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Spring Benefit 2023
https://vimeo.com/829147824/1a8c08df66?share=copy THANK YOU! Our Spring Benefit is our largest annual fundraiser which provides the resources needed to continue the work and outreach of our ministries. The proceeds from this event will make a significant difference...
In Memoriam: Sister Miriam Anne Brennan, SC
Sister Miriam Anne Brennan was a Sister of Charity nurse, par excellence, who loved her work and all she served. She once spoke of herself as “an old shoe in the closet – one people turn to when they need comfort”. Sister Miriam Anne Brennan, Miriam Theresa, was born...
Third Week of Lent Reflection 2023
Pope Francis invites us to: “Fast from worries and have trust in God.” We frequently worry about next steps, what others think, dangers ahead. We worry about illness in our families, war in our world and the decisions we make. Pope Francis urges us instead to trust in...
Barbara Ford Peacebuilding Center: Charity Rises in Guatemala
By Luciano Laynez, Executive Director, The Barbara Ford Peacebuilding Center The Barbara Ford Peacebuilding Center is a non-profit Civil Association, established in the Republic of Guatemala in 2009 with the objective of promoting the integral human development of the...
International Women’s Day Prayer
By Sr. Roma De Robertis, SCIC INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY PRAYER We celebrate You, life-giving God, expressed in girls and women throughout the Earth. Playing, laughing, singing, dancing, suffering, bleeding . . . Seeding, leading, nurturing, encouraging, resisting war,...
First Week of Lent Reflection 2023
“Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.” Psalm 51 This first week of Lent, let us look at the ways we have fallen short. What have we done or failed to do to become the person God has called us to be? Can we with humility, ask God to transform us? Do we trust that...
In Memoriam: Sister Patricia Noone, SC
Sister Pat shared the light of her baptism generously, through language, communication and teaching. Sister Patricia Noone, formerly Sister Maura Catherine, was born March 11, 1939, in the Bronx, one of two daughters (twins) of Patrick and Maureen Maguire Noone....
Lent: Fast From – Feast On
- adapted from William Arthur Ward, Fast From-Feast On Fast from worry … feast on peaceFast from negativity … feast on trustFast from loneliness … feast on communityFast from self-criticism … feast on acceptanceFast from rushing … feast on intentionalityFast from...
Presidents Day: Standing on the Shoulders
The Congregation recently began our election year pre-assembly meeting with a special tribute video presented by the Executive Council, celebrating decades of work from our five living SCNY Presidents (year of service order): Sr. Carol A. Barnes Sr. Elizabeth A....
In Memoriam: Sister Patricia Walsh, SC
Sister Pat brought competence, joy and laughter to whomever and wherever she served. Sister Patricia Walsh, formerly Sister Daniel Maureen, was born in Manhattan November 30, 1938. She was one of four children, three girls and a boy of Daniel and Cecilia Woods...