Lisa Greene, a member of St. Mary Parish in Hudson, will receive the Bishop Cosgrove Justice Award at at the annual dinner of the Catholic Commissipn Friday, December 2, at St. Matthew Parish in the Fr. Silva Center, 2580 Berne Ave . In Ellet.
Greene, 50, of Hudson, is being honored for her ongoing commitment to social justice, particularly her role in bringing a 13-year-old Ugandan girl to the United States for facial reconstructive surgery. Greene and her husband, Matthew, opened their home in August to Mackline Tumusiime and her 24-year-old companion and translator, Maria Nakafeero, who is the equivalent of a physician’s assistant in her community in East Africa.
Lisa Greene met Mackline two years ago during a medical mission trip to Kabingo, a small village in Uganda..
“As part of the missionary group, we were providing medical care to people who have never had medical treatment,” said Greene, a registered nurse who works in the Solon school district. “I was helping staff a rudimentary clinic in Kabingo, and one day Mackline showed up, asking for help.”
The young girl, who had walked for miles to reach the clinic, was mauled by a wild pig when she was 11 months old. The injuries she sustained prevented her from closing her right eye and her mouth and caused her to lose her right ear. Greene saw to it that she got reconstructive surgery.
Read the story by religion writer Colette M. Jenkins
The dinner includes a 50/50 drawing, silent auction and presentation of
the award. Tickets are $40 per person and can be reserved by calling 330-535-2787 or email axcoplan@clevelandcatholiccharities.org. Cash bar begins at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
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