by Communications Office | Aug 27, 2020 | Associates, Guatemala, NEWS
On the afternoon of August 22nd, the Congregation’s “One Community Working Group” met via ZOOM for the second time. Thirty-one Sisters and Associates from both Guatemala and the United States participated. Our vision for unity between American members and those in...
by Director of Communications | Aug 21, 2020 | AdminNS, In Memoriam, In Memoriam 2020, NEWS
Saint Agatha became “home” for hundreds of young women and men because of Sister Christine’s presence, support and unconditional love… Sister Mary Christine Rogers (Verna Mary) was born May 30, 1930, in the Bronx, one of four children, one daughter and three sons, of...
by Communications Office | Aug 20, 2020 | AdminNS, NEWS, Newsletter
I’m Here, Not There! A Missing (Dead) Nun! & All Those Bodies in One Place??! By Sister Eileen McGrory, SC A major project of the Congregation for the last few years is to create a database of each cemetery where sisters are buried. For cemeteries where only a few...
by Communications Office | Aug 20, 2020 | NEWS, SC Legacy
“Could you but know what has happened in consequence of the little dirty grain of mustard seed you planted by God’s hand in America.” – Elizabeth Ann Seton to Antonio Filicchi* This year at the Easter Vigil Pope Francis highlighted the women who went to the tomb. He...
by Director of Communications | Aug 19, 2020 | NEWS, Our Sisters, SC Legacy
At the beginning of January 2016, a small committee began the work of what was initially called “The Cemetery Project.” The purpose of the project was to create a definitive record of cemeteries where Sisters of Charity of New York are buried. Congregation records...
by Director of Communications | Aug 7, 2020 | NEWS, Spirituality
By Jean Flannelly, SC Until the pandemic, I was able to boast, no claim, that for seventy-three years as a Catholic, I missed Sunday Mass, only three times. That’s saying that I missed Mass three times out of a possible three thousand, seven hundred ninety-six times....