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Join Us for the 2022 Spring Benefit
You are invited to attend The Sisters of Charity of New York 2022 Annual Spring Benefit: One Mission. Many Hearts on May 19, 2022 at Chelsea Piers.
Racial Wealth Gap Simulation on March 31
Join Sisters of Charity of New York as Cheri Andes, BREAD for the World’s Northeast Regional Coordinator, leads us in BREAD’s Racial Wealth Gap Simulation on Zoom on March 31, 2022 at 4 pm. The simulation is an interactive tool that helps people understand the...
President Donna Dodge Meets Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi After Town Hall at Mount Saint Vincent
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Sister Donna Dodge meet at town hall. On Monday, March 14, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visited the Mount Saint Vincent campus for a town hall with U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, the representative for the 16th congressional...
One Community Dialog: Walking together as Church – Sisters and Associates in the US and Guatemala prepare for the Synod on Synodality
By Lisa Shay, Associate Zoom discussion on Synod 2021 – 2023. March 8, 2022 On March 8, 34 Sisters, Associates, and Companions of Charity gathered via Zoom to explore the “fundamental questions” of Synod 2021 – 2023, “For a synodal Church – communion, participation,...
Catholic Sisters Week Spotlight: Sister Monica Wood, SC
Sr. Monica Wood, a teacher and librarian, successfully combined these roles throughout her career in education to accent the importance of research and information. After entering the Community of the Sisters of Charity of New York in 1952, Sr. Monica began an...
Sisters of Charity of New York Statement on International Day of Action for Rivers
In commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the International Day of Action for Rivers, the Sisters of Charity of New York join with the Leadership Council of Women Religious (LCWR) and all women religious in celebrating and giving thanks for the rivers of the world....
Catholic Sisters Week Spotlight: Sister Theresa Courtney, SC
Sister Theresa Courtney was once mistaken for the other “Theresa” after meeting a woman she had only spoken to by telephone. Realizing that she was mistaken for Mother Teresa of Calcutta, she plainly stated, “Oh, that’s another Sr. Theresa.” “Well,” the flustered...
Tribute to the People of Ukraine
With great sadness, the Sisters of Charity and Associates learn daily of the Ukrainian people’s suffering in the current war. We express our solidarity with them in their faith in God and love of democracy. We pray for the refugees, for those who must remain in peril...
A Day of Discovery for Saint Raymond Students
On February 11, 2022, twenty students from Saint Raymond Academy for Girls in the Bronx participated in an Engineering Day of Discovery. The experience was made possible by the goodwill of the New York office of the Thornton Tomasetti engineering firm and a staff...
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton — Speaking the Language of Tenderness
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...