Nazareth Guard Shack Traditional Cache
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-- Nazareth Guard Shack --
This is the start of a nice tour and cache hunt around this beautiful Nazareth Campus. This is the home of the Sisters Of Charity. I have been given permission to hide these caches on their campus with great enthusiasm on their part also. They want you to enjoy your time while here and to respect the quietness and peaceful nature of their surroundings. Dogs must be on a leash. No need to check in at the guard shack. It is manned during nighttime hours only. These caches are for daylight hours.
On this cache you will be looking for a lock n' lock box with log and rule sheets. Also contains toys for trade for the kids.
The Visitors Center at Nazareth is open from 9-4 each day and 1-4 on Sunday if you would like to visit and there is also the Heritage Hall with lots of history of the surounding area.
The Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth was founded in 1812 near Bardstown, Kentucky when three young women responded to Bishop John Baptist Mary David's call for assistance in ministering to the needs of the people of the area. Nineteen year old Catherine Spalding was elected its first superior. The new community followed the rule of St. Vincent de Paul and their dwelling was named Nazareth. The symbol of the congregation is the pelican feeding its young from its own body. This feminine symbol of God signifies the dedication to which SCNs are called, and also their motto, "The Charity of Christ impels us."
Since the beginning years of the congregation, SCNs have been involved in a variety of ministries, responding to the needs of the times. Their education ministry began in 1814 when the first school was opened. In 1832, when Catherine Spalding brought home two orphans left on the wharf in Louisville, their social work ministry began. The following year, when cholera struck, SCNs nursed victims of the disease. So began their health care ministry. Pastoral ministry later emerged within the congregation as a distinct form of ministry after Vatican II as they followed the call of the Church to respond to the signs of the times.
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