away the pain, but rather deepen it to the point to be able to share” (Henri Nouwen). With Jesus at our side, we are empowered to take his position at the feet of the other to care for her wounds with tenderness and without judgment, to recognize the familiar divine heartbeat in her and to let her know that she is “our beloved.” For Sagrario, it was important for us not to dismiss any Sister, but to value and “affirm each one as who she is, what she feels and thinks,” not by what she does or how well she does it. She always showered those who seemed more vulnerable or “useless” in the community

with even more tenderness, patience, and compassion. It is every member’s responsibility to build a community in which every member feels she belongs, contributes to and flourishes into who she fully is. Only then are we able to boldly attend to the illnesses of fear, distrust, negativity, division, indifference, favoritism, abuse of authority, discrimination, and racism that sadly exist in the Body. Together, this facilitates greater integration, communion, and healing in the Body, and, as a result, affects our perseverance and fidelity in our consecrated life. Like Raphaela Mary, we are called to “give all for peace,” for the well-being of the Body - our family - since there is no mission without community. Therefore, community life is not secondary to mission, but must be lived as mission. Caring for His Wounded Body in the World The call of General Congregation XXI to build a culture of care is the call to live our Eucharistic-Reparative charism with greater integration and coherence. Our community life, nourished by daily Eucharist, is a school in which we learn how to detect His heartbeat in each member of His wounded Body in the world and to love and care for them. The quality of our mission depends on the measure with which we allow ourselves to be cared for by God and by others. The effectiveness of our mission depends on our courage to embrace our personal and collective vulnerability and woundedness. Seeing the Church as “a field hospital after battle,” Pope Francis points out, “The thing the Church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful; it needs nearness, proximity.” When we face unbearable, indescribable sufferings, we realize the insufficiency, uselessness, and emptiness of well-intended words and actions, and we come to trust that our presence and caress, which manifest solidarity and compassion, are powerful enough to heal. Like our Founder, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we Handmaids are called to be experts in care and compassion. The quality of our community life, of how we care and show compassion to each other, has to be our message of hope to the world. As we try to promote a culture of vocation from within, we must ask ourselves, “Is our community life attractive enough to convince young people to risk everything and build this life with us?” The future of our Congregation depends on how intentionally and authentically we live our vocation, centered in Christ, through community life. Raphaela Mary encourages us, “Now, my dears, while we are still at the foundations, let us go deeper, so that the strong winds that come later do not knock down the building.”

"Mutual Accompaniment" Community is where we are called to care for each other, walk with each other, while exposing our vulnerabilities and letting our wounds be caressed and attended to by each other.

"You Are Our Beloved" To see others and serve others as the Trinity's beloved and also mine come from the profound experience of having allowed Jesus to wash my feet, heal my wounds, and whisper to me my core truth: "You are Our beloved."

PROJECT FIAT: HONORING 20 YEARS

Dear Friends and Collaborators, I write to share an important piece of news with you about our ministry in El Salvador. For nearly 20 years, we have had the immense privilege of walking with our Salvadoran brothers and sisters through Project FIAT, building relationships, lightening heavy loads and bearing witness to the dignity and value of each person. The encounters and relationships formed through this mission have enriched and challenged us and called us out beyond ourselves, revealing God’s face time and again. Many enduring lessons and still more friendships have been borne of our shared mission. For these and for the ways in which Project FIAT has elevated and encouraged our brothers and sisters who face daily struggle, I am deeply grateful. After some years of discernment and a year of comprehensive evaluation, we have come to the conclusion that it is time to bring Project FIAT to completion. Working with an auditor and various other professionals, we have examined the Project’s sustainability, effectiveness, efficiency, and operations. Considering the new laws and regulations for ministries in El Salvador and reflecting upon the reality of our Province, we recognize that we do not have enough hands to continue the physical in-country support of the Project and responsibly manage the operations from the United States. Within the Province, our 28 sisters are invested in continued formation and growing our ministries in Athens, St. Louis, Wyncote and Haverford. We know that Project FIAT has been deeply transformative for the volunteers who have stepped into encounter, service, learning and prayer at the Volunteer House since 2004. God has worked through this ministry, engaging many hands and hearts in the process. Through the labor of staff, volunteers and Sisters, and the generosity of many donors, God has eased burdens and opened opportunities for many people. I am filled with wonder as I consider how many people have collaborated in this work of solidarity and compassion, sharing time and resources and growing in a faith that does justice. Gratitude fills my heart! Although Project FIAT will close, the house will remain as a place of ministry and the charism of Reparation and healing will continue to flourish through SERPAZ (Asociación Cooperativa de Servicios Profesionales por la Paz/Cooperative Association Professional Services for Peace). SERPAZ will use the house to foster peace and reconciliation through a culture of reparation, dialogue, care and justice among individuals, groups and with the environment. On December 7, SERPAZ held a constitutive assembly to elect their board, define committees and sign the statutes. Our prayers are with SERPAZ and we ask that God bless their work with those marginalized and impacted by violence.

It is impossible to name all of those who have contributed to this mission, but we extend deep gratitude to Lynette Kyle for her years of dedicated and loving service. Lynette’s commitment and witness of steadfast availability, compassion and attentive care for both volunteers and the people served by Project FIAT has been totally essential throughout Project FIAT’s history. She is currently exploring a new avenue for offering service opportunities in El Salvador. Warm thanks to the entire Project FIAT staff for their care, time, talent and patience and to all the Project FIAT volunteers, benefactors and friends for their trust, love, labor and large-hearted generosity. We honor, as well, the contribution of many Sisters, in a special way Sisters Sagrario Núñez and Dona DeMarco, who initiated the Project, and Sister Gloria Petrone, who, together with Lynette, grew it to maturity and lovingly sustained it over many years. Project FIAT was a labor of love and a source of abundant joy for Gloria and she looked forward to every opportunity to return to El Salvador and to the people and mission that gave her so much life. " …We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord's grace to enter and do the rest.” - Oscar Romero’s prayer by Ken Untener The decision to bring Project FIAT to completion on December 31 has been a difficult one for all of us who care deeply about this work and about the people we serve. We pray that our letting go will open space for “God’s grace to enter and do the rest.” May we pray together during this season of transition, that God continue to raise up those who will water the seeds we have planted with love and bless God’s people in El Salvador. May God bless you and grant you the hope and wonder of the Advent season. United in God’s Heart,

Lyan Tri, aci Provincial

Sister Gloria Petrone speaks during a Liturgy to volunteers (left) Sisters Sagrario Núñez and Jessica Kerber adoring children in the community (center) Lynette Kyle brings together neighbors and volunteers to share life and friendship (right)

I don't know how I ever would have met the Handmaids were it not for Project FIAT! I was searching for "something more" with my life, but one of the steps along the way of discovering my vocation was in meeting Gloria, Mary Ann, and Sagrario in El Salvador in 2005. My head was whirling as I saw the way they were living, and for whom they were living with such abundant love and joy: for Christ (in the poor with whom we shared our days and in the Eucharist that centered us each evening and pushed us out every day). These are the faces that still stay with me, and the stories of these days play in slow motion at times for how much I remember of what was transpiring within and around me at that time. I think that's what happens in our memory when grace takes a hold of us and allows us to see with the Heart of God what is really here before us.

hungry for it. What is burned in my memory is when the collection was taken up. My 22-year old mind could not fathom how a collection could be taken up here. And yet it was, and the people of the village dropped coins into the bag that was passed around...all except the visiting volunteers who didn't bring a penny with them that day. After the collection was taken, the woman who had passed the bag around approached an older woman sitting in the front who everyone else knew was in particular need. Everything was given directly to her. Nothing to discuss. The community knew. That was Eucharist. Fr. Jim was not the only one to become emotional; when we had to return to the van that day, there was not a dry eye among us. - Jessica Kerber, aci

I will always remember the Mass that we celebrated in the chapel of Las Delicias the last day of our experience there. The women of Las Delicias had been cleaning it for days, as it usually remained closed and dust settled quickly. They cleaned and scrubbed and brought flowers and opened windows. There was a Jesuit priest traveling with our group, and Las Delicias was preparing for Mass that was rarely able to be celebrated. The priest was humbled and nervous as he didn't speak much Spanish at all, but Sister Gloria would translate for him to the people. That day, people gathered in the chapel, the old and the young (many were the elders), people in their nicer clothing, women with washcloths on their heads in place of veils...and a group of young American volunteers in sweaty clothes and bandanas around our heads to wipe up the sweat. Fr. Jim often became emotional, especially at the consecration, so humbled to be celebrating the Mass for people who were so

El Salvador is so very close to my heart. Everything speaks to me of God and of the people there. It was a wonderful, wonderful time in my life…having everything and having nothing. I remember when we began the lunch program. The children weren’t doing well in school - they were falling asleep because they were malnourished. I went and had a talk with the doctors and we decided to do lunch for these children. We started out with a small number. And I remember sitting there, I was in the back of the room, and in the doorway, I saw these heads poking in, and I thought, “I wonder what that’s about.” So I moved myself over to see what was going on, and there was a long line of elderly people waiting in line to see if there was any food left so that they could get something to eat. I was so struck by that. We take food so much for granted and there are people waiting to see if there is anything left over. - Gloria Petrone, aci

REPARATION IN AN AMERICAN OASIS CATHERINE KIRWAN-AVILA, ACI

Oscar can fix most things, given some time and his tool box. He and his wife often collaborate on projects that bring them up on roofs and down under pickup trucks. To watch them work is a class in communication, patience and love expressed in a thousand small acts. “Pásame el tornillo. No ese, el otro… eso es. La llave plana, el chico...ahha.” She hands him things, anticipating needs, suggesting an approach. She waits, shakes her head and chuckles at his stubbornness. He taps or tightens, considers her suggestions, makes requests, cracks jokes…They are a team in work and in life. Kevin is five and doesn’t speak much yet. He is not yet in school because when he arrived from Mexico, classes had already begun and his mother was told that there was not room for a new student. She brings him faithfully for tutoring in the meantime, and he learns his letters and numbers, shapes and colors, picks out favorite books and makes a beeline for the building blocks any chance he gets. Wide-eyed, squirmy and innocent, Kevin is pure niño. Azucena is a natural community builder, organizer, coach. Mother of five, wife, sister, daughter, faithful neighbor, passionate disciple of Nuestra Senora y de su Hijo, prayer leader among her people. She is a gentle and firm leader in the trailer park. It is Azucena who gathers the children to rehearse traditional dances over and over again in preparation for special feast days, she who the Sisters call when they need to better understand a situation in the neighborhood or plan a gathering, she who puts things in order when there is some treasure to be distributed to the families - freshly killed chickens, Christmas gifts, coats and blankets. She is leavening, light and motor. These are a few snapshots of neighbors of the Sisters in Athens, GA, where Oasis Catolico Santa Rafaela is a hub for resources, education, connection, and prayer, and a vehicle for “healing hearts” in our mostly immigrant neighborhood. The anchor of Oasis is an after-school tutoring program that serves children from pre-school through 5th grade and engages about 130 college students as tutors and mentors each semester. In addition to after-school support, the Sisters, through Oasis, connect neighbors with resources and information, open space for prayer and celebration, and foster encounter and belonging. The Sisters live and minister in a tailer park, whose residents are mostly of Mexican descent. Many of our neighbors live the precarious realities of those dubbed “illegal” because of how they have arrived to and remain in the United States. Oscar, for example, cannot get health insurance and so puts off treating an ailing back. Azucena is on the cusp of receiving papers after a two and a half decade wait. Kevin, as it stands, will not be able to obtain a driver’s license or vote or work under his own name. In Washington and around the country, elected officials and judges propose short-term fixes to the “immigration crisis” that has been ongoing for decades and which intensifies when the various push factors – violence, lack of work and a living wage, political instability and repression - become more acute in the regions from which people emigrate. Last Fall, a family arrived after fleeing their town following the kidnapping of their youngest daughter by a gang. Thankfully she was returned after they paid a hefty ransom, but they knew that they were no longer safe in their home. For any parent, “wait your turn” ceases to be an option when a child’s life is on the line, and often enough, the turn never comes.

In the US, as in so many other places around the world, the headlines regularly recount some tragedy, abuse or spectacle in which people on the move are caught up: “Semi-truck packed with immigrants abandoned in the sweltering heat; 53 dead;” “Report Finds ‘Barbaric’ and ‘Negligent’ Treatment at ICE Detention Center;” “Florida and Texas Governors Ship Immigrants North Under False Pretenses…” Some of our neighbors share their stories of crossing the border and others simply say, “It was awful. Not a nice story,” preferring not to relive it. In this country, political rivals agree on little, at least in public, but everyone seems to acknowledge that our immigration system is broken. Comprehensive treatment of the problem would require legislators to enter into sober, humble and courageous dialogue and hard collaborative work; to go out on limbs and risk displeasing their bases. So far, few have demonstrated a willingness to take such a political risk in the pursuit of real understanding and solutions. And for regular citizens, faced with a reality that is daunting in scale and complexity, it is frighteningly easy to slip into the indifference that Pope Francis so often warns about - the wrong kind of indifference, which fosters blindness, deafness and selfinsulation against the hard realities faced by others, which ultimately fosters despair and disconnection. What, in the face of all this, is reparation’s response? Where would Raphaela’s universal heart point? A wise Jesuit friend recently quoted the line, “love always says the same thing and never repeats itself.” So true. Here and now, as in so many moments and places, reparation calls us to enter “from below, from within, from close up,” with the desire and goal of making life more livable and a little kinder, for our brothers and sisters… “so that others might live happily.” It asks us to help affirm their deep faith in our good God by reflecting rather than obscuring His face with our witness. The demands of reparation remind us that, like us, these brothers and sisters have cost the blood of “todo un Dios.” All of that sounds familiar! In our context, reparation looks like listening, learning, and sharing life. It also means advocating, educating, bridgebuilding and using our voices and position in society to accompany others on the journey of greater understanding and solidarity. For this reason, in addition to meeting immediate needs, over the years, the Sisters have built relationships with the Mayor, the Chief of Police, leaders in the local School District, Catholic parishes and other religious congregations, the courts and the state University. They have gone year after year to speak with college and middle and high school classes and have sat on local boards and committees so as to bring others a little closer to the human reality of our immigrant neighbors and give voice to both their struggles and their great contributions to the local (and national) community. What opens people up to consider something new in relation to the overly-politicized issue of immigration is story, connection, proximity. And reparation flows out in all directions. Donors and friends find deep meaning in supporting parents who, like themselves, hope to offer their children more opportunity than they had. Community leaders, as they learn more and draw closer, encounter new possibilities for engaging a population that has a learned distrust of law enforcement and other authorities. Human connection chips away at prejudice and demonizing thinking as it replaces fear and suspicion with relationship. It does not resolve all of the complex problems of our immigration situation, but it opens minds and hearts, strengthens goodwill, and reveals previously hidden pathways forward. The university students who come to Oasis as tutors lend their time and talent to their young pupils whose lives, on the surface, are often radically different from their own. They gain connection and an expanded heart as they grow in relationship with their students, as they receive their cards and hugs and effort. They discover their own ability and desire to love - sharing what they have and know and are, disinterestedly seeking the good of another. Alyssa, Griffin, Meghan, Harry, Lauren… Republicans and Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, Muslims, Hindus and Atheists, young people pursuing degrees in Engineering, Medicine, Education, Business… they are mostly newcomers to the panorama of immigration and the challenges faced by families without legal status. Curious and compassionate, their commitment to their young students afford them glimpses of new edges of reality and open up the possibility that they will be changed by what they see. After their experience, many of these young people become ambassadors, allies, advocates and neighbors, in the Gospel sense of the word, to people who they had never before considered. They also become their students, schooled in the discipline of resistant and daring hope. Their capacity for the wrong sort of indifference shrinks as their connections with their students grow. At the start of each semester, in new-tutor orientation, the Sisters explain reparation as “healing hearts” and ask the tutors to partner with them and with the children in this mission. Throughout the year, tutors are asked to identify moments and situations in which they witnessed, participated in, or received this sort of healing. Without fail, they begin to notice and name the signs of new life that emerge in the seemingly mundane work of learning and growing together. What they point to is always relational. They are simple things like realizing that a child has learned their name one week in, accompanying a breakthrough in Math, or witnessing a sincere apology after someone’s feelings were hurt. They begin to practice the art of “finding God in all things,” whether or not they name it as such. They live it and are changed by it: formulating a new question, glimpsing a fresh horizon, embracing the hope that begins to take root in the good soil of encounter. This happens year after year… Love always says the same thing, but never repeats itself. Here, reparation insists on fostering human connection across lines of “legal status” and categories of “us” and “them.” Oscar, Kevin and Azucena are recognized as neighbors with names rather than anonymous strangers, as people whose lives enrich other lives. Here, in the midst of a strong but hurting community, reparation is the condition of possibility for justice and then mercy and kinship to be enacted. Over time, it becomes clear that, in the riverbed of reparation, no one escapes or is excluded from the healing. The children, their families, the tutors, the Sisters, donors and friends, members of the local community, are all touched by it. Reparation reaches out in every direction with the energy of life, and its flow cannot be staunched.

ACCOMPANYING GOD’S PEOPLE IN MIAMI Founding Community Pilar Ymaz, Superior Irene Halahan Margaret Mary Ingelsby María Antonia San Emeterio Julia Walsh Province Apostolates ACI Associates

During the annual Province gathering in June, we gathered for a special evening prayer to remember and celebrate nearly 50 years of our Handmaid presence in Miami, Florida. With mangos from the tree in our Miami backyard and decades of photo albums in front of the altar, we reflected in celebration and gratitude. Many Handmaids, past and present, accompanied migrants and refugees, supported Catholic faith-sharing groups, and labored shoulder to shoulder with Jesuit priests to bring people into the love of community - into belonging in the Church.

Having had so many years of pastoral ministry experience in other cities, one day I went to the local pastor and asked if I could have a job in the parish. The pastor asked me to be in charge of the charismatic prayer group with Hispanic women. He had no leader for them. Little by little, I became a leader. When we started, the Tuesday evening prayer group at the church was about 14 people. People invited their neighbors and friends; the aim was to let Christ be known. When I left Miami, the group was over 60 people strong. When the group could not gather in the church because of COVID, they started meeting on Zoom and invited me to join them, because by that time I was in back in Philadelphia. I also meet regularly with our Associates in Miami by Zoom for a Holy Hour with Adoration. I feel so grateful to remain connected to these special women. -María Jesús Sagaseta, aci

This Fall, Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Miami sent Cecilia Chen, aci a plane ticket to return back for a very special honor. Cecilia was recognized for the 21 years of her life she devoted to companionship and advocacy of her immigrant neighbors. “God gives everyone different talents. I was given the talent to help other people realize their American dream. I witnessed people fulfill their dreams, and their children - the next generation - became successful. People were very grateful to receive legal assistance from Catholic Social Services, and I felt very happy and joyful to be able to help them. It was gratifying work. People need support, from many different cultures and countries. For instance, I’ve fought a lot to have Chinese ministry, because people deserve to celebrate Mass in their own language. -Cecilia Chen, aci

Postulancy Uyen-Chi Dang Jessica Kerber Sisters Dorothy Beck Kathleenjoy Cooper Kathleen Doherty Teresita Motos Mary Ann Craig Karen Sutera Sagrario Núñez Assumption Escauriaza Lillian Fernández Rose Harmsen Elizabeth Ann McDonald Gloria Petrone María Jesús Sagaseta Asunta Thanh Cecilia Chen Dona DeMarco Carmen Cabrejos Margarita Martin Houses 1975-76: Miami (12th Avenue) 1977-94: Plantation 1995-2023: Miami (108th Street) Ministries St. Bernard’s Parish St. Helen’s Parish & School St. George’s Parish St. Bernadette’s Parish & School S. Isidro Mission Religious Education Office* Vicariate of Religious Life* Cathedral of St. Mary Religious Life Commission* S. Isidro Parish Cardinal Gibbons High School Catholic Community Service* Nova University St. Colman's Parish Marriage Tribunal* Evangelization Office* US Bishops Southeast Regional Office for Hispanic Ministry Southeast Pastoral Institute St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish St. Monica’s Parish School Florida International University Campus Ministry Corpus Christi Parish St. Francis & St. Clare Mission Manresa Retreat House St. Martha’s Parish Camillus House Catholic Charities Legal Services* *Archdiocese of Miami

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LIVING REPARATION WITH ANCILLAE-ASUMPTA ACADEMY

As a teacher, we never know what a child has gone through before they come into our classroom. Reparation for me is encountering each child as a special reflection of God. I give the children space to be themselves and to learn at their own pace. I see reparation here as I greet the students in the morning in the parking lot - one child sitting down and comforting another child who is having a hard morning. We are teaching reparation by stooping down, checking in, and making someone’s day better with a hug, with a “How are you?”, with a “Como estás?” -Trinh Ngugyn, aci, Spanish Teacher

I learned from Sister Elizabeth McCoy, who had such a lasting impact on the school, to integrate lots of things in life and in the ministry of education. Raphaela described the school as a sanctuary and the teacher as holding a priestly role, in a sense. I feel like I see this priestly, reparative work happening every day. I think one of the epitomes of reparation happens in our Resource Learning Center, where our educators have the ability to work one-on-one with a child struggling to succeed in another setting. Our faculty just want to help that child know that they are loved and accepted and be assured that they will find out in life what they’re good at. It might not be in elementary school, but they’re going to grow up and they’re going to find that thing that gives purpose. We want to give our children the confidence and the compassion and everything else that’s needed to become successful. We have kids who come back to visit us even after college, having succeeded because they finally found their niche. They finally found that thing that they feel comfortable doing. It’s just a wonderful experience for me. It happens often because I’ve been here so long. It’s a gift. - Kathleen Hlebig, aci, Finance Office/Resource Learning

Every morning, from 7:30 to 7:45am, I am with all our students who are here early. Before they leave me, they are invited to stop in the Chapel to ask God to give them the help they need throughout the day and to accompany them. And I also remind them to be accepting of one another and not to be threatened by those who know more than they do and who have gifts and talents that are differernt from theirs. For me, reparation is a positive act of intentionally choosing to do and to see with the eyes and hands of Christ. - Maureen Gillespie, aci, Mission Integration

BEING EUCHARIST: THE HEART OF AN ASSOCIATE A CONVERSATION WITH SUE BUCK

How did you become an Associate? I was actually in Wyncote volunteering with Sister Marietta as a Physical Therapist during the pandemic. I loved being there, having a cup of tea, being a part of the Wyncote dinner table - and the Eucharistic table. Sister Sagrario asked me if I was interested in being an Associate. At that time, I wanted to go deeper into my own spirituality. I wanted to be part of a community who, at the center, practiced Ignatian spirituality. I absolutely love adoration, so I was very interested in learning more about the Blessed Sacrament. What really attracted me was uniting the whole world through Eucharistic Reparation - being Eucharist to everyone I meet. So it was I and three other women who started to meet with Sagrario. That didn’t last long because Sagrario went to heaven shortly after that, but we all wanted to continue to meet, so Sister Lyan offered us a place and a time at St. Raphaela Center. Our group of four women has grown into a group of nine; we meet monthly to grow together and integrate our lives with the common love of St. Raphaela and her story. How does being an Associate impact you personally and spiritually? So the charism of the Associates is reparation through Eucharist: adoration, participation, being Eucharist - bread and wine, broken and given. And as I have learned more about that, I’ve begun to see my patients and coworkers so much differently. They are Christ the guest. Hospitality is one of the core values of the Handmaids. I go into people’s homes for work, and now I look at them in a different way, as they are Christ. It makes a difference at work, it makes a difference in how I interact and respond with my family, with Ed [my husband] and with Maggie [my daughter]. When I embrace this charism, things are a little less stressful. There’s less anxiety. I live for something else other than a paycheck and status. I definitely feel like I can close my eyes and go to my inner room and remember who I am and whose I am - and then carry on with my day in a way that brings me joy. My husband Ed can see that when I come home from an Associates meeting, I am refreshed and nourished.

“As an Associate, I walk hand in hand with the Handmaids. My hope for us - for them and for us is to grow, to integrate, to be one.”

How does being part of a spiritual community impact your life? Through the past many years, I have felt a disappointment in the Catholic Church in this country. It’s been the Handmaids who keep bringing me back to that catholic, universal faith in a way that is very inviting. As a result of being an Associate, I see the Church as a bigger Church than in the United States and that has given me renewed hope. I was hanging on with one little finger, and I’m not anymore. Being an Associate has renewed my faith and reminded me that I have a baptismal commitment to be who I am called to be on this journey. What’s your service of teaching English like? In March, Sister Lyan asked if I would be willing to teach English to Vietnamese Sisters. I thought she was speaking about Vietnamese Sisters in our country, then I realized these Sisters were living in Vietnam with an 11-hour time difference! These young women who God has called need to learn English. Experiencing diversity in language and culture is just a gift. I feel mutuality and joy for the hour each week we share life and learning over Zoom.

An Associate is a lay person who shares the Handmaid mission and values. Associates commit to gathering for prayer, reflection, learning and service. To learn more about being an Associate of the ACI family, connect with one of our four coordinators by scanning this code. Sue Buck, Haverford Margaret Scott, aci, Wyncote Michelle Cimaroli, aci, Young Adults Patricia DeAngelis, Online

HANDMAIDS USA PROVINCE DONORS Fred Abi-Hassoun Luis Ernesto Abrego Ray and Carol Angelo Janis & Harold Attridge Laura Tamra Bagley Alphonse W. Barbato Lydia Barringer Jeffrey W. Barker Geraldine Battilana Milton Beaver Ernie and Betty Beck John and Phyllis Beck Barbara Bibby Pat and Mary Ann Bonner Sr. Teresa Boland Edward and Dolores Boyle Marie Bozzi Major James and Mary Bradshaw Brendan Support Fund Clare Brennan Tom and Mary Breslin Lauren J. Brosius Ernest and Martha Buccino Ed and Sue Buck Steve and Kathy Budd Carol Buono Sean and Megan Burman Butwell Family Foundation Jean Casey John D. Cipollone, Sr. Michael Cipollone William and Rita Clark Bill Coffey Tom Coffey Mona Comaskey Michael and Christina Connor Patricia Crognale Donna Cruz Rita Cullison Jean D'Arciprete Valerie Day Rita Defelippes Lee A. DeHihns, III Maria Dellagreca Dona DeMarco, aci Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Denny Timothy Denny Donald and Lisa Detwiler Robert and Stephanie Diaconis Nance K. Dicciani Elaine DiCocco Robert and Carol Dominick Allen E. Dorsey Christine Doring Neil and Bernadette Dougherty Mr. and Mrs. Gary Driller Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Eble Patrick & Patricia Ehret Lauranne Eichel

Ron and Barbara Endo Eduardo and Jacqueline Ervesun Raymond and Linda Facciolo Rev. Bernard C. Farley Donald and Theresa V. Ferrari Joseph and Donna Ferrier John and Kathleen Finnegan Dennis & Maryanne Fisher Stephen and Carol Lyn Fitzgerald Cynthia Fitzpatrick Mary Catherine Fitzsimmons Ellen Flanagan Bill Flannery Margaret Forrestel Kathleen Garrett Michele Geraghty Maria Giovinco William and Dennise Gitzen Alan and Thea Gordon Jacques and Marie Gordon Sid and Helena Gosser Michael and Kelly Gregor Caithlin G. Grimes Thomas and Monica Haeussler-Forst Brian & Robin Halicki Mary Kate Harkins David and Kelly Harp Catherine Harvey Katherine Hatting Isabella Jean Haze Mary Pat Heilmann Barbara A. Higgins Robin Hinton John and Kathy Hayde Daniel and Rosemary Hearn John and Maureen Helbig Martin and Maureen Howe I Am Mercy Foundation Victoria Iannotta Elaine Ireland Anthony and Ann Lannacone Thomas and Rosemarie Inglesby Susan Jenco Janice Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Juczak Gregory and Joan Kane Judice Ellen Judy Pierce and Katie Keating Ken and Pat Kempf Donald and Lisa Kerber Jessica Kerber, aci Susan Kincaide Ted and Jacinta Koerper Thomas and Trinity Kolimago Dixon Derek and Erin Kozub Nora Kramer Kathleen Kyle Monica Lange Bruce and Kate Langsen

Marie Lawler Edward and Loretta Lemanowicz Pastor Michelle R. LePage Carol L. Lingle Thomas Longman, CPA, PA Julia Lucas Cathy Ludwick John and Rosemary Lutz Kerry Lynch Maria Lynch Patricia Lyons Diane Maguire James and Sharon Mahar Jeanette Maisano Hon Wah Man Kami Man Caroline Mancini Kathryn Mariani Steven and Anna Marshalick Sam Mauro Jim McBurney Osa Sheila Mccaffrey Martin and Kathleen McCarrick Jeanne McDonnell Margaret McFadden Cecilia Mcgovern Rev. James J. McKeaney Ana Maria Gaston McKee Mr. and Mrs. James McKenna Richard and Mary Anne McKeone Margarita Mendive Steven and Francesca Molinari Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Murphy Sr. Marilee Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Murr Mr. and Mrs. David Newdeck Jaclyn Newns Miguel Nolla Flannery O'Connor James O'Leary Thomas F. O’Malley, III Maria O’Malley Maria Orellano Patricia Panzera Sr. Marie Bernadette Pape RSM Dorreen Parrish Susan and Frank Parrish Walter and Mary-Elaine Perry Connie Perna Stephen Perzan Joanne Petrone Kathleen Petrone Ken and Joanna Phelan Stanley and Marita Podder Kelli Powell JJoan M. Pudimott Minette Ramos Raynier Institute and Foundation Kathleen Regele David and Mary C. Reid

Thomas and Erin Reusche Ann Rice-Mullen John and Maureen Rilling Dorothy Robinson Regina Robson Melinda Rosareal Adam and Anastasia Roth Dave and Suzanne Rowland Adrienne Ruppert James Ryan Richard and Ellen Ryan Sacramento Region Community Foundation Deacon David Schaffer Mary Schott Maura Schubert Mary Scott Francis and Beth Anne Seravelli Jack and Peggy Seydow Martin and Gloria Sheeron Michelle Sherman Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Robert Sluzis Thomas J. Speakman Sr. Barbara Springer, SSJ Brian and Mary Beth Stefanowicz Sullivan Family Charitable Fund William and Mary Sullivan Bill & Marie Sweeney Linda Swenarton Louis and Joann Teti John and Carol Thomas Matt and Sandra Thomas Paul Tomasetti Skip and Joanne Torresson Joanne Trout Barbara Turzer Nancy Undercoffler Ken and Lisa Valosky Jeannette Velazquez Kelly Vesey Tri and Dung Vo Mr. and Mrs. Vu Mr. and Mrs. John Walsh Margaret Walsh Brendan and Kathleen Weiden Barry and Sharon Weidner Edward and Rita Werger Frank and Mia Wesner Christine Wiker Mary Christie Williams Megan Wilson Alfred and Mary Beth Wolanin Ping Kwong and Monica Wong/Lueng Maureen Tarsi Wynne Steve and Jane Zegestowsky Cathleen and Stephen Zimmer Miriam C. Zimmer Kathy Zito Anonymous Donors

This Annual Report presents the names of donors who made gifts to the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, USA Province between September 1, 2022 and August 31, 2023. While every attempt has been made to guarantee the accuracy of this report, omissions and errors may occur. Please advise us at handmaidsusaprovdevelopment@gmail.com of any inaccuracies.

ST. RAPHAELA CENTER DONORS Fred Abi-Hassoun Suzanne Adam Maria Aguilar Miriam Aguilar Anita Alvare Arrupe Jesuit Community Merion Station Sr. Christine Marie Baltas Kristina Balten Jeff Barker Buff Barnes Ernest and Elizabeth Beck Michael and Marybeth Beck Sr. Carol Beevers Michele Belefonte Sr. Kathy Benham, IHM Stephanie Boccuzzi Julia Bohnenberger & Angeloni/Leone Family Barbara Boyle Mary (Teenie) Bracken Mary Breslin Dolores Brough Mark Brown Sue and Ed Buck Paul Burgmayer Cristina Carias Carlino's Market Molly Carson Amy Caruso Madeline Carver Susan Cedrone Mark and Jayne Cimaroli Deborah Fitzgerald Correll Melinda and Joseph Daly Lorri Danzig Joan Darcy Mohamed Dattu Virginia Day Mary Anne and Louis DeAngelo Fr. Stephen DeLacy Tim Denny Brenda DeStefano Elaine DiCocco Lisa Diez Jeanne Doherty Jane and Charles Donnelly Bernadette Dougherty Ezra Doyle Winnie Doyle and Paul Ryan Helen Drozdowski Evelyn Echavarria John Egner

H. Andrew and Rebecca D. Emory Faustino and Janet Lozano Marcia Enamorado Maria Lynch Carol Esch Mary Lysaught Carlo Faragalli Mary Jane Magee Tina Marie Farally Hon-Wah Man Faith Fenderson Kathryn Mariani Theresa Ferrari Cheryl Marocco Katie Ferry Michael Martin Dennis and Maryanne Fisher Renee Martin Cynthia Fitzpatrick Melissa Mazur Susan Francois, CSJP Jeanne Mazzariello heather gallagher Terence Mccorry Nancy Gallagher Anne McCoy Kathy Garrett Stan Sherman Chris McDonald Michele Geraghty William and Patricia McDonough Tom Gerard Martin McElroy Gerhard's Appliances Eleanor (Ellie) McFadden Carol Gilardi Corrine McGinley Seth Gillihan Bridget McGovern Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart - in memoryBecky McIntyre of Sr. Mary Thomas More Fahey Beth Ford McNamee Ango Gruber David McNamee Jacqueline Hall Carlos Medina Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - Margaret Mell Haverford Pat Mensing Mary Ann Hauser Andrew and Margaret Michie MaryPat Heilmann Marge & Drew Michie John and Maureen Helbig Sue Milbourne Lisa Hemlick Steven Molinari Stephanie Henry George Mowrer Lisa Hibberd Ann Mullen Fr. Tom Higgins Marilee Murphy Robin Hinton Leigh Murray Anphong Ho Annette Nebel Kellie Holmes Chris Hung Nguyen Andrew Hostetter Andrew Nguyen INTECH Construction Kiva Nice-Webb Robert Irwin Brad Nicklas Isabella Jacus Margaret O'Callaghan Msgr. John Jagodzinski Maureen O'Connell Timothy Johnson Sr. Kathleen O'Donnell Janelle Junkin Kathleen O'Donnell Kurt Justin Rosemarie and Arthur O'Rourke Deirdre Kelly Office of Ignatian Spirituality Katie kelly Teresa ONeill Cathy Kirk Florentino Ouano Natalie Konrad Kathy Overturf Stephen Kriss Nuria Lopez Pajares Kathryn krmpotich Sr. Marie-Bernadette Pape Audrey Lam Bernadette Pape, RSM Abigail Lang Mary-Elaine Perry Sr. Kathleen Letts, SSJ Sr. Mary Elizabeth Looby

The collaboration and support of our donors and volunteers are very concrete expressions of the "walking together" that we are called to as a synodal Church. We are so deeply grateful for the many who walk with us in our mission of accompanying all who pass through our doors seeking an encounter with God. - Michelle Cimaroli, aci

Kristine Peterson and Steven Schmidt Melissa Gordon Pinheiro Mary Pollini Al Prestinari Mary Rached Ken Reber Kathleen Regele Rachel Reser Graham Robinson Patty Roe Dolores (Choppy) Rouse Adrienne Ruppert Anne Ryan James Ryan Kyra Scalea Rose Scalone Betty Scanlan Grace Scarpello David Schaffer Mary Schott Linette Schreiber Susan Schulke Michelle Sherman and Nicholas Rademacher Rev Scott Siciliano Jill Snyder Paul Stadter Sonya Stauffer Kurtz Tinamarie Stolz Carmela Sullivan Mary Sullivan Mary Jane Terrell Regina Toscani Theresa Tran Yolanda Trautmann Orhan and Agnes Tuncay Father Sam Verruni Villa Maria by the Sea Retreat Center Villanova University Kate Walsh Margaret A. Walsh ellen weaver Johnnie Wess Moira Whalen Rodney White Mary Beth Wolanin Clara Wood betty wright-riggins Phyllis Zagano Bridget Zanin

ST. RAPHAELA CENTER VOLUNTEERS & SUPPORTERS A & D Property Preservation Academy of Notre Dame de Namur Faculty Maria Aguilar Ancillae Assumpta Academy Class of 2023 Lesbek Argynbekov Kristina Balten Joshua Barrett Daniel Barry Michele Belefonte Mary Breslin Mark Brown Ed Buck Sue Buck Carol Buono Paul Burgmayer Sean Burman Rosemary Chen Montse Chias, ACI Mark & Jayne Cimaroli Anna Cole

Nicholas Collura Cuong Paul Cushing Joan Darcy Neil & Marie DellaGreca Lisa & Luca Diez Raymond Donaldson, SJ Dong Hanh Christian Life Community Allison Duncan Emily Kathy Garrett Kathleen Giambanco Kenneth Goldstein Nicole Groff Hamazkayin Armenian Educational & Cultural Society Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - St. Louis Juniorate Kit Hatting Lisa Hibberd Barbara Higgins Anphong Ho Hoa

Huong Daniel Joyce, SJ Kayley Susan Kincade Jeff Klein Marie Lawler Loan Veronica Luke Kathryn Mariani Lisa McCarthy Mary Anne McKeone Erin Mitchell Francesca Molinari Isabelle Molinari Steven Molinari Christian Morfit Jaclyn Newns Hung Nguyen Nhi Nguyen Claire Noel Richard O'Leary, OSA Maria O'Malley Lianette Pappaterra

Jean Marie Pisula, CSFN Playfair Consultancy Group - St. Andrew's University, Scotland Kathy Ralph Pat & Donna Rees Kathleen Regele Rachel Reser Geniene Ronald Adrienne Rupert David Schaffer Scott Siciliano Alex Solito Nicholas Stone, OSA Mary Sullivan Eric Thompson Thuy Joanne Trout Christina Turn Villanova University Students Beth Vollmer Annemarie Wallace Bethany Welch, SSJ Maureen Wynne

PROJECT FIAT DONORS Steven S. Abbett Archdiocese of Philadelphia Jeffrey W. Barker Christi Bonner Howard and Carolyn Braithwaite Frances C. Byron Maura Carroll Mark and Kathryn Cole David and Gail Costantini Diocese of Camden John W. Duchelle Sharon Duncan Matthew S. Durkin Thomas and Diane Eichler Donald and Theresa V. Ferrari Michael and Frances Finley

Thomas and Kimberly Finnerty Melissa Gavin John and Lucy Gift Andrew J. Gordon Lois Gray Thomas and Monica HaeusslerForst John and Robin Havrilla Danny & Jess Hendel David and Gayle Hendel Edward and Trish Hendel Tom and Kristina Hendel Robert Hendel Amy Hendel Haley Hendel Tina Hendel Jamie B. Hendel-Breznicky

Hoffman Tool & Die James Holterman Robert and Roberta Hoyt, Jr. Gregory and Joan Kane Judice Maureen Kelly John W. King Rev. William C. Kneemiller Christopher and Caroline Koetting Nora Kramer Kathleen Kyle Steven and Cynthia Lawson Terry Lulias Mary McCafferty John and Kelly Miller Jolene Miller William J. Moran

Our Lady of Good Counsel High School Robert and Joan Papin Dan and Gretchen Parry Kimberly Parsons Henry and Patricia Perfetto Daniel & Anisa Ralls Thomas and Judith Reitz Emily Scovill St. John Evangelist Catholic Church Andy and Pat Stoltman Louis and Joann Teti Catherine A. Troisi Bernadette J. Waldmann Jerome & Eileen Zaleski

DONATIONS & GIFT CONTRIBUTIONS Mass Cards

Province

Project FIAT

St. Raphaela Center

Total

$6,495.50

$160,519.73

$55,164.03

$210,102.50

$438,777.26

WAYS TO SHARE RESOURCES ANNUAL FUND Our Annual Fund helps provide support for the general operating expenses of the Province, for formation and training, and for the continued care of our senior Sisters. The campaign extends from September 1 through August 31 of each year.

FOUNDATION SUPPORT If you or a family member has established a foundation, contributions to the Handmaids may be made. If you serve on the board of a foundation or if your employer has a foundation, please make us aware. Opportunities for grants are often available to the Handmaids.

BEQUESTS Kindly consider including us in your living will. Or, as a family, consider memorializing a loved one who has died by making a contribution in memory of your loved one be designated to the Handmaids as a Memorial Bequest.

PLANNED GIVING Significant tax advantages are available for making contributions to charitable organizations through planned giving, including bequests, securities, life insurance, annuities and more. Please consider the Handmaids when planning your estate.

MATCHING GIFTS You can double or triple your support by designating the Handmaids as the recipient of matching funds when your employer has a Matching Gift Program.

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