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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...
One Community Working Group Meets a Second Time
On the afternoon of August 22nd, the Congregation’s “One Community Working Group” met via ZOOM for the second time. Thirty-one Sisters and Associates from both Guatemala and the United States participated. Our vision for unity between American members and those in...
In Memoriam: Sister Mary Christine Rogers, SC
Saint Agatha became “home” for hundreds of young women and men because of Sister Christine’s presence, support and unconditional love… Sister Mary Christine Rogers (Verna Mary) was born May 30, 1930, in the Bronx, one of four children, one daughter and three sons, of...
“Secrets” Uncovered in a Pandemic Time
I’m Here, Not There! A Missing (Dead) Nun! & All Those Bodies in One Place??! By Sister Eileen McGrory, SC A major project of the Congregation for the last few years is to create a database of each cemetery where sisters are buried. For cemeteries where only a few...
Congratulations Sisters of Charity! — Thank you for your presence in New York since August 20, 1817
“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...
The Re-Membering Project
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...
Reflection 1, Election 2020
As our attention turns to the upcoming presidential election on November 3, 2020, the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, in Convent Station, N.J., asked their Office of Peace, Justice, and Ecological Integrity to prepare reflections that will help to discern and...
Why Rejoin the Community for Sunday Eucharist?
By Jean Flannelly, SC Until the pandemic, I was able to boast, no claim, that for seventy-three years as a Catholic, I missed Sunday Mass, only three times. That’s saying that I missed Mass three times out of a possible three thousand, seven hundred ninety-six times....
Sisters of Charity Sign Interfaith Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
August 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki — attacks which devastated these cities causing up to 213,000 deaths by the end of 1945 and many more in the following years. The attacks inflicted excruciating pain and suffering...