by Communications Office | Jun 18, 2022 | home, Reflections, Spirituality
A reflection for the feast of Corpus Christi By Sister Regina Bechtle CALL TO PRAYER Leader: As people formed by the Eucharist, we seek to live in grateful thanksgiving. All: May Charity...
by Communications Office | Jun 4, 2022 | home, NEWS, Spirituality
June 5 is Pentecost Sunday (author unknown) Come, Spirit of God,open our eyes that we may recognizethe touch of your renewing lovein all the ways you enter our lives. Come, Creator Spirit, breath of life,waken in us friendship for every living beingand joy in the...
by Communications Office | Feb 22, 2022 | Founders, NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality, Vision
By Regina Bechtle, SC The following is from the Winter 2022 issue of VISION. After Pope Francis’ July 2021 hospital stay, a headline in Catholic New York read: “Pope, recuperating from surgery, shows tenderness to fellow patients.” (Catholic New York, 7/15/21). In...
by Communications Office | Jan 3, 2022 | home, NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
On January 4th we celebrate the feast of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.The following prayer was prepared by Sisters Judy Mertz and Kathleen Flanagan, Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, New Jersey. Celebrating Saint Elizabeth Ann SetonGod’s Presence in the World...
by Communications Office | Jan 1, 2022 | home, NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Blame it on this year’s calendar: the Scripture readings for the 2021-2022 Christmas-Epiphany season could give us whiplash. It’s like the rapid pivoting we’ve all had to do with the COVID-19 virus and its fast-moving variants. December 26, the day after we...
by Communications Office | Dec 30, 2021 | Heritage, home, NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
December 31, 2021 marks the 175th anniversary of the beginnings of the Sisters of Charity of New York. It’s when “the first election of community superiors was held in the chapel of the Prince Street asylum.” (Walsh 1, 137). Sister Elizabeth Boyle was...
