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Sisters of Charity Leadership Team Encourages Discernment of Values in Upcoming Elections
As we near election time, we would like to remind each of us, ourselves included, of the solemn responsibility that lies before us in choosing our elected leaders. The Sisters of Charity of New York would particularly like to take this opportunity to remind our...
May 10, 2020 – Fifth Sunday of Easter/Mother’s Day
Readings: Acts 6:1–7; Psalm 33; 1 Peter 2:4–9; John 14:1–12 Today’s Gospel reading from John is part of Jesus’ instruction to the apostles at their last Passover meal. It is familiar to us because it is often read at funerals. What do the apostles have to be troubled...
Prayer for the Feast of St. Louise de Marillac — May 9, 2020
During this time of pandemic, death, social isolation, economic uncertainty and disrupted lives, we listen to the wisdom of Louise, ask for her assistance and come before our God to pray for our broken world. Let us pray: Louise, you who so frequently were faced with...
In Memoriam: Sister Marguerite McGilly, SC
Early in her community life, when asked how she would like to be remembered, she wrote, “as a caring, prayerful, dedicated woman of service.” Sister Marguerite McGilly (Sister Regina Richard) was born May 29, 1937, in Manhattan, one of three daughters of Thomas and...
May 3, 2020 — Fourth Sunday of Easter (Good Shepherd Sunday)
Readings: Acts 2:14A, 36–41; Psalm 23; 1 Peter 2:20B–25; John 10:1–10 Multicolored images and symbols of the Good Shepherd have appeared throughout the ages from catacombs to the internet from the imagination of artists. Across the field from the Formation House in...
May 3, 2020, Good Shepherd Sunday — World Day of Prayer for Vocations
He calls us by name and we follow Jesus is the open door that gives access to the sheep. He is the Good Shepherd — our only source of salvation. He is good, that is, noble — different from those shepherds, who would permit wolves to devour their sheep. He gives his...
New York Times Pays Tribute to Sister Patricia McGowan
Sister Patricia McGowan, who died on April 19, 2020, was featured in the New York Time column, Those We've Lost. As the column states, “The coronavirus pandemic has taken an incalculable death toll. This series is designed to put names and faces to the numbers.” Click...
The First Emergency Hospital in Central Park: St. Joseph’s Military Hospital and the Sisters of Charity of New York, 1862–1867
During times of great challenge, inspiration may be sought by examining the trials and lessons of historic events. While the devastation of the coronavirus COVID-19 extends globally, in the United States the epicenter is New York City. With the prospect of an...
Poetry Month Continues
Timing Is All No pause for cherry blooms, crabapple flowers, no pause for lilac buds. Iris stalks rise like lava from core of Earth, find a way up and through, forging, fierce, relentless, sense of timing impeccable. Sr. Regina Bechtle (2020) ~ ~ ...
In Memoriam: Sister Grace Henke, SC
Sister Grace was an excellent teacher and nurse, known for her kindness, compassion, and marvelous sense of humor. Sister Grace Henke (Sister Mary Adrienne) was born February 24, 1932, in the Bronx, New York, the daughter of Eugene and Frances Adrienne Le Merle Henke....