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On A Happy Note ♪♫
By Eileen McGrory, SC The College of Mount Saint Vincent Conservatory presented its first concert on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception on the campus of Mount Saint Vincent. Musical selections were offered by the CMSV Community...
Presente: God’s Dream Lives in the South Bronx
By Regina Bechtle, SC Sr. Trudé Collins (bottom, 2nd from right) at a Multi-Service Center in the South Bronx The Constitution of the Sisters of Charity calls us to recognize that “every Christian has a vocation to ministry” and to collaborate with others “to develop...
Spotlight: Partners in Ministry | Nadia Owens, Trustee
Nadia is the Head of Global Total Rewards and Performance at DXC Technology where she is responsible for designing and delivering globally inclusive compensation, benefits and performance management solutions that support the well-being of employees. She partners with...
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...