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Women Religious Disappointed in Court’s Decision to Uphold President Trump’s Muslim Ban
In solidarity with the Leadership Conference of Woman Religious, the Sisters of Charity of New York are deeply troubled by the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of President Donald J. Trump v. State of Hawaii that challenged the legality of the Trump...
Getting To Know You: Sister Margaret Smith, SC
By Barbara Srozenski, SC Sister Margaret Smith has been a Sister of Charity for sixty-five years and characterizes herself as a happy person who always wants to make others happy. She states that her life has had its ups and downs, challenges and successes, and has...
Getting to Know You: Sister Gloria De Arteaga, SC
By Lorraine Cooper, SC Before or after entering the Sisters of Charity, Sister Gloria never dreamed of being a missionary, or even of living outside the New York area. Up until that point, her ministry included teaching high school math in New York and she lived in...
Sisters of Charity Co-Sponsor Vigil Calling for an End to the Separation of Children and Parents
As teachers, social workers, and nurses, the Sisters of Charity of New York have cared for children and families for over 200 hundred years. “As women religious, as Christians, it is our moral duty to speak for the children who are being separated from their parents....
The Separation of Children from their Parents Must End
As we celebrate Father's Day, we are confronted with daily newspaper articles and photos of children being torn from their families at our southern border. Children are being warehoused in locations unknown to their parents. Such separations are tragic for both the...
Getting to Know You: Sister Winifred Goddard, SC
By Barbara Srozenski, SC Sister Winifred has been carrying on the mission of the Sisters of Charity for over sixty-six years. She reflected that she has always experienced that mission as “Being Sent” by God. And faith in that all-provident God has sustained her...
Getting to Know You: Sister Grace Henke, SC
By Barbara Srozenski, SC Sister Grace Henke has been a Sister of Charity for over sixty-five years. She attended Catholic schools in the Bronx and Manhattan, which is where she first met the Sisters of Charity. Their example of kindness, prayerfulness, and service led...
Tragedy in Guatemala
Dear Friends: All of Guatemala is in mourning over the tragedy of the eruption of one of its most active volcanoes, Volcán Fuego (Volcano of Fire). Without warning, its pyroclastic flow swallowed up villages and homes, leaving mostly women and children running for...
JUNE 3, 2018 — Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)
READINGS: Exodus 24: 3-8; Psalm 116; Hebrews 9:11-15; Mark 14: 12-16, 22-26 “How shall I make a return to the Lord for all the good he has done for me?” (Ps 116:12) This verse from today’s psalm resonates with much in my life, particularly my experience of...
Eulogy for Sr. M. Irene Fugazy—May 23, 2018
The following eulogy for Sister M. Irene Fugazy, SC, was offered by Sister Dorothy Metz, SC, at the Mass of Christian Burial in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, Mount Saint Vincent. Good Morning and welcome to this celebration of the life of Sr. Irene Fugazy....