Archival Clip: The Great Armed Robbery
by Mary A. Healey, BVM Monday, May 1, 1967, at St. Dorothy Convent in Chicago: As usual the half-dozen early risers went to the 7 a.m. Mass while the others would go at 5 p.m. Four of us went in…
Railroad Crossing Made Safer For Everyone Thanks to BVM’s Advocacy
When Helen (Frances Helen) Gourlay, BVM had a closer-than-necessary experience at a railroad crossing, she didn’t say somebody really ought to do something about that. She did something about it, and the result is better signage, better visibility, and painted…
Enrichment Classes Become Even More Important and Continue Virtually
BVM Joan (Ramone Mary) Lingen teaches a virtual class on rediscovered landmarks of ancient peoples through the Roberta Kuhn Center. What’s essential might be invisible to the eye, as The Little Prince tells us, but sometimes you can see it…
BVMs Connect With Voters During Virtual Nuns on the Bus Tour
BVMs Marilyn Wilson (l.) and Elizabeth Avalos attended town halls across the country with Nuns on the Bus. BVMs joined a virtual Nuns on the Bus tour this year for town halls and discussions with voters across the country. Elizabeth…
We Can Feel Our Connectedness
by Associate Katie Pfiffner Summer 2020 issue of Salt Over thousands of years, ancient traditions from around the globe have carried the message of our connectedness, knowing deeply that the web of life holds all of creation together. A vibration…
We Are Part of Nature, Not Its Ruler
by Eileen Fuchs, BVM Summer 2020 issue of Salt Imagine that you are in a vehicle and the driver suddenly gasps. The driver says, “Turn around and look at the view behind us.” You turn around and see the beautiful…
No Easy Task: 70 Years of Struggle to Win Women’s Right to Vote
by Carolyn (Lester) Farrell, BVM Voting is the significant decision-making moment for citizens of the United States. A healthy democracy calls its citizens to participate in its governmental process. As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the women’s right to…
Breathe Into Us a Fiery Passion for Justice
Then he said to them, 'My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.'" Mt 26:38 As Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary we recognize we have been culturally…
Assisting Homeless College Students Rooted in Vincentian Spirituality
by Patricia M. Bombard, BVM Fall 2019, issue of Salt In the mid-17th century, when St. Vincent de Paul, the Catholic Church’s “Apostle of Charity,” walked the streets of Paris, it is said that as much as 10 percent of…
Alleluia Anyway: BVMs Celebrate Easter Together Although Apart
BVMs, associates, family, and friends across the country celebrated Easter through Zoom. Even though Easter had to be celebrated at a social distance, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary found ways to come together. Some gathered via Zoom,…