Meet Brenden Dines, AmeriCorps Volunteer

Meet Brenden Dines, AmeriCorps Volunteer

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...
Backyard Adventures

Backyard Adventures

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...
Nazareth Donates Playground Equipment to La Casita Center

Nazareth Donates Playground Equipment to La Casita Center

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...
Sisters Featured in Catholic Climate Covenant Newsletter

Sisters Featured in Catholic Climate Covenant Newsletter

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....
Stream Team Inspires Citizen Science at Nazareth

Stream Team Inspires Citizen Science at Nazareth

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...
Grounded | Sharing Stories on Nature

Grounded | Sharing Stories on Nature

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...
Good things are growing in Nazareth fields

Good things are growing in Nazareth fields

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,...
Microgreens & Sprouts Video

Microgreens & Sprouts Video

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...
Earth Day: Invest in our Planet and our Future

Earth Day: Invest in our Planet and our Future

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...
Annual Update from Office of Ecological Sustainability

Annual Update from Office of Ecological Sustainability

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...
Clean water

Clean water

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 students discuss biodiversity at Nazareth

Bethlehem students discuss biodiversity at Nazareth

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...
Hands-on learning

Hands-on learning

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...
Earth Day Cleanup at Nazareth

Earth Day Cleanup at Nazareth

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,...
Catholic groups win grant to further care for creation

Catholic groups win grant to further care for creation

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...