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Epiphany Reflections
EPIPHANY… … sign, summons… … star, angels’ song... … response, risk, search… … revelation, discovery, faith SEEKERS OF GOD, CALLED & SENT… Mary and Joseph – Shepherds and sages – Simeon and Anna – Elizabeth Seton, Elizabeth Boyle & the early...
In Memoriam: Sister Grace Thérèse Murray, SC
Sister Grace was a dynamic teacher who believed that education was the door to a better future for her students, no matter their age, and she dedicated her life to this value. Sister Grace Thérèse Murray (Grace Theresa) was born August 30, 1927, in Atlantic City, New...
Christmas Blessings
Into this year of bruised and battered dreams, in our ravaged lands and oceans, on the fringes of our stillborn hopes, grace — our grace — comes to meet us in a child, a star, in shepherds and foreigners. God’s love, once made flesh in Jesus, longs to be born anew in...
Christmas Season Visits to Our Sisters’ Grave Sites
It was four full days after the snowstorm that left more than a foot of snow. Blacktop and roadbeds were visible everywhere, thanks to the expert job done by the cleaning crews. I set out for Poughkeepsie’s St. Peter’s Cemetery and met up with Associate Lisa Shay to...
Historic Zoom Meeting Joins Congregation in Advent Waiting
“Are you not under my protection?” The words that Our Lady of Guadalupe spoke to Juan Diego seemed to be directed to Sisters of Charity, Associates and Companions in the U.S. and in Guatemala as they met on her feast day, December 12, 2020, for their first-ever...
Christmas Events at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Manhattan: Photographs, 1943 – 1985
with Reminiscences by Sr. Karen Helfenstein St. Vincent’s Hospital, Manhattan, the first Catholic hospital in New York City, began in a brownstone on East 13th Street in 1849 and grew into a large main campus at West 12th Street and 7th Avenue. The campus included a...
Sisters of Charity Renew Tradition and Vows on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
“Loving God, raise what is awakening in us up to your light that we may better discern the action of your Spirit calling us forth in this dawning age of Charity Rising, now more than ever!” The Sisters of Charity of New York customarily renew their vows every December...
Christmas Appeal 2020
Dear Friends, I hope you are uplifted in this season of anticipation, as we look forward to celebrating the arrival of our Lord and Savior. After enduring much uncertainty this year, we can all relate to the anxiety Mary and Joseph must have felt on that holy night,...
Jesuits and Company Visit Sisters Hill Farm
On a sunny fall day this past October, members of Fordham University’s Murray Weigel Kohlmann Jesuit Community traveled from their home on the Rose Hill campus in the Bronx to Sisters Hill Farm, the Sisters of Charity farm ministry in Dutchess County. Twelve people...
In Memoriam: Sister Theresa D. Luciano, SC
On the occasion of her 50th Anniversary as a Sister of Charity, Yonkers’ Mayor Philip A. Amicone declared October 5, 2007, “Sister Theresa Luciano Day.” The Proclamation noted the “quality and innovative education and strong foundation” she provided for the many...