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Board of Directors Scope
Direction on the Most Important Board of Governance Practices
Anyone assuming the chairman of the board role takes on a tremendous corporate governance fiduciary responsibility. Frequently they take on this role out of a commitment to serve and a desire to see the organization succeed. It is within this spirit that the chairman of the board recognizes they must follow good corporate governance on behalf of all stakeholders, and set out on a path to identify and implement best practices for the board of directors. This path is called the Board of Directors Scope.
Corporate governance is about setting policies to give overall direction to the company to ensure it has adequate oversight and resources to fulfill its intended purpose. Good corporate governance sets clear expectations and measurements for the organization, and holds the management team accountable to those outcomes. At first glance, this undertaking appears overwhelming to a newly-minted chairman of the board, but fortunately can be distilled down into a manageable process. It begins with the underlying key concepts, which form the foundation of any best-in-class corporate governance program:
Fiduciary responsibility-first and foremost represent and protect shareholder interests
Duty of care-act carefully in fulfilling important tasks of monitoring and directing corporate management
Duty of loyalty-the company interests come before personal interests, and
Disclosure and transparency-reveal important matters fully and honestly to the shareholders.
Board scope can be boundless depending on the circumstances, but generally focuses on oversight activities to verify the business and its senior team are operating within prearranged guidelines. The chairman of the board should consider establishing a regular cadence of review for the following areas while still allowing flexibility to add or substitute other topics that may arise as business conditions change.
Reviewing and approving the corporate mission statement. What are the goals and values of the business? Why does it exist? Who does it serve? These are just a few of the practical questions a well-thought-out mission statement address. An annual review of the mission statement against the current environment typically done in conjunction with the strategic planning process is a worthwhile exercise for the board of directors.
Selecting, evaluating, compensating and, if necessary, replacing the CEO and directors. In a fiduciary board, the CEO serves at the pleasure of the shareholders and the board of directors is empowered to oversee the board of director's scope is carried out. This process is typically handled by an independent compensation committee and then brought forward to the full board of directors during its executive session. The use of committees and executive sessions support the key concepts of fiduciary responsibility and duty of care. Committees also increase the productivity of any board.
Ensuring formal plans exist for management and director succession. According to one survey by a nationally-recognized board corporate governance association, less than 25% of private companies have a formal succession plan in place for the CEO compared to over 40% for public companies. The lack of a plan can lead to unnecessary complications, uncertainty and even conflict should an emergency result in the replacement of the CEO.
Reviewing and approving management-prepared strategic plans, and monitoring performance against the plans during the year. Without a well-developed and tested strategic plan the business is like a rudderless boat in a strong current. It is directionless. Unable to measure progress against any standard. There are numerous strategic planning processes a business can use to critically and analytically determine its direction and the allocation of resources in support of the plan. The CEO owns this process, and the board of directors performs a critical oversight ensuring it is conducted thoughtfully.
Reviewing and approving material transactions not in the ordinary course of business. Most businesses delineate the degrees of freedom management has in approving these transactions after which the board of directors gets involved. Typically, these include large capital expenditures, longer-term obligations (i.e., leases), debt (and equity) issuances, sale or purchase of assets, etc. These are typically episodic transactions and when sufficiently complex, the chairman of the board may create an "ad hoc" committee made up of a subset of board members with relevant expertise to review the transaction and report back to the full board of directors.
Verifying the right systems are established and operating appropriately such that the business is protected and running in a legal and ethical manner. This is a very general statement by design and goes back to what was said earlier about allowing the board of directors' flexibility so it can fulfill its corporate governance duties. For example, the audit committee exists to review and test the accounting systems and controls and typically includes IT/cyber-security since the two disciplines are so intertwined. The annual review of the company's conflict of interest and code of conduct policy is another example where the board should extend its oversight with a periodic review. This policy governs situations where employees, or others acting on behalf of the business, may personally benefit from actions that contradict the best interests of the business. Lastly, companies conducting international business can easily be caught up in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). This Federal law is complex and broadly-defined so companies can unknowingly put themselves at risk, thus making it an area the board of directors may wish to also periodically review.
Validating the board of directors is effective in its roles and responsibilities. Citing the same nationally-recognized corporate governance survey, less than half of all private company boards evaluate their own performance. Only 14% conduct individual board member reviews. Done poorly, these processes can undermine board effectiveness. The good news is there are numerous ways to execute an annual board review that provide great insight into board strengths, and areas for further development. Annual board reviews are a best practice in corporate governance and done correctly, will energize the board members and promote alignment.
In conclusion, we have covered the board of director scope. It is intended to provide the chairman of the board direction on the most important corporate governance practices to put in place.
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A licensed pharmacist was arrested on August 17, 2021 in Chicago on charges related to his alleged sale of several authentic Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 vaccination cards on eBay.
According to court documents, in March and April 2021, Tangtang Zhao, 34, of Chicago, sold 125 authentic CDC vaccination cards to 11 different buyers for approximately $10 per card. Zhao was a licensed pharmacist in Illinois and was employed at Company 1, a pharmacy which distributed and administered COVID-19 vaccines at its physical locations nationwide. As required by the CDC, Company 1 provided a CDC Vaccination Record Card to each vaccine recipient. Zhao, who worked at Company 1 as a pharmacist during that time, obtained and subsequently offered authentic CDC vaccination cards for sale online. The indictment charges Zhao with 12 counts of theft of government property.
Zhao is charged by indictment with 12 counts of theft of government property. Zhao made his initial court appearance on Aug. 17 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheila M. Finnegan of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. If convicted, he faces a sentence of 10 years in prison per count. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
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2022 Mission Festival
January 16th, Rev. Herb Schumm presented during Bible Study time on behalf of the Lutheran Heritage Foundation (LHF) at Trinity's 2022 Mission Festival. He then preached during Divine Service and the congregation enjoyed a potluck lunch afterward with Pastor Schumm and his wife.
Pastor Schumm mentioned in his presentation that LHF is working in more than 80 countries and 100 languages. Thousands of people have come to faith in Christ because they've been able to read books like Luther's Small Catechism, A Child's Garden of Bible Stories, and The Good News About Jesus in their own languages. LHF has published the catechism in more than 90 languages with dozens more requested. In the past decade, LHF has published and distributed 1,200+ titles and 3 million Lutheran books to pastors, seminary students, missionaries and churches – all at no cost to them. For about a $5 donation you can help produce one of these titles.
Our 2021 Mission Festival Presentation was on Sunday, January 17 with LCMS missionary, Rev. Eric Stinnett. Pastor Stinnett returned to speak on his work as professor at Mekane Yesus Seminary in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He is dedicated to training faithful Lutheran pastors and other church workers to serve in Ethiopia.
To support the Good News he proclaims and all the Lord is doing through Pastor Stinnett & his family in Ethiopia, please click here to support his work.
How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? - Romans 10:14
Our congregation hosted 3 missionaries on January 25-26. Rev. Delwyn Campbell spoke in the Saturday morning session on his work in Gary, Indiana. He has the pleasure of serving God's people in Gary at St. John's Lutheran Church and Ascension Lutheran Christian School and also at the Lydia House (Rebuilding the Breach Ministries).
After a potluck lunch, Tirzah Krey, RN spoke of her eminent departure to the Dominican Republic. Her special missionary role in the Latin America region will include supporting other field missionaries physically, emotionally, and spiritually. She will also have opportunities to tell others of Jesus while providing health education in schools and other venues.
On Sunday, Rev. Charles Ferry, the LCMS Asia Regional Director, gave a presentation during Bible study before Service. He talked about the challenges and opportunities to the spreading the Gospel in Asia. Schools like Concordia Taiwan, Concordia Hanoi, and Concordia Shanghai are wonderful examples of opportunities to do this. Then we were blessed to have him be our guest preacher before enjoying a congregational potluck lunch in the basement. Following that meal Rev. Ferry gave another presentation on everything happening with LCMS Asian missions. Although based in Taiwan, Rev. Ferry is responsible for LCMS work, personnel, and relationships in 20 Asian countries. He also works to strengthen partner churches through theological education, translation, and mercy projects. In addition, he provides Word & Sacrament ministry and pastoral care to geographically separated Lutherans. We were encouraged and uplifted by the stories of new Christians in places like Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Cambodia who are enthusiastically hearing the Word of Christ and sharing it with others.
If you want to find out more information on any of these missionaries, just click on link associated with their name above. Each of those pages has a button to Give Now in case you want to donate. Please remember all LCMS missionaries are 100% funded by personal donations.
Additional LCMS missionary information can be located at the LCMS Missionary page or you can adopt a LCMS missionary at Mission Central.
Finally, we recall our Lord's words in Luke 10:2, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." So please keep these three missionaries and all who spread the Good News of Jesus Christ here at home and abroad in your daily prayers.
If you want to be a part of the next Mission Festival please contact Pastor McKinley. For more information on our LCMS missionaries and how to donate to them, please click on the Mission Central logo below.
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"Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age." - Matthew 28:16-20
Past Mission Festival Speakers
2019 Meal with a Missionary
Rev. David Preus serves in the Dominican Republic, based in Santiago de los Caballeros. In this role, David serves the church through Word and Sacrament ministry in the village of Palmar Arriba. He also is on the teaching faculty of Seminario Concordia el Reformador.
Rev. Thomas Bernard serves at Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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Rev. Eric Stinnett serves as professor at Mekane Yesus Seminary in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Rev. Joel Fritsche serves as the Director of Concordia Seminary and Mercy Center in Palmar Arriba, Dominican Republic.
Rev. Geoff Robinson serves as Director of Outreach and Human Care for the LCMS Indiana District. He spoke on many different outreach programs going on in our District, especially Outreach Kentucky.
Seminarian Andrew Keller (now at St. James Lutheran Church in Reynolds, IN) spoke on his studies at The Seminary and preparations to enter the mission field as a parish pastor.
Deaconess Christel Neuendorf currently serves in Ponce, Puerto Rico with her husband Rev. James Neuendorf. She formerly served in the Dominican Republic doing mercy work.
Deaconess Danelle Putnam serves in the Dominican Republic. She reaches out to people with developmental disabilities and their families who care for them. One way the local church is reaching out is through Good Shepherd Lutheran Homes (Hogares Luteranos el Buen Pastor), a home for orphaned youth with developmental disabilities.
James Krey serves the Lord through The LCMS in the Latin America and Caribbean region, based in Puerto Rico. As disaster response project manager, he works closely with the regional business manager to oversee the finances and payroll for the LCMS mission work being done in Puerto Rico.


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In the key of G minor, the v chord is Dm, or Dm7.
In the key of G minor, the ♭VI chord is E♭, or E♭maj7.
The shape I'm showing you here is inverted, or sort of upside-down. Be sure to play them in the correct root-3-5-7 order. The root is high and the 3rd, 5th and 7th are played lower. You could play the notes all ascending, but the 7th would force you to shift. I don't want you shifting yet, and bass players favor low notes, right?
These "funny" or "unusual" shapes are a good introduction to the many useful shapes and positions we'll explore in the future.
Like the ♭VI chord above, this shape is upside-down or inverted.
In the key of G minor, the ♭VII chord is F, or F7.
These are the seven basic diatonic chords derived from the natural minor scale. On the exercises page, you'll find exercises using all seven chords. Memorize them and get them under your fingers. Get the sounds of them in your ears.
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There are those who dismiss The Darkness out of hand as little more than a one-hit novelty act doing a faux-operatic glam-metal piss-take. Those unfortunate souls are A) probably not much fun at parties, and B) missing the point entirely. Rock and roll, especially heavy rock, has become a dour and earnest beast in the past quarter-century or so, plodding along a loud but often joyless path, rife with negativity and self-loathing. Since day one, The Darkness have served as an antidote against this encroaching gloom, a glittery, sequined outpost shining brightly in a vast expanse of brutal grey. Misery and introspection certainly have their place, but so do joy and outrageousness and just plain fun, dammit, and that's where The Darkness come in. Yes, their songs are over-the-top; they're also expertly crafted nuggets of kick-ass rock and roll, stuffed to bursting with beefy riffs, intricate melodies, and cocksure swagger. And sure, some of their lyrics might be a little silly, but those great big jagged hooks they're attached to ain't no joke. Their newest album, Pinewood Smile, is a bawdy buzzsaw with peacock plumage, a devastating roundhouse right from a manicured fist. Outrageous and opulent yet fiery and muscular, it's the finest album in their catalog so far and unless you're a real fuddy-duddy, it's likely one of the best times you'll have listening to a record this year.
A perfectly executed feedback-bass-drum build explodes into a careening riff and a full-power Justin Hawkins banshee wail, and "All the Pretty Girls" is off to the races, a hopeful, life-affirming take on the overwhelmingly positive effects being a stadium-filling hard rock legend can have on one's dating life. The swashbuckling "Buccaneers of Hispaniola" joins an "Achilles' Last Stand" verse to an "Immigrant Song" chorus and swaps out the rock group-as-invading savage horde metaphor for a crew of pirates-as…well, a crew of pirates, I guess. No matter; the shrieking, swarming chorus rocks so damned hard indeed you won't even question the words you're screaming along to. Lead single "Solid Gold" is an AC/DC-ish rocker that blithely indicts the stupidity and insincerity of major-label executives while simultaneously praising the face-melting, floor-wetting greatness and majesty of The Darkness themselves. The difficulties of inefficient public transportation is explored in-depth in the potty-mouthed shoutalong "Southern Trains," a roiling runaway riff briefly interrupted by a glistening jangle-pop turnaround. "Why Don't the Beautiful Cry" sounds like a long-lost 70's AM Gold classic performed by an ELO/Thin Lizzy supergroup, while the harrowing and gorgeous epic "Japanese Prisoner of Love" stands as almost the textbook definition of the band's entire aesthetic. "Lay Down With Me, Barbara" ("underneath the candelabra," which is one of my favorite rejoinders on the whole album) is a bouncier take on Rod Stewart's "Tonight's the Night" with a bridge carved from solid Britpop, and "Happiness" is a suggestive line or two away from Teen Beach Movie 5, a sunshiny slab of Fountains of Wayne-style power pop. The album concludes with the "Blackbird"-meets-"Black Mountain Side" picking of "Stampede of Love," a romantic story that serves to remind us that love can be found anywhere, even in line at an all-you-can-eat buffet.
I can't overemphasize how good the songwriting and the musicianship are on Pinewood Smile. For all the rock-solid riffing (and there's loads), nearly every single song has a beautifully constructed bridge and/or a complex and interesting middle-eight, and the backing vocals and harmonies are a thing of true beauty. Newest addition Rufus Tiger Taylor plays with the proverbial drum kit full of cherry bombs; his sound and style mesh perfectly with the steady, driving bass of Frankie Poullain and the Malcolm Young-meets-Brian May guitar work of Dan Hawkins. Producer Adrian Bushby (Foo Fighters, Muse, My Bloody Valentine) has done a superb job giving the album a lush, full, sleek sound with a high-gloss sheen, sumptuous, but with a satisfying edge and bite.
The word that kept coming to mind the first couple of times I listened to Pinewood Smile (and I mean this in a 100% positive way) was ridiculous. It's extravagant, it's campy, it's ostentatious; it's an exotic sports car with an unpronounceable name that also happens to have a neon flamejob and hot pink fuzzy dice on the mirror. It's fast, and it's flashy, and it's got a ton of bells and whistles, and if you'll just relax and loosen up a little, it's one hell of a fun ride. If you need a little break from demons and despair, why not put on something sparkly, grab a glass of something bubbly, and step out into the light with The Darkness for a while? The sunshine might just do you some good.
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Q: Teradata Optimizer Equal vs Like in SQL I am currently trying to optimize some bobj reports where our backend is Teradata. The Teradata optimizer seems very finicky and I was wondering if anyone has come up with a solution or a workaround to get the optimizer to treat likes in a similar regard to equals.
My issue is that we allow the user to input one of two methods:
 1. Enter the Number:
    or
 2. Enter a Number like:

Option one performs like a dream while option two is dragging our query times from 6 seconds to 2 minutes.
In addition to this; does anyone know of any good articles, discussions, vidoes, etc.. on optimizing SQL statements for the teradata optimizer?

A: I'd take it that Number is indexed? Teradata uses hashing for indexing, so equals will result in the index being used, while like will result in a full table scan.
If you have a genuine need for using like, there's not an awful lot you can do. One thing you could try is using Substr(Number, 1, 3) = '123' rather than Number LIKE '123%'. I've gotten small performance improvements from this in the past, but don't expect anything spectacular.

A: You will need a fulltext index / pre-tokenized index, e.g. lucene, and also a two parse search.
e.g. When insert a "12345" to your database, create link from "1", "12", "123", "234"...etc  to "12345".
Then, when use find something like "123**", find "123" from the lookup table and the seek to the record "12345"

A: If you are doing a direct VARCHAR comparison, ie
Column LIKE 'VALUE'

then you could try to use a NUSI on that column. Make sure that you collect statistics for the table's primary index and for the index

A: Because the column is defined as a VARCHAR and you are using the LIKE operator you eliminate the possibility of using the PI for single AMP access. Remember, the primary indexes first job is distributing the data across the AMPs in the system. Because you are using the LIKE operator against the PI the optimizer must perform an 'all AMP' operation to satisfy the LIKE operator.
WHERE MyPIColumn LIKE '123%'

The hashing of values starting with 123 can and will end up on multiple AMPs.
WHERE MyPIColum = '123'

The hashing of 123 will place every single record on the same AMP. Querying for '123' will always be a single AMP operation.
Statistics on this may help with row estimates but will likely not eliminate the 'all AMP' operation.

*

*Is this a Unique PI or Non-Unique PI?

*Why was the data type chosen to be character over numeric? Although GT(E) or LT(E) would likely result in the same 'All-AMP' operation'.

*Is this PI shared by other tables in
the model to facilitate AMP local
join strategies?

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IRAN DEAL AND SANCTIONS
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2018 OIL PRODUCTION +1.213 MBD
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QATAR'S GDP UP 2.6%
Overall GDP growth is projected to reach 2.6 percent in 2019 from 2.2 percent in 2018, underpinned by a recovery in the hydrocarbon output and still robust growth of the non-hydrocarbon sector.
OPEC+ OIL CONSENSUS
Saudi Arabia produced 9.65 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil in May, a Saudi industry source said, a deeper cut than its target set by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies including Russia, a group known as OPEC+.
RUSSIA'S OIL PRODUCTION DOWN
The production fall resulted mainly from the closure due to oil contamination of Russia's Druzhba pipeline, which usually ships 1 million bpd, or 1 percent of global oil demand.
ARAMCO'S OIL PRICES DIFFERENCES
Aramco hiked the July price differential for its flagship Arab Light grade by 60 cents/b to a premium of $2.70/b to the average of Oman/Dubai, the highest since January 2014, when it was a premium of $3.75/b to Oman/Dubai.
ARMENIA'S GDP UP 4.6%
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ASIA'S RENEWABLE INVESTMENT WILL UP
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OPEC+ COMPLIANCE 168%
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Mother's Day Blessings to Childless Women
(L-R ) FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, EGLANTYNE JEBB, MOTHER TERESA.
Mother's Day is a joyous observance for most of the 85 percent of women who have borne a child by age 40. But not so much for women who have neither procreated nor adopted, who find Mother's Day a painful reminder of their childlessness.
Perhaps they squandered years on a relationship that resulted in neither marriage nor children. Perhaps they were so career-driven they had no room in their lives for a husband and offspring. Or perhaps they wed and tried to have children, but their wombs were barren.
For women of faith despairing on this Mother's Day that they are childless – whatever the circumstances – let them be consoled by the word of God, which promises to "comfort all who mourn" and "give them beauty for ashes."
Indeed, there have been throughout history spirit-driven women anointed not to be fruitful and multiply in their own bodies, but to be mother figures to hundreds, thousands or even millions of God's children.
One such modern day mother figure was Florence Nightingale, who at 16 years of age felt the call of God upon her to nurse the sick to health. At 17, she heeded the divine call, eschewing a marriage proposal because, she would later explain, her spirit "require(d ) satisfaction" that she "would not find it in this life."
In 1853, the Crimean War broke out between the British and Russian Empires for control of the Ottoman Empire. Nightingale was asked to organize a corps of nurses to minister to sick and injured British soldiers.
So she assembled a team of nurses from various religious orders and arrived at Scutari, the British base hospital, where wounded soldiers were laid on bloody cots, water was contaminated, rodents and lice overran the facility and food was rancid.
"Surely this is the Kingdom of Hell," Nightingale wrote, before tasking her nurses with scrubbing down the entire hospital, employing sanitary practices that would become standard the world over. Nightingale saved the lives of thousands of British soldiers,to whom she referred as "my children."
Eglantyne Jebb was 20-something years old when she saw a vision of the risen Christ. As World War I neared its end, the Allied nations blockaded German and Austria-Hungary, continuing it even after an armistice was signed.
Jebb felt prompted by the Holy Spirit to hand out leaflets in London's Trafalgar Square, with a disquieting newspaper photograph of emaciated children. Because of the blockade, the leaflets decried, "millions of children are starving to death."
Jebb was arrested for her protest, put on trial and found guilty. The crown prosecutor found her spirited defense of her actions so compelling, he actually went so far as to pay her fine. It turned out to be the first donation to the charity she would found in 1919 – Save the Children.
The aim of Jebbs's charity was to "provide relief to children suffering the effects of war," no matter on what side of a conflict the children found themselves. That God-inspired mission was put to the test during the Russian famine of 1921, when Save the Children faced criticism is many quarters for offering aid to the children Britain's war-time enemy.
But Jebb was not dissuaded by her critics, but guided by a question she asked herself whenever facing a challenge: "What would Christ do?" So Save the Children sent 600 tons of relief supplies to Russia, including 157 million rations. The lives of nearly 300,000 starving children were saved as a result.
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhui was born in Skopje, which today is the capital of Macedonia. In 1928, the 18-year-old decided to become a nun, taking the name Mary Teresa. Nine years later, she took her final profession of vows, becoming thereafter known as Mother Teresa. She spent the next decade teaching at a convent school in Calcutta, India.
In 1946, Mother Teresa experienced what she would refer to as "the call within a call." It was the voice of Christ who told her to move on from the comfort of teaching to the discomfort of the slums of Calcutta, where she would minister to "the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the crippled, the blind, the lepers, all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for…"
So it was in 1950 that she started up the Missions of Charity, which over the following two decades established a leper colony, orphanage, nursing home, family clinic and number of mobile clinics.
Today, the order also cares for alcoholics, the mentally ill, former sex workers, people with AIDS, street children, sick children, victims of floods, famine and epidemics all around the world. .
Neither Florence Nightingale nor Eglantyne Jebb nor Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhui ever married, ever bore children of their own. Yet, few mothers have had so much love for so many of God's children.
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