by Communications Office | Dec 22, 2021 | home, NEWS, SC Legacy, Sisters of Charity Archives
By Mindy Gordon, Director, Archives and Museum In the Archives of the Sisters of Charity of New York, photographs illustrate the Christmas festivities held in the schools and hospitals where the Sisters ministered. Holiday events abounded: at schools, students...
by Communications Office | Nov 18, 2021 | NEWS, Sisters of Charity Archives, Vision
By Mindy Gordon, Director, Archives and Museum The following is from the Autumn 2021 issue of Vision. Situated off Riverdale Avenue at the southeast corner of the Mount Saint Vincent campus is Le Gras Hall, a distinctive brick, 19th Century mansard roofed...
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 Director of Communications | Jul 28, 2020 | Heritage, NEWS, Our Sisters, Sisters of Charity Archives
The following is from the Summer 2020 issue of Vision. When the 1980 Census was conducted, Sr. Mary T. Higgins was an administrator at Mount Saint Vincent Convent. The sisters who lived at the Convent at that time were determined to be included. The new...
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 | 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...
