by Communications Office | Mar 30, 2021 | NEWS, SC Legacy, Sisters of Charity Archives
by Mindy Gordon, Director, Archives and Museum From the Archives… After a long winter, the arrival of Opening Day for Major League Baseball is especially welcome. Last year’s baseball season was curtailed by the pandemic and later resumed during intermittent periods,...
by Communications Office | Mar 27, 2021 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Among Mother Seton’s last prayers was one of her favorites – the Anima Christi (Soul of Christ), a prayer attributed to St. Ignatius Loyola. Elizabeth’s paraphrase of the Anima Christi was written in her own hand on the flyleaf of her prayerbook. The prayer has rich...
by Communications Office | Mar 20, 2021 | NEWS, Reflections
Readings: Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 51:3-4, 12-13, 14-15; Hebrews 5:7-9; John 12:20-33 The following reflection is from The Sunday Website at Saint Louis University: Coming to Pieces A tiny grain plants itself deep within the soil. It tucks its self...
by Communications Office | Mar 16, 2021 | NEWS, SC Legacy
From the Archives… Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day each March 17 by participating in the parade up Fifth Avenue is a tradition embraced by the Sisters of Charity of New York. The holiday celebrates Irish culture and heritage and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland....
by Director of Communications | Mar 14, 2021 | Catholic Sisters Week, NEWS, Our Sisters
Sr. Margaret Donegan has a great love for education, which cultivated in her an ability and gift to recognize and encourage students’ potential and build their confidence. During her fifty-one-year teaching career, 1960 to 2011, Sr. Margaret inspired students in...
by Communications Office | Mar 13, 2021 | Catholic Sisters Week, NEWS, Our Sisters
Sister Eileen McGrory has a sign outside her office in the Sisters of Charity Center revealing her precision as a grammarian: “Let’s eat Grandma. Let’s eat, Grandma. Commas Save Lives.” Throughout her teaching career and related ministries, her exacting and...
