From retail to recycling, a Dayton, Ohio native has set out to live and promote a healthier, more sustainable lifestyle through his new role with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. The SCN Lay Mission Volunteer Program recently welcomed Brenden Dines as a new...
This Season of Creation, we are raising up the voices of those creatures and people whose voices too often go unheard. Some of those voices are in Nazareth’s spring woods, where ephemeral wildflowers litter the woodland floor and tadpoles emerge from their eggs....
Several Sisters took trolly rides around Nazareth Motherhouse Campus on Aug. 25, 2022, to learn about pollinator habitats and ecological sustainability efforts. The community garden, beehives, tree walk, roadside lake and native grasslands were just a few of the stops...
La Casita Center is a vibrant organization enhancing the well-being of the Latinx community in Louisville. Above, members of the La Casita community smile during a monthly “Resource Day” in which the organization provided diapers, food, education, and vaccines to...
The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth were recognized in the Catholic Climate Covenant’s July newsletter for their work in ecological sustainability, specifically their attention to environmental considerations while planning the Run with a Mission Nazareth 5k this June....
AmeriCorps Volunteer, Julia Gerwe, helps local Stream Team youth identify aquatic macroinvertebrates, indicators of water quality, in Froman Creek at Nazareth. The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth’s partnership with New Pioneers for a Sustainable Future and the Nelson...
This video was produced by the Earth and Spirit Center in collaboration with Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest. It is created from a series of interviews with Bernheim staff, volunteers, and community partners that took place at the Spirit Nest last fall. Susan...
University of Louisville professor Dr. Jeff Masters and ecological sustainability director Carolyn Cromer checked on the native wildflowers and grasses in the former corn and soy bean fields at Nazareth. The fields were planted in native pollinator species in 2020,...
Sister Paschal and Sister Molly teach us how to grow microgreens and sprouts in a new video from the Office of Ecological Sustainability. Growing our own food supports our call to intensify efforts to address the ecological crisis. Come watch and learn how! To view...
The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth have long understood the importance of caring for Earth through ongoing environmental and ecological sustainability initiatives and education. While a year-round endeavor, this mission is especially highlighted in April and upon the...
Happy Earth Day! SCNs and SCNAs have been busy since last Earth Day supporting the mission to “care for the earth”. Join Director Carolyn Cromer and AmeriCorps Volunteer Julia Gerwe from the Office of Ecological Sustainability for this annual Earth Day...
By Julia Gerwe for Today’s American Catholic I’m acutely aware of the fact that the world I’ll inherit is burning. My two years of service as an ecological sustainability–focused AmeriCorps volunteer with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth have exposed me to the...
A Water Step Chlorine Kit was donated to the sisters by Frank Diebold, uncle of Lauren Sprigg who volunteered in Belize with the sisters for 7 weeks. Lauren was able to teach those at SCN Center Belize how to make their own chlorine and also how to use the kit to...
Bethlehem High School students came out to Nazareth campus this week for an environmental education field trip. The students discussed biodiversity and invasive plant species with Director of Ecological Sustainability Carolyn Cromer and AmeriCorps Volunteer Julia...
The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth campus near Bardstown is not only a beautiful home for our Sisters but also a place of learning and exploration for the community. Area kids visited the campus recently for the 4-H Stream Team project to learn about water quality and...
Eyes wide, Julia marvels at the amphibian eggs she’s holding. Exploring the first signs of new life in vernal pools during springtime in Nazareth, Kentucky, reminds Julia that the health of our environment is as important to our well-being as it is to those...
Join the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth’s Office of Ecological Sustainability for an Earth Day Cleanup this Earth Day: Friday, April 22, 2022 from 9:00-11:00 am at Nazareth. Volunteers are invited to check in outside of the SCN Center on Nazareth’s campus,...
The SCNs’ Office of Ecological Sustainability hosted a book discussion for the book Under the Sky We Make: How to be Human in a Warming World. Over 170 registered for this event, mostly women religious and their associate members. Participants discussed the book in...
The Record Three Catholic groups in the Archdiocese of Louisville have been named Victory Noll Sisters small-grant winners by Catholic Climate Covenant, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit whose mission is to help Catholics in the U.S. respond to the church’s call to care...
