Peacemaker Winter 2013 - National Shrine of Saint Rita of Cascia

2013 pilGrimaGE to italy
Trace The Footsteps
Rita as child, wife, mother, and nun
CasCia italy & romE!
april 15-25 | $3,247 from philadelphia
Visit St. Rita’s monastery cell, her parents’ home,
her marriage home, her special place of prayer in
Roccaporena and more. Fr. Michael DiGregorio,
O.S.A., past rector of the National Shrine of St. Rita
will lead this pilgrimage of prayer. Call Deborah Binder,
Development Director at 215-546-8333 ext.12,
or www.pilgrimages.com/shrineofrita to find out more!
spaCE still aVailaBlE!
mass & prayEr daily!
Mon. 4/15 Depart Phila.for Rome
Tues. 4/16 Travel to Cascia
Wed. 4/17 Cascia
Thurs. 4/18 Cascia/Roccaporena
fri. 4/19 Tolentino/loretto
sat. 4/20 assisi
sun. 4/21 Montefalco/Rome
Mon. 4/22 Rome/ostia antica
Tues. 4/23 Rome/Genazzano
Wed. 4/24 Rome/Papal audience
Thurs. 4/25 Depart Rome for home
onlY 2 hoTels!
CoNGratUlatioNs to oUr
2013 st. rita
pEaCE award rECipiENts
dawN’s plaCE
dawN’s plaCE is a pioneering
residential program for women who
have been victims of commercial
sexual exploitation. The four
founders come from different backgrounds,
and yet each informed by
her life experiences to recognize the
scourge of the sexual exploitation
of women.
Sr. Teresita Hinnegan, a Medical
Mission Sister, nurse-midwife and
social worker, spent years in
Bangladesh, ministering to pregnant
Muslim women. She taught
public policy at the University of
Penn., particularly access to health
care for the poor. At a meeting of
the Phila. Anti-Trafficking Coalition,
Sr. Teresita met Mary DeFusco, a
public defender in Phila. Mary has
seen too many domestic women
pass through the courts, many on
repeated occasions until, as Mary
says, “You don’t see them: because
they are dead.”
Sr. Terry Shields, a Holy Rosary
Sister and nurse-midwife, spent
many years in Africa. While working
in refugee camps, she saw how
women were abused on many levels
and were denied basic rights. Terry
explained, “It was an experience of
witnessing the evil of trauma, the
trauma that the women experienced
in many, many ways, that
made us sensitive to the issue.”
Sr. Kathleen Coll, a Sister of
St. Joseph, was a “domestic”
missionary, working in city parishes.
She witnessed people’s struggles
but also their ability to
deal with their circumstances
including much abuse, to seek
a better life. Their resiliency
always impressed her.
Kathleen now administers
shareholder advocacy for
Catholic Health East.
2013 pEaCE award BaNqUEt
Friday, may 3rd • Valentino’s restaurant, phila. pa
Come & Meet the Recipients of Dawn’s Place
tickets: 215-546-8333, ritashrine@aol.com