SCNY in the News

Follow these links to recent news stories that feature the Sisters of Charity of New York.

2026

‘It’s terrifying’: Dominicans in Minneapolis on the front lines of ICE surge
February 4, 2026 by Dan Stockman, Global Sisters Report

New Year’s resolutions — even failed resolutions — can be heartfelt new beginnings
January 26, 2026 by New Life Panelists (including Sr. Jean Flannelly), Global Sisters Report

US ‘abandoning its moral responsibility’ with exit from bedrock climate treaty, Catholic groups say
January 12, 2026 by Brian Roewe and Chris Herlinger, Global Sisters Report

2025

Monday Starter: In person and online, sisters take part in ‘No Kings’ demonstrations
November 3, 2025 by Rhina Guidos, Global Sisters Report

The Archbishop of New York Should Know Charlie Kirk Was No Saint
October 4, 2025 by Dominic Preziosi, The Nation

Sisters of Charity Answer Dolan Claim that Kirk was St Paul
October 4, 2025 by Rebecca Hamilton, Global Sisters Report

Deeply wounded’ by Cardinal Dolan’s adulation of Charlie Kirk
October 2, 2025 by Marc H. Morial, Chicago Sun Times

Photo essay: New York sisters set on pilgrimage to experience Hudson River as ‘a living being’
October 1, 2025 by Chris Herlinger, National Catholic Reporters

Sisters of Charity Answer Dolan Claim that Kirk was St Paul
September 26, 2026 by Rebecca Hamilton, Global Sisters Report

Sisters of Charity nuns criticize Cardinal Dolan’s comments likening Charlie Kirk to a saint
September 26, 2026 by Corky Siemaszko, NBC News

Protesting Trump, US sisters hail ‘No Kings’ events as ‘beginning of a movement’
June 17, 2025 by Chris Herlinger, Global Sisters Report

Mourning the loss of wisdom figures
April 8, 2025 by Sr. Jean Flannelly, SC, Global Sisters Report

At ‘Hands Off!’ rallies throughout US, sisters ‘stand with the marginalized’
April 7, 2025 by Chris Herlinger, Global Sisters Report

2024

For sisters experiencing completion, Advent is a call for hope, ‘light in darkness’
December 16, 2024 by Dan Stockman, Global Sisters Report

Following Trump’s victory, sisters express worry about future of ‘common good’
November 7, 2024 by Chris Herlinger, Camillo Barone, Gail DeGeorge, Global Sisters Report

A gift of elder adulthood is an invitation to an inner journey
November 13, 2024 by Sr. Jean Flannelly, SC, Global Sisters Report

2023

Nerves, tears and chanting: What I saw during the New York Sisters of Charity vote to stop accepting members
May 17, 2023 by Sr. Sherryl A. White, Ph.D., CSJ, America Magazine

The end of an era for the Sisters of Charity of New York
May 9, 2023 by Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press

2022

The Lost St. Vincent’s Hospital
March 1, 2022 by Roger Paradiso. Westview News

Part of The Solution, Fighting Poverty in The Bronx for 40 Years
Feb 11, 2022 by Julian Nazar. Norwood News

For 2022, a pledge to help save the Hudson River, ‘a precious and sacred being in our midst’
Jan 6, 2022 by Chris Herlinger. Global Sisters Report

How Mother Seton and the Catholic Church saved New York City
by Jeffrey Bruno. Aleteia. Published Sept. 4, 2019, updated Jan. 4, 2022.

2021

Podcast: The Catholics that ministered to those dying of AIDS in the face of fear
Dec. 3, 2021 by Jesuitical. America – The Jesuit Review

Rooted in values, sisters’ farms grow connections to neighbors, the earth and just model of food production
Nov. 22, 2021 by Chris Herlinger. Global Sisters Report

By protecting land, sisters leave a legacy and ‘gift it to the planet’
Oct. 18, 2021 by Chris Herlinger. National Catholic Reporter.

Vincent’s Village Provides 93 New Homes for Rockland Seniors 
Sept. 17, 2021 by rctadmin. Rockland County Times

Governor Hochul Announces Completion of $42 Million Affordable and Supportive Housing Project in Rockland County
Sept. 14, 2021 NY State website Himes and Community Renewal

Treasure hidden behind Seton Park tennis courts
Aug. 22, 2021 by Mata Mitrasinovic. Riverdale Press

At America’s Door: How nuns, once suspect, won the heart of non-Catholic America
Apr. 12, 2021 by Elizabeth Eisenstadt Evans. Global Sisters Report

Shrine in Emmitsburg blesses artifacts from namesake’s life following donation
March 11, 2021 by Hannah Himes. The Frederick News-Post

Relics of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton to be displayed this summer at her shrine
March 5, 2021 by Christine Rousselle. The Catholic Telegraph

Sisters of Charity offer priceless gift to remember saint
Personal belongings of Mother Elizabeth Seton heads for national shrine
Feb. 27, 2021 by Michael Heinemann. Riverdale Press

Sisters of Charity of New York Donate Historical Artifacts of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton to National Shrine in Emmitsburg, Md.
Feb. 24, 2021 Catholic New York

2020

Sister reps at UN hope Biden will put US ‘back on track’ globally
Nov. 12, 2020 by Chris Herlinger. Global Sisters Report

Sisters’ work during 1918 Spanish flu seen as model for crisis today
May 16, 2020 by Catholic News Service. Catholic Sun

Sisters strengthen efforts amid coronavirus strain
March 19, 2020 by Chris Herlinger. Global Sisters Report

The Catholic Hospital That Pioneered AIDS Care
Jan. 24, 2020 by Michael J. O’Loughlin. America Magazine

2019

Sisters of Charity elect new president, continue mission
July 21, 2019 by Gabriella DePinho. Riverdale Press

2018

Year-end roundtable: A look back at 2018’s challenges and signs of hope
Dec 27, 2018 by Chris Herlinger. Global Sisters Report

2017

Bicentennial Tribute to New York’s Own
Oct 11, 2017 by Chris Sheridan. Catholic New York

Expansion makes Seton Pediatric Center nation’s largest for subacute care
Sept. 6, 2017 By John Golden westfaironline.com

Poverty, injustice still drive migration from Guatemala
Feb. 1, 2017 by Robert Christian. National Catholic Reporter

Sisters of Charity Look Back, Ahead in Bicentennial Year
Jan. 5, 2017 by John Woods Catholic New York

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