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Profiles of Sisters of Charity
Seton Village Welcomes Retired Sisters for Luncheon
On June 7, almost ninety retired Sisters were welcomed by the Sisters living and working in the Nanuet area to a day of food and friendship at Seton Village in Rockland County. Sisters gathered included those from Seton Village, St. Patrick Villa, St. Agatha, Kittay...
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...
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...
Getting to know you: Sister Patricia Mulryan, SC
By Kathleen Byrnes, SC Sister Patricia Maureen Mulryan, SC, affectionately called Sr. Pat, speaks of the many surprises in her community life surrounding ministry assignments, which she never really sought but usually just appeared at her doorstep. These...
Getting to Know You: Sister Barbara Srozenski, SC
Sisters of Charity Celebrate National Catholic Sisters Week By Lorraine Cooper, SC Reflecting on her sixty-six years as a Sister of Charity of New York, Sr. Barbara realized that teaching was the God-given gift she would use in ministry. She began...
Getting to Know You: Sister Patricia Padden, SC
Sisters of Charity Celebrate National Catholic Sisters Week By Lorraine Cooper, SC From her earliest days as a Sister of Charity, Sr. Patricia always put charity first. If someone needed help, she reached out—even if it got her into difficulties. Her...
Getting to Know You: Sister Miriam Anne Brennan, SC
Sisters of Charity Celebrate National Catholic Sisters Week By Lorraine Cooper, SC Sister Miriam Anne happily began her ministry as a Sister of Charity as a third-grade teacher at St. Paul’s School in Brooklyn. In 1944 she was sent to study nursing at the...
Sister Katherine Seibert, SC, Wins Notre Dame Alumni Award
Sisters of Charity Celebrate National Catholic Sisters Week As reported in Catholic New York, February 28, 2018 Sister Katherine Seibert, S.C., a physician at the HRHCare health centers in Monticello and Goshen, will receive the 2018 Thomas A. Dooley Award from her...