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...
by Director of Communications | Jul 23, 2020 | Associates, NEWS
It was a warm and muggy Saturday afternoon in New York but a sunny and comfortable day in Guatemala when 39 sisters, associates, and companions from both countries gathered virtually for a retreat focusing on the experiences of being quarantined during the COVID-19...
by Director of Communications | Jul 23, 2020 | Memorial Video, NEWS, Our Sisters
Nine Sisters of Charity went home to God during the height of the pandemic last spring. In lieu of our treasured tradition of paying tribute to our sisters’ lives and sharing stories together as a Congregation, a video commemorating the life of each sister who passed...
by Director of Communications | Jul 21, 2020 | Heritage, NEWS, Sisters of Charity Archives
Sister Mary Frances Wallace, one of the founding Sisters of Charity of New York, died on this day in 1890 and is buried in the Sisters’ Cemetery at Mount Saint Vincent. Maria Wallace entered the community in Emmitsburg, Md., in 1832. A few years later, she was sent to...
by Director of Communications | Jul 10, 2020 | Heritage, NEWS, Our Sisters
Almost every Sister of Charity has a story to tell. Unfortunately, many choose not to tell it or have it told. My friend, Sr. Mary Kelly (Sr. John Mary), was one of these Sisters. I realized this recently when I learned so many in the Congregation never knew her....
by Director of Communications | Jul 9, 2020 | NEWS
We, the Sisters of Charity of New York, extend our heartfelt prayers and support to all children, parents, teachers, school and church staff/administrators, and all members of the Archdiocese of New York as we process the devastating news that twenty Catholic Schools...