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Feast of the Assumption of Mary, August 15, 2019
In her timeless 1977 book, Mary for Today, Sr. Patricia Noone, SC, reflected on the people of God and their unfolding understanding of the mystery of God at work in the life of Mary, the mother of Jesus About today’s Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary, Sr. Pat lifts...
In Memoriam: Sister Mary Edward Zipf, SC
“My interests rest with contact among the students over any college function.” Sister Mary Edward Zipf (Elizabeth Diane) was born August 6, 1935, in Bronxville, New York, daughter of Edward and Mary Corbet Zipf. She grew up with siblings Edward, Emily and...
Sisters of Charity of New York Stand with the Leadership Conference of Women Religious in Calling for an End to Gun Violence
LCWR Calls for End to Gun Violence The recent mass shootings in our country impel us to once again beg all citizens and all elected leaders to end the rampant rage and division that have overpowered the nation and too often result in mass, indiscriminate violence. We...
In Memoriam: Sister Ann Marie Lafferty, SC
Ann Marie received the religious name, Sister Elizabeth Ann, because Elizabeth Ann Seton was beatified at the time Ann Marie was receiving the habit and religious name in 1963.Sister Ann Marie Lafferty (Sister Elizabeth Ann) was born December 17, 1940, in...
Sisters of Charity Support a Right to Safe, Affordable, Accessible Housing
The Sisters of Charity of New York believe that each person has a right to safe, affordable, accessible housing. In response to the signs of the times and as followers of Jesus, we have served and walked with those who experience homelessness in varied ministries over...
Sisters of Charity of New York Stand with Children and Families
The Sisters of Charity of New York affirm the dignity of all persons. As a congregation of women religious dedicated to serving the most vulnerable in our society, we stand with the U.S. Catholic Bishops Conference in deploring the conditions imposed on those held in...
Transfer of Leadership: Not a Map but a Doorway
The following reflection was offered by Sr. Mary Mc Cormick at the Transfer of Leadership. What we need today is not a map but a doorway. A doorway that opens into our preferred future, discerned by us, chosen by us, shaped and molded by us, by who and what we are,...
Sisters of Charity to Install New President and Council
New Team to Lead Congregation in its Third Century of Service Sisters of Charity of New York will install Sister Donna Dodge as President at the Transfer of Leadership ceremony at Mount Saint Vincent on Saturday, June 29, 2019. Sister Donna is the 25th president in...
New York Foundling Kicks Off Celebrations For 150 Years of Nurturing
Reprinted with permission of Catholic New York BY CHRISTIE L. CHICOINE One of the Church’s sacred missions is to provide a home, “a home for worship, a home for life, a home for love,” Cardinal Dolan said in welcoming remarks at the Mass he offered for the New York...
Prayer in Honor of Mother Elizabeth Boyle’s Anniversary, June 21
“Dearest old partner of my cares and bearer of my burdens,” wrote Elizabeth Seton to her long time friend, Elizabeth Boyle, the Superior of St. Patrick’s Orphan Asylum in New York. Elizabeth Boyle was one of the original thirty-three sisters who remained in New York....