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A Double Celebration in Quiché
By Nora Cunningham, SC The following is from the Winter 2022 issue of VISION. The Feast of St. Elizabeth Seton was celebrated with much joy in Guatemala on January 4, 2022. It was a doubly happy and blessed occasion as we welcomed our new postulant, Mayda Alicia Pérez...
Save the Date: Sisters of Charity Spring Benefit on Thursday, May 19, 2022
Save the Date!Thursday, May 19, 2022 • 6–9 pm Sisters of Charity Spring Benefit The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers There will be a cocktail hour and dinner at The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers, with a beautiful view of the Hudson River. The Benefit will honor Mr. Jerry...
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) — Listening the Words into Life
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) — Listening the Words into Life by Regina Bechtle, SC The following is from the Winter 2022 issue of VISION. “We are called…to be women of healing, sensitive to the wounds of persons and to the systemic evils of our...
The New York Foundling: A Warm Welcome to Melanie Hartzog as President and CEO
The following is from the Winter 2022 issue of VISION. The New York Foundling welcomed Melanie Hartzog as the organization’s new President and CEO on January 18. Hartzog will succeed longtime leader, Bill Baccaglini, who is retiring. Hartzog, who recently completed...
In Memoriam: Sister Anne O’Connell, SC
Sister Anne brought her enthusiastic spirit and personal warmth to the hundreds of students she greeted each day and to the families whose joys and sorrows she willingly embraced. Sister Anne, formerly Sister Joseph Marian, was born April 25, 1936, in the Bronx. She...
Sister Noreen Sugrue–First Congregation Archivist at Mount Saint Vincent
By Mindy Gordon, Archivist The following is from the Winter 2022 issue of VISION. As a Sister of Charity of New York, Sr. Noreen Sugrue has shared her creative skills as a teacher, artist and archivist throughout her endeavors. Born in New York City in 1942, she...
Caring for our Common Home
With Sister Mary Ann Garisto from the Office of Peace, Justice and Integrity of Creation The following is from the Winter 2022 issue of VISION. The main goal of the fall 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, commonly known as COP26, was...
Sisters of Charity Federation Issues Letter Regarding Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s and Slavery
In acknowledgement of and with respect to Black History Month in the United States and Canada, the Sisters of Charity Federation shared a letter confirming that the original Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s had some involvement with slavery. The Daughters...
Profile: Sister Andrea Dixon
The following is from the Winter 2022 issue of VISION. Sr. Andrea with Archbishop John J. McGuire by Elena Miranda "I left my island of the Bahamas at the age of 19 and traveled to New York. This little young girl came to New York without the slightest idea of...
In Memoriam: Sister Catherine Marie Walsh, SC
Caddie, as she is known by many, is remembered as friendly and outgoing, ready with a gracious smile and a careful eye to help someone in need. Sister Catherine, formerly Sister Stephen Dolores, was born April 29, 1937, in Manhattan, one of three children, two...