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This past Christmas was like no other, yet it was very familiar in many ways.  The social outreach group at Presentation Learning Center crocheted 150 caps, scarves and blankets which were given to USC Medical Center and our local convalescent home in mid-December.  While we couldn’t pass the items out to the patients personally this year, we heard from the staffs that they were gratefully received.  During this terrible COVID-19 surge in Los Angeles, even a small gift of comfort is important to raise hearts and spirits. Our annual Christmas toy giveaway was…

Inviting you to join us as the New Year unfolds! Traveling in person is indeed off our radars for a while. We here in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, invite you to explore with us some of these wonderful Zoom opportunities at Presentation Sisters’ Mount St. Anne’s Retreat and Conference Centre in Ireland from the comfort of your home.   Mount St Anne’s Retreat and Conference Centre Killenard, Portarlington, Co. Laois, Ireland Web Site: www.mountstannes.com Tel: 0578626153 (or 011-353-57-862-6153 from North America) Upcoming Events SPRING COURSES ONLINE:  All are at 19.00-21.00 (UTC) on ZOOM Mindful Mystic…

  PLC Connects November Newsletter

Above, left to right, Associates Sarah Gieseke and Billie Greenwood, who were volunteering not far from one another, met up at the inauguration of the new migrant assistance center in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. by BILLIE GREENWOOD, ASSOCIATE Presentation associate Billie Greenwood has volunteered for the last 14 years assisting migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border through Kino Border Initiative. She has witnessed the many challenges and injustices migrants face. Billie shares reflections of her experiences that have not only gifted her in many ways, but allowed her to make a difference. For the past…

October 2019 was my last trip to Zambia.  At that time I finalized two projects to help the Presentation Sisters be self-sustaining as they continue our ministry with the poor in Kaoma.  Nano Farm has about 11 fishponds and a hatchery.  This year we added four large cement tanks at Nano Farm and a fifth house on the Nagle Center property. I left our Kaoma projects in the hands of Sister Lucy, a Presentation Sister from India.  We continue to work together via Zoom and WhatsApp. Namatondo, her three daughters and Sister Lucy…