Stockbridge Invitational: Concord High School finished ninth and Northwest was 16th at the Stockbridge Invitational Saturday. Grass Lake at D3/4 Volleyball Showdown: The Warriors went 2-3 on the day losing to Adrian Madison in the Silver Bracket final.Ĭolumbia Central at Clinton: Melyssa McJennett of Columbia Central finished 22nd in 24:59. Jackson Pierse and Nick Richardson combined for 20 tackles for the Golden Eagles. Braden Ellison ran for 78 yards and one touchdown and Ben O’Neil added 128 passing yards for CCHS. CCHS is also 2-4 overall, but 0-4 in the Cascades Conference. Jonesville is now 2-3 in Cascades Conference play. Jonesville 20, Columbia Central 8: The Comets improve to 2-4 overall for the season with the road win at CCHS. JTV STUDIOS – JACKSON, MICHIGAN VIDEO PRODUCTION, WEB DESIGN, MARKETING, ADVERTISING.Follow her on X at post Basilian Sisters given Catholic Extension’s top honor for ‘powerful witness’ amid peril in Ukraine first appeared on OSV News. Gina Christian is a national reporter for OSV News. It’s Jesus, and He just works,” said Sister Lucia in the Catholic Extension press release. “We’ll be opening it up to about 10 to 12 couples and individuals,” she said, noting that the sisters are resolutely moving forward with the project despite Russia’s attacks, which have seen “missiles hit other buildings” in the region.Ĭatholic Extension president Father Jack Wall said the sisters’ “perseverance, courage and joyful spirits amid such peril is a powerful witness of faith that we are honored to recognize through this award.” and Ukraine, and also help renovate its first monastery - located in Slovita, Ukraine - as an assisted living facility for the elderly. 27, Sister Joann said the award funds will support both the order’s ongoing ministries in the U.S. Located less than 40 miles from the war’s front lines, the Basilian monastery in Zaporizhzhia has sheltered women, children and battle-weary soldiers, while the sisters regularly travel to villages in combat zones to bring food, water, clothing and other supplies.īasilian Sister Lucia Murashko, who serves at that monastery, said she and her fellow sisters “decided what we have to do is help those who are most in need.” and the order’s native Ukraine, as well as Argentina, Croatia, Poland, Romania and Slovakia - have become known for their tireless efforts to aid Ukrainian refugees and internally displaced persons, amid Russia’s brutal full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Basilian Sisters - who have communities in the U.S. “The relief they offer to thousands of refugees here in Philadelphia and their courageous presence in some of the most pressing humanitarian hotspots in Ukraine during this devastating war deserve our respect and emulation,” he said. He also pointed to the sisters’ work with addicted persons in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood, which has been an epicenter of the opioid crisis, while noting their courage in ministering to soldiers and civilians in Ukraine. “It is a sign from God that our work is important and must continue,” she said.Īrchbishop Gudziak told OSV News that “for centuries (the sisters’) prayer, ministry to the poor and those in need, and … educational activity have been a mainstay of Ukrainian society both at home and abroad.” Six other finalists each received $10,000 to support their ministries.īasilian Sister Joann Sosler, provincial superior of the Jesus, Lover of Humanity Province, described the award as a “tremendous gift” that “recognizes our sisters’ ministry to Ukrainian war victims who have been displaced in both Europe and the United States. The sisters were chosen from nominations submitted to Catholic Extension by 41 dioceses. The Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia - whose Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak nominated the order - also will receive $25,000, as the sisters’ Jesus, Lover of Humanity Province in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, has been based within the archeparchy for more than a century. The Basilian Sisters will receive $25,000 to support their ministry among the poor and suffering in Ukraine. Taking its name from the Latin words for “light of Christ,” the Lumen Christi Award affirms those who radiate and reveal Christ’s love where they serve. The Chicago-based nonprofit, which since 1905 has supported Catholic faith communities in the nation’s poorest regions, announced the decision in a Sept. Basil the Great as the 2023-2024 recipients of its highest honor, the Lumen Christi Award. (OSV News) - An order of women religious has been recognized for extraordinary efforts to bring Jesus Christ to those suffering the ravages of Russia’s war in Ukraine.Ĭatholic Extension has named the Sisters of the Order of St.
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