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	Little Sisters of Poor, seeking alms

Efrain Alvarado

7-24-2009 9:58 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1835388d-b7c0-4f28-8eb2-262bcf93bd38/C68BEE2B-2A53-4097-A977-0AA977B0191B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/theanchoress/2009/07/23/little-sisters-of-poor-seeking-alms/" href="http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/theanchoress/2009/07/23/little-sisters-of-poor-seeking-alms/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.firstthings.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/theanchoress/2009/07/23/little-sisters-of-poor-seeking-alms/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.firstthings.com/img/F58387D7-4A15-472F-9CBD-888CB2F81921" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/theanchoress/2009/07/23/little-sisters-of-poor-seeking-alms/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.firstthings.com/img/12578568-52B0-4264-9F79-85B98AD83537" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/theanchoress/2009/07/23/little-sisters-of-poor-seeking-alms/"><STRONG>The Charism of <A href="http://littlesistersofthepoor.org/">the Little Sisters of the Poor</A></STRONG> is primarily one of <A href="http://littlesistersofthepoor.org/the_little_sisters.html">hospitality to needy senior citizens, aged 60 or over</A> (given the times, how very important it is to communicate to our elderly, particularly if they are ill or financially strapped, that they are valuable and lovable!).  They call it, <A href="http://littlesistersofthepoor.org/art_of_accompaniment.html">The Art of Accompaniment</A>, to <EM>“accompany elderly people of limited means, from the moment they first seek us out, until the moment of their death.”</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/theanchoress/2009/07/23/little-sisters-of-poor-seeking-alms/"><STRONG>The Little Sisters of the Poor are remarkable women being Christ</STRONG> to a segment of our population that is often overlooked – older people who may in the near future become further detached from our increasingly utilitarian society, where if you’re not contributing to the tax base, how important can you be, and a <A href="http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/07/21/sophistry-obama-painkillers-and-pained-words.php">bureaucrat looking at your file</A> will decide whether you get medical treatment or not.  I love these sisters, and their life-affirming, humanity-serving mission.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C68BEE2B-2A53-4097-A977-0AA977B0191B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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