Sister Teresa arranged for a tour for the federation group at the UN on Oct. 13. On the way out the door, she ran into a friend and colleague, Australian Sister of Mercy Angela Reed, and made introductions.

In October, Sisters of Charity Federation staff, NGO liaisons and guests gathered in New Jersey to honor outgoing UN NGO representative Sister Teresa Kotturan, SCN, and to welcome Dr. James (Jimmy) Walters, who will begin serving as SC Federation NGO representative in January 2023. A dinner was held Oct. 14 at The Madison Hotel in Morristown following the NGO liaisons meeting at the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth motherhouse. Federation board members, arriving early for the board meeting, also attended the dinner. Those present honored Sister Teresa with a farewell blessing, and Jimmy was also given a welcome blessing.

For many of those present, this was the first time they had the opportunity to meet in person. Participants in the NGO liaisons meeting included:

• Sister Helene Allain, NDSC, councillor, Les Religieuses de Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur;
• Sister Julie Cutter, DC (St. Louise), former SC Federation executive director;
• Sister Carol DeAngelo, SC, director, Office of Peace, Justice and Integrity of Creation, Sisters of Charity of New York;
• Sister Grace Hartzog, SC (Seton Hill), SC Federation executive director;
• Sister Marge Kloos, SC, councilor, Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati;
• Sister Teresa Kotturan, SCN, SC Federation NGO representative 2015-present;
• Rachel Moccia, director, Office of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation, Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul USA;
• Fr. Terry Moran, director, Office of Peace, Justice and Ecological Integrity, Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth;
• Darlene O’Leary, coordinator, Martha Justice Ministry (Sisters of St. Martha of Antigonish);
• Susan Oxley, SC Federation communications coordinator;
• Sister Marion Sheridan, CSM, former NGO liaison from the Sisters of St. Martha of Antigonish (2009-2022);
• John Shively, director, Office of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth;
• Jimmy Walters, SC Federation NGO representative as of January 2023;
• Sister Cj Willie, SC (Cincinnati), former SC Federation NGO representative (2007 -2014).

Several of the NGO liaisons and guests also participated in a tour at the United Nations Oct. 13.

At the United Nations Oct. 13. From left: Darlene O’Leary, Sister Julie Cutter, DC; Sister Marion Sheridan, CSM; Susan Oxley, Sister Marge Kloos, SC (Cincinnati); Jimmy Walters, Sister Grace Hartzog, SC; Rachel Moccia, Sister Teresa Kotturan, SCN; Sister Helene Allain, NDSC

NGO liaisons meeting Oct. 14 at the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth motherhouse

At the dinner Oct. 14: Remarks from Sister Teresa after receiving a farewell blessing and a gift of thanks for seven years of service as federation NGO representative

Blessing of Jimmy Walters, the SC Federation’s new NGO representative

Sister Cj Willie, SC (Cincinnati), former federation NGO representative; Jimmy Walters, incoming NGO representative; Sister Grace Hartzog, SC (Seton Hill), federation executive director); Sister Teresa Kotturan, SCN, outgoing NGO representative; Sister Julie Cutter, DC, former federation executive director

Sisters of Charity Federation board members with Sister Teresa Kotturan (far right). Back row from left: Sister Eileen Haynes, SCL; Sister Barbara Flores, SCN; Sister Maureen Shaughnessy, SC (Saint Elizabeth); Sister Sangeeta Ayithamattam, SCN; Sister Donna Dodge, SC (New York). Front row from left: Sister Patricia Hayden, SC (Cincinnati); Sister Grace Hartzog SC (Seton Hill), federation executive director; Sister Catherine Mary Norris, DC (St. Louis); Sister Judith Fitzgerald, NDSC; Sister Mary Norbert Long, SC (Seton Hill)