Faith and Service

Many thanks to Kappa Carole Strawn, SNJM (Marylhurst University, OR, ‘96), Portland, OR, for her excellent write-up of the achievements of her colleague Lucinda Peightal, SNJM. At each biennial National Convention, Kappa Gamma Pi presents the Faith and Service Award to an outstanding non-Kappa who exemplifies leadership in local or national church or secular affairs. The recipient of the Faith and Service Award for 2019 is Lucinda Peightal, SNJM. Sister Lucinda was unable to attend…

  2015 Mary Jo Copeland, the founder and director of Sharing and Caring Hands and Mary’s Place in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sharing and Caring Hands is a nonprofit organization that provides a host of services that include food, clothing, shelter, transportation assistance, medical and dental help to those in need. Sharing and Caring Hands built Mary’s Place, a $7.5 million transitional housing apartment complex. Sharing and Caring Hands is an extension of the community to the desperate…