Holding vigil in Chicago for immigrant children and families are (l.) BVM Mary Ellen Meckley; Benita Coffey, OSB; and BVMs Gwen Farry and Saskia Alquinga. BVM Sisters participated in a Chicago vigil on the first day of 40 days of…
100+ Women Who Care Dubuque has given $18,100 to the Tri-State Coalition Against Human Trafficking & Slavery. Members were overwhelmed with surprise and gratitude when the gift was announced at a presentation on Sept. 18. Coalition member Sister Pat Conlan,…
Members of the Tri-State Coalition Against Human Trafficking and Slavery (Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois) congratulated the manager and staff of Cobblestone Hotel and Suites in Monticello, Iowa, for completing training to realize, recognize, and respond to signs of human trafficking…
Mary McCauley, BVM submitted the following as a letter to the editor in the Telegraph Herald in Dubuque, Iowa. On May 12, 2008, Postville, Iowa, experienced a devastating workplace immigration raid at Agriprocessors, the kosher meat packing plant. Three hundred…
The BVM leadership team and all the Sisters of Charity, BVM mourn with families whose loved ones have been killed or wounded through gun violence, and pledge, with the members of LCWR, to advocate for “. . .the passage of…
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde Washington National Cathedral 3101 Wisconsin Ave NW Washington, DC 20016 Dear Bishop Budde and Colleagues, As the leadership team of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a congregation of Catholic religious sisters, we…
Overcrowding of families observed by OIG on June, 10, 2019, at Border Patrol’s McAllen, TX, Station. Source: OIG We, the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, denounce the cruel, inhuman and unethical treatment of children and families seeking…
Humility is a word that I keep coming back to as I reflect on my past week visiting Guayaquil and Quito, Ecuador. The purpose of my trip, with Resurrection parishioners Tim and Mary Moothart, was to be able to gain…
The BVM Council is grateful for and strongly endorses the statement issued by the Union of International Superiors General. In particular, the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary renews its commitment to “work with the church and civil…
A common myth that many of us were taught when we were in grade school is that in 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed across the ocean blue and discovered America. Hopefully, at one point, we learned that he more accurately “discovered”…