A message from Sister Jean Sinclair SHCJ and


Sister Maria Dinnendahl SHCJ With many thanks to all the Old Cornelians who donated money on the occasion of our 80th birthdays. The charities supported by your generous donations are:


Cafod (Catholic Fund for Overseas Development): the official aid agency of the Catholic Church, founded in 1962, inspired by a Family Fast Day lunch in 1960, it believes that everyone in the world has the right to live their lives with dignity. It works through the local Catholic Church and other partners in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East to fight poverty and injustice, wherever the need is greatest.


Changing Faces: founded in 1992 by Dr James Partridge, who suffered severe burns in a car fire aged 18, it supports and represents children, young people and adults who have disfigurements to the face, hands or body, whether present from birth or caused by accident, injury or by illness or medical episode. It campaigns to change public opinion and combat discrimination, and to help and support those with a visual difference.


L’Arche: developed from the decision of Jean Vanier, in 1964, to share his home with & care for two severely handicapped men, L’Arche believes people with learning disabilities have a great deal to contribute to society. It establishes communities with people with and without learning disabilities, living with diversity and difference, seeking to ensure that all be challenged and grow. His sister, Old Cornelian Thérèse Vanier, introduced it to the UK.


Leprosy Mission: founded in 1874 in Dublin by Wellesley & Alice Bailey, who had been appalled by lepers they saw in India, it is an international charity working towards the eradication of the causes and consequences of leprosy in over 50 countries.


Macmillan Nurses: From the moment a person is diagnosed with cancer, through his or her treatment and beyond, the Macmillan Nurses are a source of support, giving each patient the energy and inspiration to help him or her feel more like themselves.


Mary’s Meals: founded by Magnus MacFarlane‐Barrow in 2002, Mary’s Meals seeks a long‐term solution to poverty through education, & provides one good meal to some of the world’s poorest children every school day.The charity is named after Mary, the mother of Jesus, who brought up her own child in poverty. Mary’s Meals reaches out to people of all faiths and of none.


Médecins sans frontières: was officially created on 22nd December 1971,


with 300 volunteers, doctors, nurses and other staff. MSF was founded on the belief that all people have the right to medical care regardless of gender, race, religion, creed or political affiliation, and that the needs of these people outweigh respect for national boundaries. It works in some of the most dangerous and crisis‐ridden areas of the world.


PDSA (Peoples Dispensary for Sick Animals): founded in 1917 by animal welfare pioneer, Maria Dickin CBE, PDSA is the UK’s leading veterinary charity. With a UK‐wide network of 51 Pet Hospitals and 380 Pet Practices (contracted private practices), PDSA provides free veterinary care to the sick and injured pets of people in need and promotes responsible pet ownership.


Practical Action: founded in 1965, on the philosophy of Dr E F Schumacher, to develop intermediate technologies for the developing world, cheap enough to be accessible, simple enough to be possible without refined raw materials or complex organisations. It has been instrumental in improving the lives of millions of the poorest in the world.


Send a Cow: Send a Cow is a Christian charity founded in 1988 by a group of UK farmers, who wanted to help families suffering from the aftermath of war in Africa. They sent livestock in the hope that this would help African farmers to overcome the crippling poverty and malnutrition being experienced in their communities. Central to the work is training for the family in care of the animal, effective use of by‐products, and a pledge to give the first calf to another family, who will in turn repeat the process.


Shelter: founded in 1966, Shelter is a registered charity that campaigns to end homelessness and bad housing in England and Scotland. It gives advice, information and advocacy to people in need, and tackles the root causes of bad housing by lobbying government and local authorities for new laws and policies to improve the lives of homeless and badly housed people. It works in partnership with Shelter Cymru in Wales and the Housing Rights Service in Northern Ireland.


The Bhopal Medical Appeal for the victims of the 1984 Union Carbide accident in India. Many are unaware that the disaster in Bhopal continues to this day. An estimated 120,000–150,000 survivors of the disaster are still chronically ill. Over 25,000 have died of exposure‐related illnesses and more are dying still.Tens of thousands of children born after the disaster suffer from growth problems and many women suffer from menstrual and gynaecological disorders. TB is several times more prevalent in the gas‐affected population and many forms of cancers are on the rise.


The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is an international Catholic organisation with a mission to accompany, serve and advocate on behalf of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons. JRS undertakes services at national and regional levels with the support of an international office in Rome. Founded in November 1980 as a work of the Society of Jesus, JRS was officially registered on 19 March 2000 at the Vatican State as a foundation.


The Mayfield Cambodia Project 2016 TRAC (Trafficking Awareness – Raising and Campaigning) is an initiative working to end human trafficking, formed by representatives from congregations of religious Sisters in the UK.


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