Where we volunteer
Appalachia
Join us as we partner with ministries in West Virginia, southeastern Ohio, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania.
Belize
Learn about how we are building homes in Belize City and Las Flores.
Botswana
We invite you to join us as we assist Sisters in their missions in Botswana.
India
Become a mentor to the girls living at Asha Kiran in Dharuhera, India.
Kentucky
Explore the various ways we are available to the people in the Bardstown, Louisville, and surrounding areas.
Montana
Join us as we work in collaboration with the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, Kansas, at St. Charles Mission on the Crow Reservation in Pryor, Montana.
Nepal
Partner with us as we work to help empower the people of Kathmandu.
New Orleans
A collaborative effort with St. Bernard Project, House of Charity, Lantern Light Ministry, Catholic Charities, and individual families in the rebuilding of New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Belize
Winter 2018
Appalachia
Spring, Summer, and Fall 2018
Botswana
Summer 2018
India
Fall 2018
Current Itinerary
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Location
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Date
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Price
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Notes
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| A | Botswana, Africa | August 2017 | $3,000 | Painting Ntlhantlhe Church (TRIP FULL) |
| B | Appalachia, Beattyville, KY | August 22-26, 2017 | FULL | Kentucky Cornerstone Ministries (TRIP FULL) |
| C | India | October 16 – November 2, 2017 | $2,000 | Asha Kiran, Dharuhera (Girls Home) (TRIP FULL) |
| D | Belize City, Belize | January 7-13, 2018 | House build with Rhonemus Family & Friends | |
| E | Belize City, Belize | January 28 – February 4, 2018 | House build with Himmeger Family & Friends | |
| F | Belize City, Belize | February 4 – 11, 2018 | House build with St. Ambrose Parish | |
| G | Belize City, Belize | March 4-11, 2018 | House build with St. John's Church Hollywood, MD | |
| H | Belize City, Belize | April 22-29, 2018 | House build with Vincentian Academy |
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Commissioning of volunteers to India
Sarah Geier, SCN, Kristy Reynolds, LeAnne Moore, Karen Lazowski, and Erin Kelly are flying to India now. They will be there until Nov. 3, in ministry at Asha Kiran. The volunteers will be engaged in a variety of activities, helping children get ready for school, help with homework, painting the library, creating an album of photos and activities, and sharing new skills. Primarily they will just be with the children, listen to them, and love them.
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Volunteers reach out in the Kentucky mountains
SCN Volunteers traveled last week deep into the mountains of Irvine, Kentucky. Volunteers assisted Mr. Dallas, a gentle man, who lives a solitary life but whose heart and hands reach out to take care of many of God’s creatures.
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Volunteers finish project in Botswana
After several days of hard work, the SCN volunteers have completed painting the exterior of the church in Ntjlanthe, Botswana. This was phase two of their volunteer work, as they also completed painting the interior as well.
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Our hearts go out to those affected by Hurricane Harvey
Our hearts go out to those affected by Hurricane Harvey, the storms, and flooding in Texas. We pray for all those who have lost their homes or suffered damage. We also pray for the safety of those responding with rescue and relief efforts. May the coming days witness to God’s unfailing promise to be with us as people work to restore their lives.
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SCN Volunteer Update: Botswana
After being warmly greeted upon their arrival in Botswana late Tuesday, the SCN volunteers spent Wednesday touring the hospice in Metsomthlable and visiting the local church and preschool. The children were eager to meet the new visitors and shared a joyful song and dance as they practiced for their graduation.
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Disaster Relief Ministry in Chattanooga
On Thursday, Butch Cecil and SCNs Janet Ballard and Luke Boiarski traveled to Chattanooga, Tennessee, to present a training workshop on the SCN Disaster Relief Ministry.
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Young adults volunteer with Sisters
On July 6, four members of Charity Alive along with Sisters Nancy Gerth and Luke Boiarski traveled to Beattyville, Kentucky to assist Dora Ross, the director of Kentucky Cornerstone Ministries.
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Sisters and volunteers work with Feeding America
Sisters and volunteers worked with the Feeding America network. It is the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization, working to connect people with food and end hunger.
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Volunteers complete mission in Montana
"Friday was the final day of work here on the Crow Reservation. We finished not only sealing and staining Chief Plenty Coup'sHouse butt were able to complete the home of Mary DeCrane. Mary is an elder who is sharing her home with other members of her clan. "Tonight,...
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Volunteers visit the Crow Nation in Montana
The Montana big blue sky and the rolling prairies caressed by majestic mountains in the distance gives one a sense of freedom and deep appreciation of the natural beauty that surrounds the Crow Nation.
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‘Pres Girls’ volunteer with Sisters in Belize
Since arriving in Belize City on Saturday, ‘PresGirls’ painted various dwellings including the Yasha House, a home for young women needing a safe place to reside. They also met with families in Las Flores, delivering shoes and clothing. While they’ve been quite busy, the group managed to squeeze in siesta time and a little sightseeing.
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SCN Volunteers
“Monday, we began our first project of painting the interior of Yasha House, which is a home for young women who need a safe place to reside.”
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Students collect sandals for Belize
At the request of the mission committee at Vincentian Academy High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sister Luke Boiarski visited the school in March of 2017. She shared with the students about the volunteer ministry program and how they can become involved. As a result of the visit, the student council collected sandals to be donated to children in Las Flores, Belize.
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Charity Friendship Retreat & Workshop
The Federation Grassroots Committee invites sisters, associates & affiliates to attend Charity Friendship: Deepening Our Relationships through Contemplative Conversations. The Retreat will take place October 15-October 20, followed by the Workshop October 20-October 22.
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SCN disaster relief team responds
Clean up begins in storm-ravaged Durant, Mississippi
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SCN volunteers help a family in Appalachia
Christ has no body now, but yours, no hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks with compassion on this world.
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After storm comes to Nazareth, SCN volunteers respond
SCN volunteers were hard at work cleaning the cemetery after a storm hit the Nazareth campus.
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Crossing The Border
A Grassroots Connection
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Volunteer trip turns to disaster relief
Again the alarm sounded as we learned that the tornado had turned back and was headed in our direction. Again we huddled in the hallway.
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Appalachian Christmas in Beattyville
The SCN Lay Mission Volunteer Program recently traveled to Beattyville, Kentucky in Appalachia to assist Ms. Dora Ross in preparing for her annual Christmas community outreach program. In the upcoming weeks, hundreds of families from the surrounding area will visit...
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SCN Disaster Relief team prepares response to Hurricane Matthew
Hurricane Matthew was a very powerful, long-lived and deadly tropical cyclone which became the first Category 5 Atlantic hurricane since 2007. Sisters will visit Lumberton, North Carolina.
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Volunteers visit Holy Springs, Miss.
Sister Luke Boiarski, Sister Maria Brocato, Associate Mary Gene Frank along and four members of Charity Alive, TaNaa Davis, Erica Watts, Robbie Lewis, Andreiona Williams, and volunteer Pam Coates, traveled to Holly Springs, Mississippi last week to assist in the...
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St. Joseph the Carpenter House
The SCN Lay Mission Volunteer Program celebrates a new chapter in the vibrant ministry’s history.
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SCN Volunteers visit West Virginia to help with flood relief
The floods have been called the worst in a century for portions of the state.
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60 girls, three Sisters and one home
“Out of ‘hard times’ the girls share common values and learn to appreciate the life and opportunities they have. They know they are ‘cared for and cared about’ by the Sisters. They now can dream of possibilities.”
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SCN Volunteers in Belize
Four volunteers are a assisting a family in finishing the construction of their home in the Village of Las Flores while the others are painting and giving St. Jude’s School in Camalote a new look.
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#IamVincent. So is Rebecca, and thousands like her, who catch the charism and are impelled to serve.
A young Vincentian and missionary from Lebanon, Kentucky, recently volunteered her time with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth.
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SCN volunteers respond to tornado destruction in Holly Springs
The team traveled to an area that was devastated by the tornado that hit the night before Christmas Eve
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St. John’s Belize Immersion Trip
St. John Francis Regis Church, in Hollywood, Maryland, along with their Pastor, Father Ray Schmidt, travelled to Belize, in Central America, and built a home for a family in need.
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Volunteers working in Belize, an update from the team
St. John’s Bill Schaefer House Mission Team from Maryland with Sister Luke, gives an update from Belize.
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Volunteers building a home for a family in need
Twelve volunteers from St. John’s Church in Hollywood, Maryland, to build a home for a family in need.
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Volunteer group visits Appalachia
This week SCN Lay Mission Volunteers along with Sister Luke Boiarski arrived at Kentucky Cornerstone Ministries in Beattyville, Kentucky. Their volunteer efforts are going towards the center, helping Dora Ross, director of Kentucky Cornerstone Ministries. This center...
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Volunteers build roof in Appalachia
Congratulations to SCN volunteers from Marion County, Kentucky, who rebuilt a porch on a house last spring in Barton, Ohio, and returned this past week to add a beautiful tin roof (Kentucky blue no less). The neighbors in this small town stopped by to compliment the...
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Vacation bible school in San Antonio, Belize, led by Sisters and volunteers
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth lay volunteers Rob and Barb Mitchell joined Sisters Higinia, Chris and Sharon in San Antonio, Belize, for a vacation bible school. Seventy-five children from ages six to 13 participated in learning bible stories, songs, art, and sports....
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Kentucky youth group builds home in Belize with SCN volunteer program
Fourteen members of St. Joseph Youth Group, in Bardstown, Kentucky, along with their adult leaders, Ellen Sprigg, Susan Brown and Felicia Rowe, assistant director of the SCN Lay Mission Volunteers, were commissioned during Liturgy at St. Vincent Church. The group then...
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Youth volunteer their time with SCNs in Beattyville, Ky.
Members of the “Legacy” youth group were commissioned at St. Charles Church in St. Mary’s, Kentucky, during the Sunday Liturgy. They along with Sister Luke Boiarski and Rev. Jim Graf, SCNA, volunteered in the Beattyville, Kentucky, area over the past week. They worked...
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Volunteers ready themselves for Belize
St. Ambrose parishioners in Little Hocking, Ohio, will build a house in Belize. More than the $5,600 needed for the construction has been raised, as a result of the generosity of St. Ambrose parishioners, said Rita Rodgers and June Logue, parishioners who came up with...
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Earth Day in Louisville, Kentucky
SCN volunteers are out celebrating Earth Day at St. Mary’s Center in Louisville, kentucky, in conjunction with Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer’s annual "My Give a Day" week of service.
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Volunteer in India
Join the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth’s Lay Mission Volunteer Program on a volunteer mission trip to work with the Sisters and children at Asha Kiran in Dharuhera, India. What: Asha Kiran, a school operated by the SCNs for young girls who are orphaned, or who have...
read moreThe SCN lay mission volunteers have spent the last few days…
via TumblrThe SCN lay mission volunteers have spent the last few days immersing themselves in the culture of Botswana and assisting the sisters in their various ministries. On Thursday they helped the workers at the child care center in Mmopane and were also present...
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scnvolunteer:A big thank you to the wonderful group of women who came out to help today at Doors to Hope with the SCN Lay Mission Volunteer Program! A great way to celebrate Earth Day and partake in Mayor Greg Fischer’s third annual ‘My Give a Day’ within the...
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Felicia Rowe ’05 travels world doing good deeds | Bellarmine Magazine: Read about our very own SCN Lay Mission Volunteer Program Assistant Director, Felicia Rowe, in Bellarmine Magazine.via...
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scnvolunteer:On Tuesday, March 4, 2014, members of the SCN Lay Mission Volunteer Program’s Disaster Relief Advisory Committee held a meeting to review the recent response in Washington, Illinois. The group also announced Millard Boggs will be joining the committee....
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scnvolunteer:Day three is in the books and the volunteers have surged forward in the building process. Not only were the walls lifted into place, but the roof was also completed ahead of schedule due to impending rain in the forecast for tomorrow. The sun continued to...
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scnvolunteer:SCN Lay Mission Volunteers arrived in Belize City On Sunday, February 9th to work with Hand in Hand Ministries building a home over the course of the next week. The group of volunteers are from Ohio, Pennsylvania and Kentucky, and are being lead by Sr....
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scnvolunteer:On Friday, January 24, the SCN volunteers from St John’s Hollywood, Maryland gathered for the final time to conclude their mission trip with a house blessing ceremony to present Ms. Delvorine her new house keys. The volunteers worked tirelessly to...
read moreSisters Volunteer in Beattyville, Kentucky for Christmas
On Tuesday, December 10th, a group of Sisters volunteered along with the SCN Lay Mission Volunteer Program director, Sr. Luke Boiarski and the assistant director, Felicia Rowe, to travel to Beattyville, Kentucky to assist Ms. Dora Ross in sorting and wrapping gifts to...
read moreSpalding University Volunteers in Beattyville, Kentucky
This past Saturday five students from Spalding University along with Sister Luke went to Cornerstone Ministries in Beattyville, Ky., to work on outdoor Christmas decorations.Because of the overwhelming need of those served in the ministry at this time of year,...
read moreVolunteer Program Raises Over $2,300
Sister Luke Boiarski and Felicia Rowe of the SCN Volunteer program held a raffle drawing today in the Motherhouse dining room at Nazareth, Ky. The prize to be given away, a pair of tickets in the grandstands for one of the greatest sporting spectacles in the country,...
read moreSCN Volunteers Working in Las Flores, Belize
Phil and Carletta are currently volunteering for two months in the village of Las Flores, Belize with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. Follow along with their many great works and experiences on the SCN Volunteer blog...
read moreBuilding Relationships in Belize
God’s grace is worldwideBy Kathie Stamps | COMMON THREADWould you happily live in a wobbly structure with dirt floors and a tarp for walls? Hundreds of people outside of Belize City do, and they’re actually quite content. “They are such people of faith,” said Billie...
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KYStandard.com | By Jennifer Corbett Speaking about her parents recalls a certain type of emotion in Barbara Cecil.It’s of their love, generosity, continuous support and their goal to always provide what’s best for their children.For Cecil, realizing how much her...
read moreVolunteers in Montana
We received the following message from Sister Luke Boiarski… “We arrived in Montana at 8:30 on Sunday, June 17. Br. Ray of the De La Salle Blackfeet School met us at the East Glacier train station. Our first impression of the area was one of vastness and grandeur....
read moreBlessing of Disaster Relief Trailer
Disaster Relief Planning CommitteeA blessing of the new Disaster Relief Trailer took place on June 14, 2012 at the Holy Family Circle in front of the Motherhouse. The Motherhouse SCNs initiated the efforts to raise money to purchase this trailer and equipment which...
read morePeople Reach Out to Storm Victims
Volunteers from the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Volunteer Program and those from other organizations in Indiana worked together to clear debris from a home on Highway 362 in Marysville, Ind., March 9. The home and others around it were destroyed by a tornado March...
read moreDisaster Relief Trailer Fundraising Effort
The Sisters at the SCN Motherhouse spearheaded the fundraising effort to raise money for the volunteer program disaster relief trailer. Over $4,400 has been raised in this effort. The excess over the $3,800 goal will be used to buy tools and supplies.The diaster...
read moreVolunteer’s Commissioned for Belize in Blessing Ceremony
SCNs Luke Boiarski and Dolores Greenwell, along with 10 lay mission volunteers, will be leaving for Las Flores, Belize on Monday, January 9. They will be helping to build a concrete block house for a family of 10 in the village of Las Flores. The home is being funded...
read moreSister Luke in Haiti
Luke Boiarski, SCN, Carletta and Phil Fortwengler, SCNA Candidates, their granddaughter, Morgan, and Rev. Jim Graf, SCNA, are in Haiti until July 15. They are working with “Food for the Poor” to help victims of the 2010 earthquake.Sister Luke has just sent back these...
read moreNazareth Sisters Aid in Joplin, Mo., Tornado Recovery
From The Kentucky Standard | By Max GriendlingThe local chapter of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth has reached out to the tornado victims just west of Kentucky.Heavy rainfall blocked the volunteers path but gave way for a memorable opportunity which made a larger...
read moreEmergency Response to Joplin, Mo.
On June 8, five members to the SCN Lay Mission Volunteer Program, traveled to Joplin, Mo., in an emergency response to the May 22, powerful tornado, that resulted in at least 153 deaths and more than 900 injuries, along with total destruction of thousands of...
read moreSCN Volunteers Aid People in Joplin, Mo.
The Archdiocese of Louisville weekly publication, The Record, has a story highlighting the emergency response efforts of the SCN volunteer group that visited Joplin, Mo., last week. You may find the article online in the electronic version of the publication by...
read moreMontana Commissioning
SCNs Luke Boiarski and Janet Ballard, SCNAs Sharon Cecil and Trudi Maish, along with five other lay mission volunteers will be commissioned on Friday, June 3, at St. Vincent Church, Nazareth, at the 10:50 a.m. liturgy. They will be traveling from Chicago by Amtrak...
read moreBotswana Volunteer Video
Luke Boiarski, SCN, along with three SCN Associates, (Evelyn Faldowski, Trudi Maish and Pat MacIsaac) and five other volunteers were in Botswana in April, assisting the Sisters in Kayne, Lobatse and Metsimotlhabe. Here is a video of their...
read moreMemorial Employees Continue Journey to Help in New Orleans
Eight Memorial employees who also serve as Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Associates Lay Mission Volunteers and others are helping victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans this week.We began this second day of our mission with morning prayer and devotion in the...
read morePresentation Spring Break Mission Trip
From: The Courier-JournalFor the fourth consecutive year, members of the Presentation Academy Mission Club, a group of students and adults, participated in an alternative spring break with a four-day mission trip to Appalachia.They spent most of their time in...
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