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Profiles of Sisters of Charity
Sisters Celebrate Jubilee 2020
By Teri Tynes, Communications Associate Congratulations to our sisters who celebrated their 65th and 70th Jubilees at Mass on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. The annual celebration, held on the same day as the Feast of the Nativity of Mary, commemorates the journey of the...
The Re-Membering Project
At the beginning of January 2016, a small committee began the work of what was initially called “The Cemetery Project.” The purpose of the project was to create a definitive record of cemeteries where Sisters of Charity of New York are buried. Congregation records...
SC Archives: Sisters Stand Up to Be Counted for the 1980 Census
The following is from the Summer 2020 issue of Vision. When the 1980 Census was conducted, Sr. Mary T. Higgins was an administrator at Mount Saint Vincent Convent. The sisters who lived at the Convent at that time were determined to be included. The new...
Sisters Memorialized in Videos
Nine Sisters of Charity have gone home to God since the beginning of the pandemic. Our treasured tradition of paying tribute to our Sisters’ lives and sharing stories together as a Congregation is on hold right now, but the time will come when we will honor their...
SC Legacy: Sister Mary Kelly—A Smile that Cared
Almost every Sister of Charity has a story to tell. Unfortunately, many choose not to tell it or have it told. My friend, Sr. Mary Kelly (Sr. John Mary), was one of these Sisters. I realized this recently when I learned so many in the Congregation never knew her....
Together as One
As the pandemic was spreading in New York in mid-April, Sr. Donna Dodge, President of the Congregation, had an idea: a prayer card with a thumbnail image of every Sister of Charity. Together as One includes a photo of every living Sister of Charity of New York as...
Catholic Sisters Week Spotlight: Sister Anna Marian Lascell, SC
Sister Anna Marian entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of New York on February 1, 1947, her twentieth birthday. Her first mission was at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel on 116 Street, where she served for six years. With two other sisters, Sister Marian began...
SC Legacy: Mother Mary Fuller
As we celebrate National Catholic Sisters Week, we honor the Sisters whose shoulders we stand on, who worked tirelessly with the Archdiocese and Catholic laity to serve the people of New York and beyond. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s final words to her sisters urged them to...
Catholic Sisters Week Spotlight: Sister Mary Ellen O’Boyle, SC
Teaching on the elementary level introduced Sister Mary Ellen O’Boyle to the needs of the poor, especially the struggles of young mothers. On the high school level, her goal was to prepare young women for employment that would make them highly qualified and respected...
SC Legacy: Mother Mary Melita McClancy
As we celebrate National Catholic Sisters Week, we honor the Sisters whose shoulders we stand on, who worked tirelessly with the Archdiocese and Catholic laity to serve the people of New York and beyond. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s final words to her sisters urged them to...