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Deep Calls Deeper by Regina Bechtle, SC
The following poem was published in LCWR Occasional Papers, Summer 2015. In search of the deep story that unbinds hope, uncorks imagination, in search of the deep springs that never fail, the deep roots that hold all you were and are yet to be, you will need laser...
Transfer of Leadership Prayer Service Video Now Available
The Evening Prayer and Transfer of Leadership of June 30, 2015, is now available for viewing. Visit the homepage at www.scny.org and click on the image of Mount Saint Vincent. You may also access the video by clicking on the image below to view the full 45-minute event.
Sr. Carol Barnes’ Reflection on Transfer of Leadership Day
More than 160 years ago, December 8, 1849, to be exact, the Sisters of Charity of New York held their second general election and for some strange reason, Mother Elizabeth Boyle’s name was left off the list of eligible Sisters and, as a result, this much beloved...
Transfer of Leadership Installs New Council
In a spirit of joyful celebration, gratitude, and tradition, Sisters of Charity, Associates, Companions of Charity, partners in ministry, friends, and family came together on June 30, 2015 in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception at Mount Saint Vincent to pay...
Meet Sister Sheila Brosnan, New Regional Coordinator
“Mission is at the heart of leadership; it can also be said that leadership is the heartbeat of mission,” says Sr. Sheila Brosnan, one of two new Regional Coordinator on the Sisters of Charity Leadership Team. In her many years in the fields of education, health care,...
A Story of Collaboration and Seedlings
In a true spirit of collaboration, a Sisters of Charity of New York employee joined forces with one of our sponsored ministries and a Seton Associate from the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth in Convent Station, NJ, to help another organization in need. The...
Prayer in Honor of Mother Elizabeth Boyle’s Anniversary, June 21
Call to Prayer Leader: After a lifetime of courageous charity, serving in Emmitsburg, Philadelphia and New York, Mother Elizabeth Boyle, first Mother of the Sisters of Charity of New York, died June 21, 1861, during the first months of the Civil War. Word of God...
Trinity Sunday – May 31, 2015
Readings for today: Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40; Psalm 33; Romans 8:14-17; Matthew 28:16-20 How do we portray the living, awesome, tender mystery that we call God? How do we imagine the God whom our Christian tradition reveals as Triune? The Scriptures give us a wide...
New Book Celebrates Seton Connection
Congratulations to SCNY Associate Anne Merwin, the newest on our Congregation’s roster of published authors. Her biography, Elizabeth Ann Seton is a welcome addition to the literature about our American saint. Anne is a former president of the Mother Seton House...
Pentecost Sunday – May 24, 2015
Readings for today: Acts 2: 1-11; Psalm 24; 1 Corinthians 12: 3-7, 12-13; John 20:19-23 Not long ago a friend and I were sharing memories of times when we felt powerless: a broken bone, a sudden hospitalization, a parent’s stroke or a sibling’s heart attack, a...