by Communications Office | Jan 1, 2022 | home, NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Blame it on this year’s calendar: the Scripture readings for the 2021-2022 Christmas-Epiphany season could give us whiplash. It’s like the rapid pivoting we’ve all had to do with the COVID-19 virus and its fast-moving variants. December 26, the day after we...
by Communications Office | Dec 30, 2021 | Heritage, home, NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
December 31, 2021 marks the 175th anniversary of the beginnings of the Sisters of Charity of New York. It’s when “the first election of community superiors was held in the chapel of the Prince Street asylum.” (Walsh 1, 137). Sister Elizabeth Boyle was...
by Communications Office | Dec 22, 2021 | home, NEWS, SC Legacy, Sisters of Charity Archives
By Mindy Gordon, Director, Archives and Museum In the Archives of the Sisters of Charity of New York, photographs illustrate the Christmas festivities held in the schools and hospitals where the Sisters ministered. Holiday events abounded: at schools, students...
by Communications Office | Dec 18, 2021 | Advent 2021, home, NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
“Silence has a special place during Advent, a time of waiting and expectancy. Two women who are central to the unfolding Christmas story – Elizabeth and Mary – are themselves in a state of waiting. They are pregnant. And like women the world over, they are tuned to...
by Communications Office | Dec 16, 2021 | Associates, home, NEWS, Our Sisters, Sisters of Charity Federation
The Sisters of Charity of New York, the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, N.J., and their associates met at Mount Saint Vincent on Saturday, December 11 for a joyous day of prayer, reflection, and fellowship. The sisters from New Jersey arrived by bus in...
by Communications Office | Dec 11, 2021 | Advent 2021, home, NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
“Shout for joy, O daughter Zion! Sing joyfully, O Israel! Be glad and exult with all your heart, O daughter Jerusalem!… the Ruler of Israel, the Holy One, is in your midst, you have no...
