CENTER ALTERS NAME TO SALUTE NUN; AID GROUP WORKER HONORED BY LINK TO MOTHER TERESA.Byline: Douglas Clark
Douglas Clark (born 1942) is an English poet. Clark was born in Darlington, County Durham, England, to Scottish parents in 1942. Daily News Staff Writer For years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time program for the needy at St. Rose of Lima Saint Rose of Lima, (20 April, 1586 - 24 August, 1617), the first Catholic saint of the Americas, was born in Lima, Peru. Biography St. Rose was born April 20 1586, in the city of Lima, the capital of Peru. She received the baptismal name Isabel Flores de Oliva. Church was called simply Christian Services. It took on a new aura last week when it was renamed in honor of Mother Teresa, who died Sept. 5 in India after devoting her life to caring for the poor. ``It was always a privilege to work here. But now that it's named Mother Teresa, it's an honor. I hope we can stand for Mother Teresa, the way she would want us to,'' said Mary Flandez, who oversees Mother Teresa Christian Services in a two-room space behind the church's rectory RECTORY, Eng. law. Corporeal real property, consisting of a church, glebe lands and tithes. 1 Chit. Pr. 163. at 1305 Royal Ave. With the help of volunteers like Janet Brosche, Flandez offers needy residents food, occasional financial assistance and health and employment referrals. ``Hopefully, word is spreading that there's somewhere in Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. where people can get help. We all go through tough times,'' said Brosche, who Tuesday was sorting donated baked goods. Flandez said the program serves 10 to 15 people every day. Many are homeless, others need food. Some are emotionally troubled. All are living on the edge and don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. where to turn. ``They're beyond themselves. They don't even know they can get help,'' Flandez said. Flandez's small office features a large freezer, two refrigerators and, on her desk, a portrait of Mother Teresa. The phone rings constantly. A fan keeps the air moving. Adjacent to Flandez's office is a narrow, 20-foot-long corridor that serves as a food pantry. Although the shelves were fully stocked Tuesday with cans, jars and boxes of food - most donated from local grocery stores - Flandez said it would all be gone within a week. ``We've learned to give unconditionally. If you start judging someone's past - that's not what we're about here,'' she said. ``I try to give them a good outlook on life.'' The Rev. John Sigler, associate pastor for St. Rose of Lima Church, which serves 3,800 families, praised Flandez and the volunteers who make the program effective. He said he was also particularly pleased to name the program after Mother Teresa - a modern-day example of Christ's words and deeds Words and Deeds is the eleventh episode of the third season of House and the fifty-seventh episode overall. This episode concludes the Michael Tritter story arc that began in the episode Fools for Love. . ``She manifested love for God by serving the people,'' he said. ``The world would see it as a life of suffering, because she lived in poverty with the downtrodden down·trod·den adj. Oppressed; tyrannized. downtrodden Adjective oppressed and lacking the will to resist Adj. 1. . But for her it was peace and joy because it was a life Christ wanted for her.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--color in Simi edition only) Mary Flandez, top, is the director of St. Rose of Lima Church's Mother Teresa Christian Services. (2--color--ran in Simi edition only) Volunteer Janet Brosche, left, bags donated food for distribution at Mother Teresa Christian Services. Gus Ruelas/Daily News |
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