The hardwood floors shine and are glass smooth. That’s intentional. “There’s healing that takes place here,” said Sister Mary Bader, as our rubber-soled shoes squeak along a pristine corridor of the home tucked off a main road in Hyattsville, right[continue reading]
What started as an infant asylum 162 years ago has gone through many transformations to meet the needs of vulnerable women and children. Jasmine Rolon, a 25-year-old single mother, desperately wanted a space with some quiet for herself and her[continue reading]
Observed each March, Women’s History Month celebrates women’s contributions to history, culture and society. The national observation started as weeklong commemoration in 1980 until the National Women’s History Project successfully petitioned Congress to expand it to the entire month of[continue reading]
The Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul in the United States and five other congregations of Sisters trace their early roots back to the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Recently, the Federation of Sisters[continue reading]
Dr. Lisa Grillo, a 1989 graduate of Elizabeth Seton High School in Bladensburg, Maryland, has returned to her alma mater to serve as president of the all-girls school sponsored by the Daughters of Charity. “It’s just been a joy to[continue reading]
Michael Kamau Mathini is convinced that his father lived as long as he did because of the quality of care he received at Our Lady Hospice-Thigio, run by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul. Joffrey Mathini Kamau[continue reading]
Spiritual essays, an at-home retreat and breaking ground on an expanded museum are among the initiatives planned for the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton for 2022. The shrine in Emmitsburg honors the first American-born saint. This week marks[continue reading]
Many religious communities have long used their investment portfolios to address a variety of social and environmental issues. Now many are saying they can — and should — use that capital to specifically tackle climate change. Sr. Patricia Daly, of[continue reading]
On consecutive weeks, three Vincentian family speakers will present what being Catholic has to do with the environment. The talks will focus on the Vincentian call to action and Catholic understandings of love and justice. Each talk will begin and[continue reading]
Some 300 religious sisters on Tuesday heard their peers call on them to “empower women” through education, institutions specifically created to support women, being critical of situations where women are being “trampled on,” and by telling the stories of the[continue reading]