As the 50th anniversary of the canonization of St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton nears (September 14, 2025) and the United States approaches its 250th, the Archives of the Daughters of Charity Province of St. Louise in collaboration with the Digital[continue reading]
It’s Tuesday morning, and that means Open Studio at the Presentation Arts Center, when the older adult students can bring projects they’re working on and get help or advice, find fresh ideas, or just work with other people. Today three[continue reading]
Throughout the history of the United States, consecrated women religious (Sisters) have made significant contributions to the Catholic Church, the people it serves and the country. During this March Women’s History Month and anticipating October’s Jubilee of Consecrated Life, The[continue reading]
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]