by Director of Communications | Aug 14, 2017 | 200th Anniversary, NEWS
The Story Robert Fox, a New York Catholic whose children attended the Academy in Emmitsburg, volunteered to accompany the Sisters to New York. He met Cecilia and Felicity at Emmitsburg. Their first destination was Philadelphia. There they would meet Sister Rose White,...
by Director of Communications | Aug 13, 2017 | 200th Anniversary, NEWS
The Story Let us imagine Mother Seton as she stood at the door of the White House in Emmitsburg on the morning of August 13, 1817, and wished Cecilia and Felicity God-speed. She, a native New Yorker, knew what neither Sister could have imagined; indeed, she understood...
by Director of Communications | Aug 13, 2017 | 200th Anniversary, NEWS
Introduction In 1809, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and her companions began the first community of women religious in the United States. Their primary ministry was the education of young women, a priority for the Catholic community in the early US republic. They opened an...
by Director of Communications | Mar 23, 2017 | NEWS
Congregation Celebrates 200th Anniversary at NYC & Yonkers Parades Accompanied by three young women wearing the traditional Sisters of Charity habit, the Congregation marched up Fifth Avenue at the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade on Friday, March 17th. Jada Majors and...
by Director of Communications | Jan 7, 2017 | NEWS
By Regina Bechtle, SC In September, 1809, soon after Mother Seton began her community in Maryland, Rev. Anthony Kohlmann, S.J., administrator of the New York diocese, wrote to her with the hope that she would eventually send “a small colony of your Holy Order” back to...
