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Only ForYour Love.NEW YORKTHE MISSION OF CHARITYg200thAnniversaryCelebrationSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORK SPONSORED MINISTRIESCasa de Esperanza Multi-Service Center College of Mount St. Vincent Elizabeth Seton Pediatric CenterElizabeth Seton Women’s Center Life Experience & Faith Sharing Association New York FoundlingSaint Joseph’s Medical Center Sisters Hill Farm Sisters of Charity Housing Development CorporationCasa Cecilia, Fox House, Seton House, Seton Village Sr. Barbara Ford Peace Center Part of the Solution (P.O.T.S.)St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers of New York (co-sponsored with RC Diocese of Brooklyn)
The story of the Sisters of Charityin America spans 200 years.It is a story of thousands of lives of love and service,a story of passion for God’s poor,a story of tough love and high standards,a story of caring and compassion.It is a story of needs met, difficulties faced, challenges overcome,societies changed – mostly, with little or no resources.It is a story of the marvelous mission of Charity —and without you,our partners in ministry, the story wouldn’t be complete.SISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH1J
Dear Friends and Colleagues,This year we celebrate the abundant blessings God hasbestowed on us during the 200 years since the foundation ofthe Sisters of Charity by Elizabeth Seton in Emmitsburg,Maryland. Eight years into the life of her small community,Elizabeth sent three sisters back to her “native city”, NewYork, in response to a call for assistance from Bishop JohnConnolly. These were our beginnings as Sisters of Charity ofNew York and it is this New York history we celebrate together this evening.The sisters who first came to this city and those who came after them laid the foundation for the Catholic School system, opened hospitals and cared for children andtheir families. They did not do this alone but rather had the support of priests,trustees, friends, neighbors, and benefactors. Only with these ‘partners in ministry’,were the works of the Sisters of Charity able to flourish. This evening we, theSisters of Charity and our Associates, celebrate you, our partners today, and the vitalrole you play in carrying forward our mission to serve all in need, especially the poor.This journal, however, only tells a part of our story. What is written in our hearts andin the hearts of those we serve would reveal so much more. It would speak of theimmeasurable gratitude that we have for each of you and for those who precededyou. As Elizabeth Seton once remarked, “Where would we be if it were not foryou ” As we Sisters of Charity step back and look at the whole spectrum of ways inwhich all of us together have made a difference in peoples’ lives, we are filled withjoy and we thank our God who has been and will continue to be at work in us.This is a time to celebrate our rich heritage and to look forward to a future ofloving service to the people of God. We may not know exactly what the future willbring, but we truly believe that God is with all of us and we need not worry, for asSt. Vincent de Paul assured us “Love is inventive unto infinity”!Gratefully in Christ,Sister Dorothy Metz, SCPresidentH2JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKIntroductionsAlfred E. Smith, IVMaster of CeremoniesWelcomeSr. Dorothy Metz, SCPresident, Sisters of CharityInvocationArchbishop Timothy DolanArchbishop of New YorkDinnerMedia PresentationOnly Because of Your Love The New York Mission of CharityCall to MissionSr. Jane Iannucelli, SCDirector, Sponsored WorksGratitudesSr. Dorothy Metz, SCPresident, Sisters of CharityBuffet DessertSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH3J
1774ELIZABETH ANN BAYLEYwas born into a colonial Americathat was alive with the challenges of newbeginnings and subsequent growth. She carriedthe American spirit with her as her lifeadvanced through love and devotion to herhusband William Magee Seton and their 5children, to a painful but joyous conversion tothe Catholic faith and unforeseen and excitingfoundations. Elizabeth Seton founded theMother Seton traveledfrom New York to thishouse on Paca Street,Baltimore, MD. It ishere the Sisters firstappeared in habit.September 14, 1975 “Elizabeth Ann Seton is a Saint.”– Pope Paul VI.Sisters of Charity in 1809, and died in 1821. In1975, she became the first native of the UnitedStates to be canonized a Saint of the RomanCatholic Church. Hers was always a life ofchallenge and beginnings. We, her daughters,rejoice in her story.Above, Elizabeth’s State Street home in New York City.Elizabeth Ann SetonH4JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKThe Stone House inSt. Joseph’s Valley,Emmitsburg, MD isthe first permanenthome of the Sistersof Charity.SISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH5J
Education1817The mission of the Sisters of Charityin New York began in 1817 when, atthe request of Bishop John Connolly, Mother Setonsent three Sisters to New York to care for orphanedimmigrant children in the Roman Catholic OrphanAsylum. Popularly known as St. Patrick’s Asylumbecause of its proximity to St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral,this orphanage began with 5 orphans and three Sisters.One year later it was filled to capacity. It served as ahaven for children bereft of relatives and friends in acity where poverty, illness, and death were commonplace in the lives of the burgeoning population ofIrish immigrants.Mother Marie Vincentiawith her first class.St. Patrick’s School,6th grade, circa 1900.1822The seeds of the parochial school system in New York were sown as the Sistersof Charity took charge of the girls’ department of St. Patrick’s School on Mott St.St. Patrick’s Orphan Asylum, Prince Street, NYC, 1825.Pictures sponsored by Catholic CharitiesH6JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKSt. Joseph Academy, 1st and 2nd grades, May 1946.St. Joseph Academy, 1952.SISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH7J
EducationSr. Margaret Dennehy and students atSt. Aloysius School, Manhattan.Sr. Patricia Quinn and first graders at St. Peter’s School, Yonkers.Sr. Rosemarie Walsh and students atSt. Peter’s School, Yonkers.Sr. Mary Catherine Cleary and students atOur Lady of Angels School, Bronx.Second graders at Holy Name School, March 1960.Pictures sponsored by Elizabeth ReidH8JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKSr. Carol Ann Ruf and first graders at Sts. Peter and Paul, Bronx.SISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH9J
Mount Saint Vincent Academy and first Motherhouse at McGowan’s Pass.Srs. M. Beatrice, Gonzaga and Ann Dolores, 1875.Mother Elizabeth Boyle1846The Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, of New York were formallyestablished as an independent congregation. Sister Elizabeth Boyle, friend andcolleague of Mother Seton, was elected the first Mother. The Academy of Mount SaintVincent offered quality education to girls at the new community’s headquarters at McGown’sPass, near 106th Street and Fifth Avenue, in what is now Central Park.The first Motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul of New Yorkand the Academy of Mount Saint Vincent, 1847-1859.H10JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH11J
St. Vincent’s Hospital, N.Y.C.Relaxing on the rooftop of the hospital, circa 1900.Administrative and Nursing staffin traditional habit, 1908.Washington Institute, building on left, was rentedby the community in 1849 and re-conditionedfor its first hospital now St. Vincent’s at11th Street and 7th Ave., NYC.1849The cholera epidemic ravaged New York. To respond to this need, Sister AngelaHughes and three other Sisters of Charity opened St. Vincent’s Hospital in arented brick house on Thirteenth Street. With the assistance of trained lay colleagues, thesepioneers laid the foundation of a great institution while they fulfilled one of the fundamentalobligations of their rule: the spiritual and corporal service of the sick poor.Sisters and laycolleagues provideservices to theyoung and old inthe mid 1940’s.Pictures sponsored by St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers of New YorkH12JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH13J
Sr. Mary Sugrue, left, 1983.Sr. Mary T. Boyle, 1970.Sr. Margaret Carmela Terry, assisting in the nursery.Sr. Ellen Quirk visiting the homebound to providemedical care and companionship.St. Vincent’s operating room.From left to right: Srs. Mirian Vincent Wild, Marie Kiernan Devery,Marian Catherine Muldoon, Marianne Robertson, Mary BrigidaClancy and Edward Mary McNamara.Sr. Marita Rose O’BrienPictures sponsored by Paul, Jean and Dorian RosenfeldPictures sponsored by Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers of New York, Continuing Care DivisionH14JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH15J
St. Lawrence AcademyMount Saint Vincent1854Sisters of Charity openedSt. Lawrence Academy inYorkville with a program of studies similarto that of the established academies.St. Lawrence Academy, NYC, circa 1954.18591856Because of the city’s plans to create Central Park, the Sisters had to relocateMount Saint Vincent - their motherhouse, novitiate and academy — fromMcGown’s Pass to the present location in Riverdale, NY.St. Joseph’s Academyopened in the villageof Greenwich, then a quiet residentialsection of the growing metropolis ofNew York. It was originally located inthe vicinity of St. Joseph’s Church andSt. Joseph’s Half Orphan Asylum.St. Joseph’s Academy1861Sisters served as Cival War nurses and fought the smallpox andtuberculosis.St. Joseph Academy, circa 1940’s. Shown hereSr. Mary Beatrice Persino.H16JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH17J
Sister Mary Irene FitzgibbonNew York Foundling HospitalSr. Anna Michaella Bowen.Sr. Mary Irene Fitzgibbon.1869Sister Mary Irene Fitzgibbon opened the New York Foundling Hospital in arented house on East Twelfth Street. In the post Civil War years an alarmingincrease in cases of infanticide urged a group of prominent laymen to ask ArchbishopMcCloskey to enlist the Sisters of Charity to respond to this need.H18JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKChildren at the New York FoundlingHospital, circa 1920’s.First house of the New York FoundlingHospital on East 12th Street, NYC.SISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH19J
Above, Sr. Carmela Joseph Stranz, circa 1950’s.Left, Sr. Genevieve Mary Scalfani, New York Foundling Hospital.Baby parade moving day, 1958.Above, Sr. Marie Catherine Blaine. Right, Sr. Eileen T. Feore. Top, Sr. Teresa Kelly.Pictures sponsored by The New York FoundlingH20JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH21J
1879The Sisters of Charity opened St. Vincent’s Retreat for the Insane in Harrison.Confidence in this institution grew when families experienced the return ofloved ones restored to health.St. Vincent’s RetreatSt. Agatha’s Home1884St. Agatha’s Home in Nanuet opened to care for “destitutechildren.” By November of 1885 there were 185 childrenunder the care of the Sisters of Charity in this institution.World Sodality Sunday,Mother’s Day, May 10, 1942School room atSt. Agatha’s.Pictures sponsored by St. Vincent’s Hospital, WestchesterH22JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH23J
Sr. Mary Melita Rooney,summer 1947.Sr. Mary Christine Rogers andSr. Robert Marie Fimbel.St. Agatha’s Home 1939.Above, St. Agatha’s Home, Nanuet, 1947. Sr. MaryMelita Rooney, back, Sr. Mary Jo Loftus, front.Sr. Helen Rowan, summer 1947.H24JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKFormer St. Agatha’s residentsreturn to visit the sisters.SISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH25J
Nassau, Bahamas Mission1889The Sisters of Charity established their first mission outside the United Statesin Nassau, Bahamas. The missionaries lived in a small rented house in whichthey immediately opened a free school. From this small beginning the work of the Nassaumission expanded as rapidly as Sisters and funds could be provided.1888Sr. Florence Mallon, 1992.St. Joseph’s Hospital, Yonkers wasincorporated under the directionof the Sisters of Charity. From its beginnings,St. Joseph’s service to the poor has been itshallmark. Dr. Peter Callan in his 1891 AnnualReport said that over half of the patients had beentreated free of charge.St. Joseph’s HospitalSr. Mary Linehan at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Yonkers.Pictures sponsored by Saint Joseph's Medical CenterBay Street, Nassau.H26JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH27J
Sr. Genevieve Brown, 1950’s.Sr. M. Angelus Joyce, 1950’s.Sr. Mary Ancilla Egan, 1950’s.Srs. Elizabeth Judge, Eileen Kelly, Carol DeAngelo,Teresa Symonette and Regina Michael Lowe inNassau, 1991.Sr. Mary Patricia Dengel, 1960.H28JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKSr. Regina Michael Lowe, Archbishop Patrick C. Linderand Sr. Elizabeth Judge, at Francis Cathedral, 2004.SISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH29J
CongregationSr. Teresita Duque.1900There were over eleven hundredSisters of Charity in New Yorkoperating 77 schools, hospitals, orphanages andother institutions in the Archdiocese of New York.1982 - Convocation.Sr. Mary de Sales Collins, director,maternity residence, New YorkFoundling Hospital, 1990.Pictures sponsored by Rosemary Berkery & Robert HausenSisters of Charity Formation Conference.H30JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH31J
St. Vincent’s Hospital, Staten Island190319381903St. Vincent’s Hospital, Staten Island, opened in response to a needthat Sister Louis Gonzaga, superior of St. Vincent’s Hospital in NewYork, saw for a facility on Staten Island. This hospital was very proud of its horsedrawn ambulance, the first on Staten Island. This hospital, along with other Sister ofCharity hospitals, profited from the work of experienced lay physicians.Emergency department, St. Vincent’s MedicalCenter, Staten Island, 1983.1905The Sisters of Charity began Cathedral High School for Girls.It became an “Archdiocesan School” in 1925.Cathedral High SchoolNeo natal unit,St. Vincent’sMedical Center,Staten Island,1983.Pictures sponsored by Elizabeth ReidH32JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH33J
College of Mount St. Vincent1910New York State granted acharter for the College ofMount St. Vincent, which evolved from theAcademy of Mount St. Vincent’s fifth-yearprogram established by the Sisters.1918Convent of Mary the Queen1958The Sisters of Charityopened the Convent ofMary the Queen in Yonkers as a residencefor Senior Sisters. Ten thousand contributions were sent as a tribute to the Sistersliving and dead who had labored for onehundred forty years in the Archdiocese.Sr. Theresa Capria with RCIA students and friends.Class of 1953 reunion. Sr. Patricia Draddy presents giftto Corazon Aquino, President of the Philippines.Ground breaking ceremoney, June 5, 1958. Bishop Dargin,Dr. D’Isernia, Mother Mary Fuller and Sr. Mirian Vincent Wild.Sisters pray for the needs of many.1923Pictures sponsored by Collegeof Mount St. VincentCardinal Spellman prepares to bless all gathered.Library picture sponsored by Ann and Jack Healey & Rita ConyersH34JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH35J
Mount Saint Vincent ConventSrs. Miriam Agatha O’Dea andAnne Miriam Connellan.Srs. Laura Ruckell and Mary Whamond.Donor Wall of Recognition in front parlor of Convent of Mary the Queen.Srs. Dorothy Emanuel andPatrick Regina Sullivan.St. Patrick VillaSrs. Mary Ellis and Rosemary O’Donnell.Srs. Miriam Helen Callahan and Helen Horton.Srs. Elizabeth McLoughlin, Damian Marie McKeeverand Kathleen Gilmartin.Srs. Marguerite Mahony, Elizabeth Carmela Engelhardt,Margaret Darby, Eileen Grubert and Marita Regina Bronner.Pictures sponsored by O'Connor, Davies, Munn's & DobbinsH36JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH37J
Elizabeth Seton College1961Elizabeth Seton College was established inYonkers. As the first Catholic two-year collegein New York State, it pioneered diversification of highereducation opportunities.JH38JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORK1962Photo John XXIII convened the Second Vatican Council. Its documentsencouraged religious to engage with their by studying the Scriptures, thespirit of their founders and the signs of contemporary times. The Sisters of Charitybegan an intensive renewal of their spirituality, mission and every facet of their lives,under the direction of Mother Loretto Bernard.SISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH39J
Harlem March1965The Sisters of Charityjoined the Harlem Marchfor justice and equality.1971The Congregation opened its first mission in Central America in Santa LuciaUtatlan, Guatemala to serve the Mayan Indians. In response to Pope Paul VI call tomission, the sisters also served in Chile and Peru.First Missionin GuatemalaSisters minister to thespiritual and physicalneeds of the people.H40JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH41J
AssociatesJustice and Peace1974Sr. Regina Murphy, SC,and others founded theIntercommunity Center for Justice andPeace in New York, a network of religious congregations that sought to effectsocial change for a more just and peacefulworld, in the spirit of the Gospel.Anti-war protest in Washington D.C., October 2002. Left to right:Srs. Patricia Brennan, Mary Ellen O’Boyle, Teresita Duque, MargaretMurphy and Florence Speth.1975In the year that Elizabeth Seton was canonized as the first American-bornsaint, the Sisters of Charity established the Associate Relationship Program.It offers a way for lay women and men to share in our charism, spirituality and mission whilecontinuing in their own lifestyles.Associates participate in the life and ministry of the congregation.Alicia Alvarez, Marlene Jean-Baptiste, Helen Brett.H42JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKPat Devaney, Sr. Mary ReginaCaulfield and Roberta Lener.Kathleen McGrath Skinner andChristine Gallagher.SISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH43J
Ministries1982Sister Jane Iannucelli, SC, Rev. Ned Murphy, SJ,and Tim Boone co-founded P.O.T.S. (Part Of TheSolution) as a soup kitchen in the Fordham section of the Bronx.Now a sponsored ministry of the Sisters of Charity, P.O.T.S. offersa wide variety of services to people in need.1989Sister Florence Speth, SC, openedFox House in East Harlem, toprovide temporary housing, education and socialservices for homeless women and their children.Sr. Jane prepares a mealfor the guests who willvisit P.O.T.S.Sisters Florence Speth and Pat Brennan provideassistance to their clients.1986Sister Dorothy Gallant, SC, with SisterTheresa Skehan, RSM, initiated theLife Experience and Faith Sharing Program (LEFSA)for homeless men and women in city shelters.Participants in LEFSA gather toshare prayer and community.H44JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORK1991Sisters Margaret Ellen Burke, SC, and Nora Cunningham, SC, began CORE(Center of Renewal and Education), in rural Sullivan County. CORE’sprograms for the laity foster faith formation, evangelization and lay leadership, and offer a vitalspiritual witness in a pastorally underservedarea of the Archdiocese of New York.Sisters Nora and MargaretEllen prepare classes in thefaith formation program.SISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH45J
Ministries1993Sisters opened Seton House in EastHarlem to provide permanent housingfor formerly homeless persons and families. This firstventure into the field of housing was developed incollaboration with city and state organizations.1996The Elizabeth Seton Women’s Center opened, directed by Sister ArleenKetchum, SC and sponsored by the Sisters of Charity, to offer holisticspiritual and educational programs for women.Sr. Trinita Flood meets with some of thechildren who live at Seton House.1995Sisters Jean Bocian, SC,and Terese McElroy, SC,established Casa de Esperanza, a multiservice center for immigrants in Yonkers.The center providesESL classes, helpwith applications forimmigration and otherservices, childcare andcelebrations. Manysisters have come tovolunteer their timeand expertise.Casade EsperanzaESWC provides many enrichmentprograms for women which enablethem to become empowered membersof their communities.H46JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH47J
SistersHillFarmSisters of CharityHousing Development Corporation1998Sisters of Charity Housing Development Corporation was established tooversee and coordinate the growing number of congregationally-sponsoredhousing efforts, including several sites serving the elderly on Staten Island and also housingin Manhattan at Casa Cecilia and Seton House.St. Elizabeth’s Manor.1998Sisters of Charity established Sisters Hill Farm, under the leadership ofSister Mary Ann Garisto, SC. The farm shares its nutritious, chemical free,organic food at a reasonable cost to its 200 shareholders. The mission of Sisters Hill Farmis “to grow healthy food which nurtures bodies, spirits, communities, and the earth.” Eachweek a portion of the food is donated to the materially poor including individual familiesas well as soup kitchens and other organizations.H48JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKJoseph House.Saint Vincent Manor.SISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH49J
Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers of New YorkLate 1990’sThe Sisters of Charity wereinstrumental in creating asystem that linked a number of hospitals and health care organizations in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Staten Island, andWestchester. This corporation, now known as Saint VincentCatholic Medical Centers of New York, is the region’s largestCatholic health care provider.Sister Barbara Ann FordSr. Eileen Judge atBailey Seton Hospital,Staten Island, 1988.St. Vincent’s Hospital.2001Sister Barbara Ann Ford, SC, a noted advocate for healingand human rights in Guatemala, was killed there. She isrevered as a martyr by the Guatemalan people.Sr. Catherine Sherry, Director of Labs at St. Vincent Catholic Medical Center, with two staff members.H50JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH51J
Seton VillageAftermath of 9/112001Many Sisters and Associates providedhealth care, counseling, and spiritualsupport to those struggling with the aftermath of thetragic 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.2004Sisters established Seton Village in Nanuet,Rockland County, NY, an affordable housingcomplex for senior citizens.This wall developed spontaneously in the hours following the attack.This wall developed spontaneously in the hours following the attack.H52JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH53J
Elizabeth SetonPediatricCenter2008A novitiate began inGuatemala as youngwomen there expressed interest inliving the life of a Sister of Charity.Sr. Dorothy Metz wheels a child into chapel.Cheerful greetings as people gather outside the new novitiate.2005Sr. ElaineOwens caresfor a child.The Elizabeth Seton PediatricCenter, begun as an affiliate ofthe New York Foundling to provide specializedresidential and rehabilitative services to medically fragile children, became an independenthealthcare organization, which includes theJohn A. Coleman School in Manhattan andWestchester County.2009Sisters of Charity are currentlydeveloping the Sr. Barbara FordPeace Center in Quiché, Guatemala. This Centeraims to promote peace, justice and integratedhuman development by offering programs toindividuals and groups of lay and religious leaders.The participants will be a source of healing andreconciliation to their communities.Music provides comfort for children.Graduation is a time to celebrate!Pictures sponsored by Elizabeth Seton Pediatric CenterH54JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKSr. Rita NowatzkiThe Peace Center in the midst of constructionand the planning of programs.SISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH55J
Sisters of Charity TodayEducationThe Sisters of Charity presence in education is widespread. We serve in20 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 5 colleges and institutions of higher learning. Inaddition, Sisters of Charity administer four elementary schools and one secondary school. OtherSisters and Associates teach adults in GED or ESL programs, and foster faith as teachers ofreligious education or members of RCIA teams.Health and Human Services, Social ServicesThe essenceof the Charity mission is to serve Christ in the persons of those at the margins of society. Fromour earliest days in New York, we cared for abandoned children, supported families at risk andempowered women. Today, as we continue to serve children, women and families, our ministriesof healing and social service have expanded to include immigrants, the elderly and victims ofhomelessness, hunger, oppression and violence.Sr. Andrea Dixon, a social worker ministers tocrime victims.Sr. Michelle McKeon. principal at St. Peter and Paul schoolin the Bronx.At the College of Mount St. Vincent, campusministry volunteers gather at the Villa.Sr. Ann Reyolds checks blood pressure forSr. Ruth Marion McCullough at Convent Sr. Eileen Judge caring for the peopleof Appalachia in Morehead, KY.of Mary the Queen in Yonkers, NY.Sr. Trude- Collins, seated and wearing a white blouse, meetswith staff and clients at Multi-Service Center in Bronx NY.Sr. Mary Ann D’Antonio and high school seniorat St. Raymond Academy.Sr. Kathleen Sullivan and Children of St. Mark’s school, Harlem.At Mount St. Vincent Chapel,Sr. Elizabeth Vermaelen,Dr. Charles Flynn and BettyKitson lead the procession.Pictures sponsored by Joan Squires and Tom MoranH56JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKSrs. Katie Aucoin, Carol Barnes and Kati Hamm witha volunteer.Sisters of Charity and Associates are committed to being a healing presence in our communities. We serve as doctors, nurses, therapists, administrators, educators, and directors of missionat health care facilities in the New York metropolitan area and beyond.As sponsors of several hospitals and health related institutions, we partner with our lay colleagues toprovide quality care for all in need. Our concern for the growing number of uninsured persons, andour commitment to health care as a basic human right, impels us to advocate for just health care for all.We provide counseling in parish offices, social service agencies, private offices, funeral homesand retreat house settings.SISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH57J
Pastoral Care & Spiritual ServicesSisters of Charity serve aschaplains and pastoral ministers in health care institutions, social service agencies, colleges andsecondary schools. They work with colleagues to bring to life the mission of Charity in our sponsored institutions. Sisters of Charity are spiritual directors and retreat leaders who guide othersin their efforts to follow Jesus Christ through the Vincentian-Charity spirit. They lead, guide andteach in programs of faith formation. The Elizabeth Seton House of Prayer is known worldwide for its programs in the Charismatic Renewal.Social JusticeThe Sisters of Charity of New York are committed to a preferentialbias for immigrant persons according to the tradition of Catholic social teaching. Our shared commitment to this cause for justice includes legislative advocacy for and direct service to immigrants,opposition to human trafficking, and participation in coalitions working on behalf of immigrants.James Addison, ministeringto persons who live on thestreet (LEFSA).Sr. Eleaner Fitzgerald,volunteer at St. Joseph’sHospital, 1992.Sr. Therese McElroy.Sr. Margaret Carmel Kelly brings the Holy Eucharist to a patient at Saint Joseph Medical Center, Yonkers, NY.H58JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKSr. Mary Kay Finneran.Sr. Elizabeth Judge.SISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH59J
Reverence for CreationThrough our Office of Ecological Concerns, weeducate others about the interdependence and mutual relationship of all life on our planet.Sisters Hill Farm, our organic farm and community-supported agriculture (CSA) project inDutchess County, New York, was featured on a recent Martha Stewart show.We raise awareness about using water responsibly and keeping the world’s water supply cleanand available to all. We seek to be good stewards of the land we own and to manage our properties in ecological and sustainable ways.Canonization of Elizabeth Ann SetonOn the eve of Elizabeth Ann Seton’s canonization, Terence Cardinal Cooke,the Archbishop of New York, wrote:In Elizabeth Ann Seton we have a Saintfor our times;In Elizabeth Ann Seton we have a woman of faithfor a time of doubt and uncertainty;In Elizabeth Ann Seton we have a woman of lovefor a time of coldness and division;In Elizabeth Ann Seton we have a woman of hopefor a time of crisis and discouragement;Thanks be to God for this saintly daughter of New York,for this valiant woman of God’s Church!Sr. Mary Ann Garisto.H60JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKThe assembly in St. Peter’s Square on September 14, 1975. Manythousands gathered to witness Elizabeth Ann Seton’s canonization.SISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH61J
HistoricalMomentsConclusionThe spirit of Charity never rests satisfied withpast glory.It propels us into the future, with the energy ofthe Spirit of God, to do more, always more,in faithful response to the overwhelming needsof our day.“The Charity of Christ impels us.”With you, our lay associates and partnersin ministry,we stride into the future with confidence andenthusiasm,for we know God is waiting to meet us there.Harlem March for the Civil Right Movement, 125th Street, NYC.“As it wasn’t then what it is now,there’s reason to believe that it’s still not what itwill bewhen God has perfected it as He wants it.”(St. Vincent de Paul)“Only do your best, and leave the rest toour dear God.”(St. Elizabeth Ann Seton)Pictures sponsored by St. Vincent Hospital - MidtownH62JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKH63J
gSaint Vincent Catholic Medical Centersof New York, Continuing Care DivisionIn Gratitude toThe Sisters of Charity of New YorkFor Their Contributionsto the Care ofThe Sick Poor&Leadership tothe Healthcare CommunityKarl Adler, M.D. Board Chair, the Board,Administration, Doctors, Nurses and StaffST. VINCENTS HOSPITAL - MIDTOWNgH64JSISTERS OF CHARITY OF NEW YORKThroughout two centuries, The Sisters of Charityhave offered hope and hea
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