Lay Mission Volunteer Program

Welcome to the students from Archbishop Williams High School in Braintree, Mass., who will be volunteering here in Kentucky this week. During their time at Nazareth, they will be painting three homes of people in need in Nelson County, Ky.

We pray for them and their journey all this week.

Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities

The SCN Lay Mission Volunteer Program is scheduling mission trips to Belize, Botswana, New Orleans, Appalachia (Southeastern Ohio, Kentucky and Pennsylvania), Montana, Henryville, Ind., and Tutwiler, Miss., to take place starting in October of this year. The purposes of the program is to involve lay persons in meaningful ways in service to others in the spirit of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth.


Contact Sister Luke today.

Sister Luke Boiarski, SCN
P.O. Box 9, Nazareth, KY 40048
(502) 348-1578
lukescn@scnky.org

Diaster Relief Orientation

On Saturday the first orientation for the SCN Disaster Relief Team was held at Nazareth, Ky. This team will respond emergency relief to disasters within a 500 miles radius of the Motherhouse

View photos from the day on Facebook

Last Day at Blackfeet Native American Reservation

From Sister Luke:

Today is our final day here on the reservation. We will tour Glacier Park which is a 40 minute drive. The mountains are absolutely gorgeous.  

We finished all the repairs that Brother Ray needed to have done. We also built two handicap ramps in this area. One ramp for the bunkhouse and the other for his home. 

Brother Ray was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease, but he tries not to let that slow him down. 

Yesterday, we had an opportunity to go into the town of Browning, which is the capital of the Blackfeet Nation. It is rather desolate because of the high rate of unemployment. 

We board the train tomorrow morning and travel back to Louisville, Ky.

Montana Volunteers Update

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. That night we had a brief orientation and selected our sleeping quarters in the bunkhouse or a nearby trailer. We found out Br. Ray has been by himself for almost six months at his home on the church property.


Br. Ray is a gentle and soft-spoken man who has been facing serious health problems. He asked for our assistance with several projects because he has been falling behind with all he is required to do. We learned that sometimes people like Br. Ray, who has dedicated his life to helping the children of the Blackfeet tribe, can also be in need.


The past two days our work has included: mowing, weeding, repairing fences, laying a walkway, and constructing a ramp to make the bunkhouse handicap accessible. We also gathered for an evening meal that included deep sharing and prayer. We were joined by Br. Ray, Br. Kent from St. Louis and John, a De La Salle volunteer who arrived that morning.


Later tonight we will be celebrating Trudy and Wayne Wheatley's birthdays. We have received many blessings in our days here."