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NETWORK Launches Nuns on the Bus 2020, “Who We Elect Matters”
NETWORK’s Nuns on the Bus have driven thousands of miles across the United States to prophetically speak for justice and advocate for adequate federal policies. During these journeys, the Nuns on the Bus encountered thousands of activists as we called for the creation...
SC Legacy: The Sturdy Old Oaks
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...
September 11, 2020 — We Remember
The staff at Sisters of Charity Center gathered in front of Le Gras Hall to pray and remember: This is a day of remembrance for all of us. It brings a flood of painful memories, but it also brings memories of the heroism of many people. Whatever our faith tradition,...
Sisters Celebrate Jubilee 2020
By Teri Tynes, Communications Associate Congratulations to our sisters who celebrated their 65th and 70th Jubilees at Mass on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. The annual celebration, held on the same day as the Feast of the Nativity of Mary, commemorates the journey of the...
An Invitation to a Season of Creation 2020 Pilgrimage: Jubilee for Earth
“The entire material universe speaks of God’s love, his boundless affection for us. Soil, water, mountains: everything is, as it were, a caress of God.” Laudato Si 84 The Sisters of Charity of New York Office of Peace Justice and Integrity of Creation offers this...
Office of Peace, Justice, and Integrity of Creation Shares Faithful Voting Resources
Dear Faithful Friends of the Sisters of Charity, “Love, overflowing with small gestures of mutual care, is also civic and political, and it makes itself felt in every action that seeks to build a better world.” Pope Francis, Laudato Si’ #231. This election, our...
In Memoriam: Sister Kathleen McKiernan, SC
A lively wit and a warm personality together with a quiet sense of determination enabled Sister Kathleen to excel in professional and personal relationships. Sister Kathleen McKiernan (Sister Dolores Elizabeth) was born February 8, 1934, in Manhattan, one of seven...
LEFSA Team Members Share Personal Experiences of Racism in New Video
There are events in our life that have the power to move our hearts and inspire change. The murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis by police officers on May 25, 2020, is one such life-altering event. In response to Mr. Floyd’s devastating murder, Sister Kathy Byrnes,...
Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Mary Christine Rogers, SC
A Mass of Christian Burial was offered for Sister Mary Christine Rogers at 10 a.m. on Monday, August 24, 2020, at Saint Anthony Parish Church in Nanuet, N.Y. In light of gathering regulations set by the State of New York, a limited number gathered for the first...
Prayer for the Birthday of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, August 28, 2020
Two hundred years ago on August 28, Elizabeth Seton celebrated her 46th birthday in Emmitsburg. Her only living daughter Catherine had returned from an extended stay with the Harpers in Baltimore. Both her sons were at sea – William in the U.S. Navy, Richard on his...