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Sisters Gather for Luncheon at Seton Village
Nearly 80 sisters and staff members gathered in Seton Village in Nanuet on May 24, 2022, for a spring luncheon. Such in-person events had been postponed since the pandemic began in 2020, so it was a festive occasion. Sisters traveled from Mount Saint Vincent Convent,...
Mother Seton Circle Spotlight: Nicholas and Rose Mary Helfenstein
Rose Mary and Nick Helfenstein and their daughters Julia and Grace. Nicholas W. Helfenstein and his wife, Rose Mary, are Sisters of Charity supporters and members of the Mother Seton Circle. “Nick,” as most know him, shares a personal connection to the sisters, which...
Growing Healthful Food at Sisters Hill Farm
By Ella Schwarzbaum, Assistant Farmer The farm season is now well underway! When I talk to friends and family about what we are growing at the farm, someone is always bound to ask if we grow organically. Ella brings in the eggplant harvest, all picked in just a few...
Charity Charism Circles the World
By Ellen Rose O’Connell, SC Our vocation is to go all over the world and to do what the son of God did. He came to set the world on fire in order to inflame it with His love.St. Vincent de Paul Associate Todd Gable and his wife, Oleysa, offered information about IFAKs...
Astor Place by Francis Criss: A Surrealist Study Features the Sisters of Charity of New York in Greenwich Village, ca. 1932
By Mindy Gordon, Director, Archives and Museum Courtesy of Whitney Museum of American Art Sr. Marie Noeline Noll, Mount Saint Vincent campus, ca. 1938; Sr. Noeline taught at Bishop McDonnell High School from 1934–1941. Most art critics would agree that Astor Place, a...
Archives Receives St. Vincent’s Hospital School of Nursing Student Cape and Hat
Sr. Miriam Kevin Phillips, a former SVH School of Nursing student and later Director of the school (1991–1999) was happy to pose in the donated cape. By Mindy Gordon, Director, Archives and Museum St. Vincent’s Hospital opened in a brownstone in lower Manhattan in...
Assembly Steering Committee 2023
By Mary McCormick, SC A General Assembly is the major event occurring every four years in the life of our Congregation. It is here that elected delegates call on the Holy Spirit to open our minds and hearts to discern our future and elect the sisters who will serve in...
Can There be a Connection Between Mount Saint Vincent Convent & COVID 19?
By Jean Flannelly, SC Part One Some might say there is a connection between Mount Saint Vincent Convent and COVID 19, but the particulars remain fuzzy. Let’s take a look at each part of the equation. Mount Saint Vincent Convent is one of the Sisters of Charity...
Caring for Our Common Home: Microplastics
With Sister Mary Ann Garisto The Creation’s Transformative Energy Committee (CTEC) of SCNY has committed to reducing plastics in our lives, and we invite you to do the same. We can begin by reflecting on how our habits contribute to what Pope Francis calls a...
Tragic Deaths of Immigrants
We, the Sisters of Charity of New York and Associates, pray for the sixty-plus victims who died in the tragic bus incident this past week. We mourn the loss of their lives, and the loss their deaths will cause to our nation. Each person only sought a better life yet...