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Profiles of Sisters of Charity
Catholic Sisters Week Spotlight: Sister Teresa Dermody, SC
Sister Teresa Dermody, SC, celebrates over sixty years as a Sister of Charity and cherishes her life as a gift with gratitude to God and the Community. Her early education at Cathedral High School by the Sisters of Charity led her to consider and follow a vocation in...
SC Legacy: Mother Mary Angela Hughes
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...
“Magnificat” — January 4, 2020, Quiché, Guatemala
This article by Sr. Nora Cunningham is published in the Winter 2020 issue of Vision. My soul magnifies the Lord...resounded in song twice on January 4, 2020! For the first time, it was for Luisa Cristina Francisco as she became Sister Luisa Cristina, a novice,...
Congregation Vow/Commitment Renewal Day – December 7, 2019
A bright, chilly December morning dawned early on December 7th, as the community gathered for Congregation Vow/Commitment Renewal Day. The day included prayer and process that would take the Congregation through an evaluation of three sections in the...
Sister Nancy Kellar, SC, Student and Later Teacher at Cathedral High School
By Willona Sloan Alumnae Feature by Cathedral High School Celebrating National Catholic Sisters Week 2019 For Sr. Nancy Kellar, SC ’58, whose three older sisters had attended Cathedral, the high school was the obvious choice. She loved Cathedral, and her history...
A Conversation with Sister Dorothy Emanuel
By Charlotte Raftery, SC Sister Dorothy welcomed me warmly to sit with her in her room at Kittay Senior Apartments, acutely aware that we were going to share in a bit of her experience of being a Sister of Charity. When at one point in the sharing Sister Dorothy said...
A Special Christmas Gift
Sister Mary Caulfield, a Sister of Charity since 1949, lives at Kittay House in the Bronx. With the help of Sister Arleen Ketchum, Sister Mary created a little Christmas joy for the twenty-two Sisters in the Kittay community by purchasing stockings for them. Together...
Getting to Know You: Sister Mary Adele Henze, SC
By Lorraine Cooper, SC Once an educator and director of religious education (DRE), always an educator and DRE—a perfect portrayal of Sister Mary Adele Henzes’ life as a Sister of Charity. Even after retirement, her mind and heart are immersed in the changing plight of...
Getting to Know You: Sister Mary Kieran Mulligan, SC
By Lorraine Cooper, SC Sister Mary Kieran’s motto was provided by her father and remains with her today in word and action. The words are from an old African-American spiritual: “If I can help somebody…my living will not be in vain.” The Vincentian spirit was...
Conversations with Melissa Fogarty Perez
By Charlotte Raftery, SC How did I come to be in ministry with the Sisters at Mary the Queen, and now with the Sisters in Schervier and St. Patrick’s Home? You might say God called me when I saw the advertisement for the job at Mary the Queen, and Sister Kathleen...