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“Unstoppable Charity” Virtual Spring Benefit
Please join us for the Sisters of Charity of New York’s virtual Spring Benefit, “Unstoppable Charity,” to honor our ministries’ frontline workers. The virtual celebration will give us all an opportunity to thank and pay tribute to the heroes who embody the essence of...
March 21, 2021 – Fifth Sunday of Lent
Readings: Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 51:3-4, 12-13, 14-15; Hebrews 5:7-9; John 12:20-33 The following reflection is from The Sunday Website at Saint Louis University: Coming to Pieces A tiny grain plants itself deep within the soil. It tucks its self...
The St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City: A Sisters of Charity of New York Tradition!
From the Archives… Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day each March 17 by participating in the parade up Fifth Avenue is a tradition embraced by the Sisters of Charity of New York. The holiday celebrates Irish culture and heritage and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland....
Catholic Sisters Week Spotlight: Sister Margaret Donegan, SC
Sr. Margaret Donegan has a great love for education, which cultivated in her an ability and gift to recognize and encourage students' potential and build their confidence. During her fifty-one-year teaching career, 1960 to 2011, Sr. Margaret inspired students in the...
Catholic Sisters Week Spotlight: Sister Eileen McGrory, SC
Sister Eileen McGrory has a sign outside her office in the Sisters of Charity Center revealing her precision as a grammarian: “Let's eat Grandma. Let’s eat, Grandma. Commas Save Lives.” Throughout her teaching career and related ministries, her exacting and generous...
Catholic Sisters Week Spotlight: Sister Margaret Beaudette and the Road to Emmaus
March 12 is the fourth anniversary of the death of Sister Margaret Beaudette. Sister Margaret, or “Sister Peggie” as she was often called, was an accomplished sculptor who spent her ministry in education. From 1969 until 1989 she was head of the Art Department at...
Catholic Sisters Week Spotlight: Sister Francis Marita Sabara, SC
Sister Francis Marita Sabara was born in 1932, a year she recalled, “when the rent for a five-room apartment was $28 a month and a four-room apartment was $22, including steamed heat and running water.” She knew these details because her parents worked as...
Confiding Hope and Consoling Peace
“Confiding hope and consoling peace have attended my way through storms and dangers that would have terrified a soul whose rock is not Christ.” - St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (Elizabeth Bayley Seton, Collected Writings, Volume 1, 245) The eye of the storm is...
Catholic Sisters Week Spotlight: Sister Elizabeth Vermaelen, SC
Before entering the Sisters of Charity of New York, young Elizabeth Vermaelen was asked by Mother Mary Berchmans, “What would you like to do as a Sister of Charity?” Sister Elizabeth recalls, “At that time, I did not feel qualified to really answer that question. What...
Employment Opportunity: Nurse Manager at Mount Saint Vincent Convent
The Sisters of Charity of New York are seeking a Nurse Manager at Mount Saint Vincent Convent, a 60-room retirement home in Bronx, NY. The Convent provides assisted living services to retired sisters of the congregation. In collaboration with the Director of...