This week’s stories are Good Choices, Flu Vaccine, and A Visit to the Whitehouse.

World Youth Day 2011 is 24 days from now. Over a million young people from around the globe will gather as pilgrims in Madrid to celebrate their faith with Pope Benedict. Stop by the Vocation Expo in Parque de Retiro and say hello to Sisters of Bon Secours from 3 of the 7 countries they are in (USA, Peru and South Africa).

Here are the words to WYD 2011 hymn:
Your hands, they hold us when we have been wounded,
Your eyes, they purify the way we see things,
Your lips, they speak to us words of forgiveness,
Your feet, they guide our steps to find life´s fullness
Oh, Christ, you are our brother,
Oh, Christ, you are our friend, you are our Lord,
¡Make us firm in the faith, make us firm in the faith!

celebrates jubilee”] MARRIOTTSVILLE, Md. Sr. Mary Regina Flatley, CBS, a past president of the Congregation, celebrates 60 years with the Sisters of Bon Secours. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., Sr. Mary Regina attended Notre Dame High School in Moylan, Pa. After graduation, she entered the Congregation of Bon Secours and attended Bon Secours School of Nursing. She received her B.S.N. from Villanova and her master’s degree in education with a focus on counseling from the University of Delaware. Sr. Mary Regina also received a certificate in spirituality/spiritual direction from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, Ca.

Sr. Mary Regina has worked as a staff and head nurse at Bon Secours Baltimore Hospital and St. Francis Country House in Darby, Pa. She also was a clinical director in the Bon Secours School of Nursing and served as vice president of mission and associate director at Bon Secours Hospital in Baltimore.

A past president of … continue reading…

This week’s stories are Most Beautiful Hospital in the US, Integrity, and Open Enrollment.

This week’s stories are Nurse Leaders, Justice, and Open Enrollment.

This week’s stories are Open Enrollment, Respect, and PHA.

Three months ago, the world sat spellbound as Japan tsunami videos made their way to the television news stations and YouTube.  Footage was incredible, because the act of nature was cataclysmic.  The lives lost, tragic.  What once served as home and work for many, in minutes became rubble. 
God our Father, you set the earth on its foundation.

Please care for the people of Japan in his time of trial and let them always feel the presence of your love and hope for their future.

We pray especially for those who have died; those who have been injured;
the survivors, especially those who have lost loved ones;
the construction crews, engineers, and laborers who work to rebuild;

We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

But the people of Japan have not lost hope in their lives.  Their efforts to rebuild are inspirational, and the following article, along with some amazing pictures, depicts a region that has come quite a long way in a … continue reading…

Today, the Sisters of Bon Secours celebrate the Feast of Our Lady Help of Christians.  With this prayer, we remember our many blessings and ask for favor where we serve.

Mary, we come before you as a Congregation dedicated to you,
look favorably on our sisters in all the countries where we serve…
animate us with a loving prayerful spirit,
send generous women to us to help us to extend
the healing work of your Son on earth. 
May we be the echo of your “fiat” when God calls upon us.
May we be your goodness to those you wish to aid.
May the Spirit of the Lord help us,
especially in moments of difficulty, to repeat with you,
“Behold the handmaid of the Lord.”

(Prayer for the Congregation; Act of Consecration to Our Lady of Bon Secours)

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In this issue:

A Message from the Leader

International Committees

Diversity and Inclusion Initiative

Sr. Anne Lutz’s Career in Health Care

Sr. Fran Gorsuch Serves Those in Need in New York

Bon Secours Sisters in Peru: A Commitment to Education

Living out the Mission Focus

Reflections on a Year in Service

Bon Secours Ministry Grant Fund

Congratulations to Sisters Katherine Ann Durney, Mary Regina Flatley and Alice Talone

The VIII Team

Come & See Weekend Dates

2010 Prayer Book

A Special Place of Renewal

Sisters of Bon Secours Book Club

Sr. Jean Aulenback, Our Resident Stargazer

Sunshine Monk, Ed Gerardo, Howard Wilen and Jacqueline Edwards Share Their Experiences

Warm Wishes of Welcome and Congratulations

In Memoriam: Celebrating the Life of Sr. Rose O’Brien

On Good Friday we recall the passion, suffering and death of Jesus.  A day of prayer, fasting and reflection, Good Friday is a time for loving remembrance of  those who are outcast, alone and neglected.

I look at your dead body on the cross.

One of the soldiers peirces your side with a lance,

and immediately blood and water flow.

Your broken heart is the source of my salvation,

the foundation of my hope, the cause of my love…

Together with all people of all times,

I look up to you whom they have pierced,

and I come to know what it means to be part of your body and your blood,

what it means to be human. 

-from Henri Nouwen, Spiritual Writer

Please share your Good Friday prayers and reflections.