by Director of Communications | May 5, 2020 | In Memoriam, In Memoriam 2020, NEWS
Early in her community life, when asked how she would like to be remembered, she wrote, “as a caring, prayerful, dedicated woman of service.” Sister Marguerite McGilly (Sister Regina Richard) was born May 29, 1937, in Manhattan, one of three daughters of Thomas and...
by Director of Communications | May 2, 2020 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Readings: Acts 2:14A, 36–41; Psalm 23; 1 Peter 2:20B–25; John 10:1–10 Multicolored images and symbols of the Good Shepherd have appeared throughout the ages from catacombs to the internet from the imagination of artists. Across the field from the Formation House in...
by Director of Communications | May 2, 2020 | Guatemala, NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
He calls us by name and we follow Jesus is the open door that gives access to the sheep. He is the Good Shepherd — our only source of salvation. He is good, that is, noble — different from those shepherds, who would permit wolves to devour their sheep. He gives his...
by Director of Communications | May 1, 2020 | NEWS
Sister Patricia McGowan, who died on April 19, 2020, was featured in the New York Time column, Those We’ve Lost. As the column states, “The coronavirus pandemic has taken an incalculable death toll. This series is designed to put names and faces to the numbers.”...
by Director of Communications | Apr 30, 2020 | NEWS, Sisters of Charity Archives
During times of great challenge, inspiration may be sought by examining the trials and lessons of historic events. While the devastation of the coronavirus COVID-19 extends globally, in the United States the epicenter is New York City. With the prospect of an...
by Director of Communications | Apr 28, 2020 | NEWS, Spirituality
Timing Is All No pause for cherry blooms, crabapple flowers, no pause for lilac buds. Iris stalks rise like lava from core of Earth, find a way up and through, forging, fierce, relentless, sense of timing impeccable. Sr. Regina Bechtle (2020) ~ ~ ...