We have the address for the funeral home & the family on file If you're not happy with your card we'll send a replacement or refund your money Michael T Dougherty, 67, of Roswell, died peacefully at home on Friday, April 14, 2023. Michael was born on May 19, 1955, the oldest son of the late Nancy and John Dougherty. Michael moved to Boston in 1976 to attend Northeastern University... View Obituary & Service Information Dougherty created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories © 2025 Northside Chapel Funeral Directors and Crematory Made with love by funeralOne < Back to insights hub The agreement covers the post-development acquisition and transfer of 100% of the corporate capital of Ramacca Agrisolar S.r.l. the renewable energy company that owns the relevant titles and rights to the Ramacca plant Emeren is a developer of utility-scale solar power and battery storage projects with a geographically diversified pipeline in various stages of development the company has over 2.5 GW of projects under development (mid- to early- stage) all backed by institutional investors’ capital Our team worked closely throughout the transaction with Lawyer Silvia Fortini Emeren were advised by a team from Baker & McKenzie Italy led by Energy Finance Partners Giorgio Telarico and Alberto Fornari supported by Associate Francesco Ciociola and Junior Associate Camilla Bassi They worked closely with Emeren’s inhouse legal team led by General Counsel Francesco Vita DOWNLOAD PDF T: +44 20 3036 9847 Please wait while you are redirected to the right page.. NETWORKING was back on the agenda in September as local businesses and organisations gathered for Networking After 5 hosted by one of Shepparton’s oldest and most trusted accounting firms Organised by the Greater Shepparton Business Network (GSBN) the event provided an opportunity for attendees to reconnect known for their long-standing commitment to the community showcased their unique approach to financial services and shared exciting plans for the future Attendees learned about the firm’s impact on local businesses and their evolving role in the region’s financial landscape The event followed the successful launch of the 2024 SPC Greater Shepparton Business Excellence Awards Readers can discover some of the standout nominees on pages 16-17 inside this edition GSBN’s Networking After 5 events offer the ideal platform for business owners and professionals to build meaningful connections in a relaxed these gatherings are designed to encourage the exchange of ideas Be sure to check out Adviser photographer Emma Harrop’s coverage of the event To book your spot for upcoming GSBN events including the gala dinner and award presentation night visit their Facebook page or head to gsbn.net.au We have a curated list of the most noteworthy news from all across the globe you get access to exclusive articles that let you stay ahead of the curve Copyright Newspaper Theme Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker The Ramacca Social Club celebrated its latest anniversary as an organisation proud to call itself multi-ethnic the Ramacca Social Club celebrated its 54th anniversary with a classy ‘Gala Night Dinner Dance’ from 46th in 2024 to 49th place in 2025 in the Press Freedom Index drawn up every year by Reporters Sans Frontières (Reporters Without Borders - RSF) Researcher and lecturer Flavia Marcello explores the fascist influence on the architecture of Rome the race for the fourth Champions League qualifying spot from Italy’s Serie A has become even tighter Napoli didn’t allow flares and delays to affect their performance as Antonio Conte’s side ground out a 1-0 win at Lecce to take firm control of Serie A in Italy Fiorentina have lost the first leg of their UEFA Conference League semifinal tie 2-1 away to Real Betis Inter Milan’s Serie A title defence is on the line with the busy champions chasing a fresher Napoli side who have the finishing line in sight Carlo Ancelotti has turned down the Brazil job and is mulling a mega offer to coach Saudi Arabia Spanish sports daily ‘Marca’ said Wednesday British director Ken Loach has blasted plans to tear down much of Milan’s iconic San Siro stadium to make room for a new home for Inter and AC Milan Barcelona and Inter Milan have delivered a thrilling 3-3 draw in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final One of the pillars of Italian culture is the union between music and wine Nicholas ‘Nick’ Renfree-Marks is somewhat of an expert on both Global Sisters Report a project of National Catholic Reporter Sign up now meets Eritrean women on the island of Lampedusa in January 2016 Sisters of Migrant Project/Sicily in Rome in December 2015 The sisters account for eight nationalities The Central Mediterranean route is the main gateway from sub-Saharan Africa to Sicily a soup kitchen run by a local missionary group in Agrigento (Courtesy of Comunitá Missionaria Porta Aperta) Two volunteers dish out rice at the soup kitchen in Agrigento The local soup kitchen – referred to as mensa (cafeteria) in Italian – feeds local migrants from Africa as well as those in need (Infographic created by Brittany Wilmes for GSR; photo by Paul Dufour via Unsplash.com) An African migrant gazes out at the Mediterranean Sea in Agrigento Maria Gaczol of the Society of Sacred Heart says the boy was reflecting on his two friends who died at sea on their journey to Italy an Ethiopian native of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady who lives in Ramacca View Author Profile Veera Bara close the gate outside their hillside apartment tucked in an alley on a main street of Agrigento a town of about 60,000 people on the southwestern coast of Sicily Two elderly Sicilian men greet the sisters as they pass Gaczol and Bara respond in their best Italian accents They continue down the narrow road in a town they've called home since December forming a single-file line on the sidewalk to avoid getting brushed by a passing car "Now they recognize us," Bara says in English Many of the townspeople are seeking shelter inside to escape the July heat "There aren't any [migrants] out today," says Gaczol a Polish native and member of the Society of Sacred Heart You can usually find them out on the street." the sisters head to the local mensa — soup kitchen — to visit with African migrants living in Agrigento "Being with these people gives me a real picture I think more than what I read on the internet or in the newspaper of the personal story and the sufferings they have gone through in their own country," says Bara a Sister of Mercy of the Holy Cross from India Gaczol, Bara and nine other sisters make up the Migrant Project/Sicily a program founded by the International Union Superiors General (UISG) in Rome to aid migrants in Sicily by developing one-on-one relationships with them and helping them assimilate to their new home The sisters are responding to a migrant crisis that has gripped the world through news headlines and images of bodies cascading out of rubber dinghies in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea Some are escaping violence in their home countries; others seek relief from political unrest took shape after two women religious asked leaders at UISG how their communities the Comboni Missionaries and the Missionary Sister Servants of the Holy Spirit The executive board at UISG also wanted to contribute so the board decided to mark its 50th anniversary with the migrant project The influx of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa has rocked the very core of the Italian island and Europe European Union member states and citizens with conflicting views on how to address the crisis According to a recent Pew Research Center report around 90,000 people have come to Italy from Africa since January already strapped with its own economic worries has yet to find a solution to the migration problem "I think politicians are almost unable to know where to begin to solve this," says Sr Patricia Murray of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary "This is an unprecedented movement of people in such numbers in such a short period of time." The Central Mediterranean route is the main gateway from sub-Saharan Africa to Sicily Migration from Africa to Sicily increased 287 percent between 2008 and 2015 from 39,800 migrants to almost 154,000 migrants Nigerians and Somalis made up the biggest portion in 2015 According to the U.N. Refugee Agency more than 1 million migrants arrived in 2015 by sea to Europe — 153,600 of whom landed on the shores of Italy Migrants generally travel from their home countries to Libya where they pay smugglers for a passage by boat to Italy "Smugglers typically put migrants aboard old which are much overloaded and thus prone to capsizing," the Frontex site states the vast majority of border control operations in the Central Mediterranean turn into Search and Rescue (SAR) operations." A record 1.3 million people sought asylum in Europe in 2015, the greatest influx to the continent since 1985 and the largest in almost 25 years, according to a Pew report released Aug Almost three-fourths — 73 percent — of the continent's asylum-seekers in 2015 were men and more than half were between the ages of 18 and 34 Elisabetta Flick of the Religiosa delle Ausiliatrici del Purgatorio (Helpers of the Holy Souls) including scouting for the sisters who would take part Cardinal Francesco Montenegro of the Agrigento archdiocese and Bishop Calogero Peri of the Caltagirone archdiocese Montenegro invited Flick to Sicily to gauge the situation "He didn't want a fixed structure," Flick says of Montenegro's request "He wanted sisters to meet migrants in the streets." or "in the street" — connects with Pope Francis' call to work in the peripheries Montenegro "didn't want us to come with a set project our ears and our hearts open and to see where we were led," Murray says Rigid schedules are obsolete to the sisters like mensa — run by a local missionary group — hospitals and Gaczol and Bara stop at the town square to chat with a group of migrants they encounter a Moroccan in his mid- to late 40s sits on a stoop with a tray full of lighters in his lap who arrived in France in 2014 then made his way to Sicily on a Pullman said he makes about 5 Euros a day selling lighters (about US $6.60) "One day [here] is like passing 100 years," he says in Italian "I would go home tomorrow if I could," he says but he's unable to work in Italy because he's waiting for his asylum papers to process It's been a year and a half since he arrived in Sicily The Moroccan interrupts to say it's time for mensa Inside Mensa della Solidarietà (Table of Solidarity) which is run by Comunità Missionaria Porta Aperta (Open-Door Missionary Community) Migrants make their way to the food window for their helping of the day's meal: Sicilian-style rice with peas and carrots An African in his 20s carries a cap similar to the one Bob Marley wears in photos one balancing a stainless steel pot between both arms while the other scoops rice onto plates Four other volunteers work an assembly line on a nearby table "When the first batch of migrants started to arrive years ago and they were sleeping in the streets he took them into his own house," she says in Italian Stella says almost 100 locals volunteer at the soup kitchen Gaczol and Bara sit down next to a group of men they've met before says he stays home all day with nothing to do while he waits for his asylum documents to process He has yet to visit the sea — a 20-minute drive from the city center He came to Sicily from Ghana to escape political unrest like many migrants who reach the shores of Sicily worked as a laborer in Libya before paying a human smuggler to catch a boat to Italy but decided to leave when the situation got too dangerous "They would shoot people in the street," he says of the rebels in the area Patrick grabs a broom and begins to sweep the floors of the cafeteria When he is sure the floors are absent of food "See you tomorrow," he says to the volunteers the sisters have slowly begun to navigate their way in a foreign country and in a new community Five sisters are based in Agrigento and six in Ramacca a town of about 10,000 people on Sicily's eastern coast and a two-hour drive from Agrigento four sisters from Ramacca drove to Agrigento for the Festa di San Calogero a street parade to celebrate one of two patron saints of Agrigento In the living room of the sisters' Agrigento flat both groups talked to GSR about their experience in Sicily and the challenges they face in their new home "The communication is a challenge," Society of Sacred Heart Sr Paola Paoli says of the multicultural living arrangements spent two years in Congo (DRC) before applying for the project Her roommates in Ramacca include sisters from Eritrea All 11 sisters have experience living in Africa Two nurses and a finance major are also among the group Migrant Project/Sicily is not the first project of its kind Based on a 2008 project in South Sudan involving both women and men religious the project's core mission mirrors the realities of migration "It was quite deliberate," Murray says of the selection process All the challenges you have of living in a multicultural multinational community parallel some that migrants might have when they come." Immersing the sisters in the new culture included a two-month preparation period in Rome where they attended Italian and English classes as well as workshops on community-building intercultural living and the migration realities of Italy and Sicily Combining the different charisms wasn't easy either an Eritrean of the Capuchin Sisters of Mother Rubatto who lives in Ramacca received the information about the project from her superiors she thought about it "for months," she says "Because it's international and intercongregational "But [the superiors] mentioned the word 'mission.' It pushed me Some have lived in other countries almost longer than their own Francesca Scandella of the Capuchin Sisters of Mother Rubatto had to relearn Italian after living in Brazil for 20 years they decided together how they'd incorporate the different charisms into their daily routine "It's just that I eat everything," Paoli replies with a laugh Laughter has helped them overcome the challenges And we always manage to find a way to make each other understand." 'It's really about making connections with people' The sisters' multicultural backgrounds have made it easier to communicate with migrants To have a person who treats them like they are human "The difference with us is that there are so many organizations that are working with specific task forces," Gaczol says it's really about making connections with people Gaczol recalls one day this spring when she went to the beach to relax she met an African boy staring out at the sea "I learned he was going just to look back in the sea because he lost two of his friends when they were coming," she says "The two of us were going to the same point for totally different reasons." "I remember one Libyan boy full of tears," Bara says of a 22-year-old she recently met at the port in Agrigento So we spent some more time to talk." The listening consoled him Many migrants come to Italy in hopes of reaching wealthier European countries like Germany and Sweden But asylum-processing times have proven lengthy and many are left waiting — sometimes for years they are so miserable," Emmanuel says of the waiting process Many wish they had stayed home and taken their chances The sisters acknowledge that their resources are limited in helping migrants in a tangible way "We can't help them," Paoli says of the migrants' frustrations "We can only listen and try to comfort them The possibility for another Migrant Project/Sicily site in Caltanisetta is in talks but there are no concrete plans at the moment The project could also serve as a model for potential projects throughout the world including along the borders between North and South America and between Asia and Australia however: Working and living among differences "is the future." "I feel we are like a sleeping giant in terms of how much more we can achieve when we begin to network and collaborate and work together across congregations," Murray says UISG also hopes to add researchers and data collectors to their team of sisters in various sites across the world to track women religious working with migrants building relationships and making personal connections make up the foundation where we are going to have to live with difference," Murray says [Traci Badalucco is an NCR Bertelsen intern. Her email address is tbadalucco@ncronline.org.] Related - Greek Council for Refugees speaks with NCR about migrant crisisQ & A with Sr. Florence de la Villion, part of the UISG Migrants Project Global Sisters Report There are 26 different charges ranging from mafia-type association an association aimed at the trafficking and marketing of drugs as well as numerous pluri-aggravated extortions disturbed freedom of enchantments and fraudulent transfer of assets On delegation of the Catania prosecutor's office the carabinieri del Ros and the provincial command of Syracuse have executed a precautionary custody order issued by the investigating judge at the request of the Dda against persons deemed to be affiliated or contiguous to the Santapaola-Ercolano mafia family to that of Ramacca and to the Nardo di Lentini clan The operation was carried out by over 400 soldiers in the province of Catania and Syracuse all crimes aggravated by the mafia method and purpose A preventive seizure decree of assets was also notified (nine companies active in the construction as well as assets and current accounts attributable to them) for a value of over 10 million euros Melburnians will finally get a sneak peek into the inspirational life of one of Australia’s biggest icons (Photo: Melbourne International Film Festival) The captivating furniture mogul is set to win the heart of a nation once again in Palazzo di Cozzo