Sisters of St. Martha Centennial Award, funded by the St. Dunstan’s University (SDU) Board of Governors, was established in 2016 in honour of the 100th Anniversary of the foundation of the Sisters of St. Martha. The scholarship also recognizes the contribution the Sisters made to SDU. It will be awarded annually to a third or fourth year Prince Edward Island female student in a post-secondary institution who is pursuing studies in the field of ecology, ethics, theology, education, healthcare and social work areas will be considered. The scholarship is valued at $2,016.00 per year and is non-renewable. Application deadline is May 15, 2022.
PEI Life Association is holding its annual baby bottle campaign, Change4LIFE, from April 1st to May 8th, to promote LIFE on PEI. Join us in helping advance the beauty of LIFE on PEI. Change4LIFE is one of many ways that PEI Life aims to help the most vulnerable on PEI and make changes for LIFE! There are two ways to support: Online option as an individual or as a team is via: www.PEILIFE.org – click donate, or by taking a bottle from the back of the church. Take a bottle, sign up bottle number and your name, fill the bottle, and return it on Sunday May 8th. Questions: Call Pat at 902-894-5473 or email office@peilife.org
On Solidarity Sunday, April 3, Development and Peace-Caritas Canada invites you to join us on a Zoom meeting at 7:00 pm. Guest speaker is Sister Mary John Mananzan, of the Philippines, speaking on the Philippines situation, the importance of Development and Peace support, and Catholic Social Teaching. To register, contact 902-969-2693 or maryboyd@live.ca
Development and Peace reminds you to Give from the Heart on this Solidarity Sunday. “The community fisheries project was greatly beneficial to us and to our generation. Thank you very much to the donors for supporting my family and fellow villagers to have fresh and healthy fish to eat and to improve our livelihoods.” — (25 year-old Strey Packly, Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia).
Development and Peace – Caritas Canada reminds us of the Share Lent collection this weekend, the 5th Sunday of Lent. Please give generously as part of your Lenten action. Your donation helps people to grow healthy, sustainable food and societies, conserve fish stocks, and fight poverty in the Global South.