by Communications Office | Feb 15, 2022 | home, Ministries, NEWS, Sponsored Ministries, Vision
The following is from the Winter 2022 issue of VISION. The New York Foundling welcomed Melanie Hartzog as the organization’s new President and CEO on January 18. Hartzog will succeed longtime leader, Bill Baccaglini, who is retiring. Hartzog, who recently completed...
by Communications Office | Dec 4, 2020 | Ministries, NEWS
On a sunny fall day this past October, members of Fordham University’s Murray Weigel Kohlmann Jesuit Community traveled from their home on the Rose Hill campus in the Bronx to Sisters Hill Farm, the Sisters of Charity farm ministry in Dutchess County. Twelve people...
by Director of Communications | Aug 31, 2020 | Ministries, NEWS, Sponsored Ministries
There are events in our life that have the power to move our hearts and inspire change. The murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis by police officers on May 25, 2020, is one such life-altering event. In response to Mr. Floyd’s devastating murder, Sister Kathy Byrnes,...
by Director of Communications | Jul 27, 2020 | Ministries, NEWS
The following is taken from the Summer 2020 issue of Vision. Even in the best of times, the Sisters of Charity ministries face numerous challenges. Helping the homeless, those who are hungry, the many who suffer from mental health difficulties or a myriad of...
by Director of Communications | Jul 25, 2020 | Ministries, NEWS, Vision
The following is taken from the Summer 2020 issue of Vision. “Praise for the farmers, tilling soil, planting seeds so food can grow, an act of hope if ever there was.” This verse from Christine Valters Painter’s Praise Song for the Pandemic aptly describes the work at...
by Director of Communications | Jul 24, 2020 | Ministries, NEWS, Vision
The following is taken from the Summer 2020 issue of Vision. There is an unforgettable image with which most of us are familiar: Christ on the breadline standing along with a line of impoverished men and women who are suffering through the Depression. He is there, one...
