One of the true joys of being a journalist is meeting extraordinary people like Sister Rose Bernard Groth. Here is a link to the article I wrote about her that ran in today's Blade.
This Toledo-born Sister of Notre Dame moved to Papua New Guinea in 1964 and has been serving the people there ever since. She started out as a teacher and is now working with AIDS and HIV patients, giving them everything from medicine and food to hope and prayer.
I am honored to have spent an hour with this nun, who left for PNG later last week. She was not looking for publicity or recognition, she is just doing her job, day by day, showing these poor souls the love of Christ.
But she also recognizes that publicity could help raise awareness of her mission and possibly raise some money as well. Like virtually all ministries, she can use extra money for such things as anti-retro-viral drugs, transportation costs, and housing the AIDS patients at her two-bedroom Shalom Care Center for a week at a time, which costs her about $100 per person per week.
There are so many people out there who are working so hard without any desire for personal fame or adulation. I am glad to shine a light on Sister Rose's work and I hope the article does help her mission in some way.