St. Louis ReviewBy Jennifer Brinker ST. LOUIS, MO—Sister Carol Schumer believes in giving people a hand up, not a hand out. But she also knows that one does not have to go it alone when facing the struggles of life.[continue reading]
Ascension Health Newsroom December 21, 2012 St. Louis, MO – Ascension Health Alliance, the parent organization of Ascension Health, and Daughters of Charity Health System (DCHS), a regional health system with 22 sites including six hospitals along the California coast,[continue reading]
By Paul Grondahl Times Union MENANDS — They were Sister sisters who possessed contrasting personalities and were protective of their personal space, but in the end they proved inseparable. Sisterhood defined Sister Jean Marie Wheeler and Sister Elaine Wheeler — biological[continue reading]
By Angela Cave The Evangelist When TV executives predicted that college football’s Bowl Championship Series title game would attract a record number of viewers, maybe they sensed that Sister Catherine Marie McGranary, DC, would be enlisting a pack of her[continue reading]
By Ashley Andyshak Hayes The Frederick News-Post EMMITSBURG — Throughout history, stained glass has been used as decoration in the homes of the wealthy. The people, places and events often depicted in stained-glass windows have also been used to tell[continue reading]
CATONSVILLE, MD – For decades, Daughters of Charity residing at St. Agnes Hospital lived in a former nursing school dormitory, sharing the 1950s building with administrative offices. In October, the nine sisters on campus got a place of their own—a[continue reading]
Mother Seton School (MSS) traces its roots to St. Joseph’s Academy and Free School, established by St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg in 1810 and is now located less than a mile from that first school.
ARLINGTON CATHOLIC HERALD—Sister Elizabeth Ann Sjoberg, a former parishioner of Corpus Christi Mission in South Riding and member of the Community of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul since 2007, made vows for the first time Aug.12[continue reading]
EVANSVILLE COURIER PRESS — For its 140th anniversary observance today, St. Mary’s Medical Center is going back to its charitable roots. A bread and soup lunch will be served beginning at 11 a.m. in the cafeteria of the hospital’s main[continue reading]
from National Catholic Reporter ALBANY, N.Y. — Sr. Mary Rose McGeady, who took over Covenant House for homeless youth after its founder was accused of financial and sexual improprieties, died of respiratory failure in Albany Sept. 13 at the age[continue reading]