Sister members of the Albany Campus Social Justice Committee were making plans to bring their “Bread for the World Offering of Letters” to Rep. Paul Tonko’s office. When the Congressman learned that several of the sisters were on walkers and[continue reading]
On June 25, Sister Mary Jo Stein, a Daughter of Charity, gave the 12th annual William K. Collinge Lecture (named after my father), sponsored by the Interfaith Center for Peace and Justice and St. Francis Xavier Church. The title was[continue reading]
“What a marvel! God chooses and brings together young women from various places and provinces to unite them and join them together with the bond of His charity in order to show people in so many places the love He[continue reading]
While poverty can be described in many ways, the United Nations defines extreme poverty as “a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information. It depends not[continue reading]
Daughters of Charity have served in the Detroit area since 1844 developing and serving in schools, hospitals, orphanages, mental health services, maternity homes, and doing multiple other good works. In 1910 Providence Hospital and its School of Nursing opened on[continue reading]
When Sr. Mary Ellen Lacy met the Daughters of Charity at age 42, she had already lived many lives. Born to a large Irish Catholic family on the south side of Chicago, she began her career as a nurse (“the[continue reading]
The Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul is an international community present in over 95 countries on five continents. The Province of St. Louise is located in St. Louis, Mo. They are one of the women’s religious organizations[continue reading]
St. Ann School in Wilmington started off the new year with a Vocations Day for grades 5-8. The students attended a 9 a.m. Mass and after Mass heard about the universal call to holiness as reflected in the lives of[continue reading]
After 24 years of instruction and 146 graduations, Sister Carol Schumer is retiring from Fathers & Families Support Center (FFSC). At the December 8th graduation ceremony, the organization paid tribute the to nun whose curriculum has become a large part[continue reading]
Sister Liz Sjoberg has built up a community charity run event for the Brownsville community almost single-handedly over the last 6 years, now called Sisters on the Run. She started by running as a single participant in other events, and[continue reading]