SISTERS
SISTER SANDRA Lyons, O.S.F. (far left) and Sister Carolyn Muus, O.S.F. (far right) in front of the Bernardine Center with Nicole and Marten, two people who shared in a brunch at the center.
Feeding the poor enriches the lives of sisters
by Kate Oatis
Kate Oatis is owner of Oatis Communications and has written for National Catholic Reporter. She is the former features editor for the Catholic Chronicle in Toledo, Ohio. She can be contacted at kaoatis@ yahoo.com.
For two Bernardine Franciscan sisters, vocation has led to a long, rich life of service and prayer.
M
OST PEOPLE ARRIVE to the Bernardine Center in Chester, Pennsylvania looking for help. Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Sandra Lyons and Carolyn Muus arrive there each day to give it. Chester, part of the second-hungriest congressional district in the country, is home to the center, which offers supplemental meals and programs to low-income individuals and families. The sisters also provide classes on anger management, nutrition, and parenting. Their bigger work, though, is in food distribution. Lyons and Muus are the center’s director and hospitality coordinator, respectively. The sisters provide nine days of meals per month—27 meals—to each fam-
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