by Communications Office | Nov 3, 2020 | NEWS, SC Legacy
By Mindy S. Gordon, Director, Archives and Museum For American Archives Month this past October, we honor the assistance provided by sister volunteers in the Congregation’s Archives at Mount Saint Vincent. Each sister devotes time and provides extensive knowledge to...
by Communications Office | Oct 21, 2020 | NEWS, SC Legacy
By Mindy S. Gordon, Archivist Months after quarantine in New York City — home of the Sisters of Charity of New York — and the gradual re-opening of schools and businesses, a presidential election is now less than two weeks away. This year, with voting logistics...
by Communications Office | Sep 15, 2020 | NEWS, SC Legacy
By Sister Elizabeth Vermaelen, SC Shortly before Elizabeth Boyle died (June 21, 1861) she was reflecting on the growth of the community and the passage of time. “But the sturdy old oaks were beginning to fall now. Ellen Timon and Susan Knott were gone and dear...
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...
