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BVMs Carol Marie (Joseph Louis) Baum (center) and LaDonna Manternach witness Sharon Rezmer’s (l.) final vows. Surrounded by love in words and actions, Sharon Rezmer, BVM professed perpetual vows as a Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Oct…
It all started with the devastating humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and a desire to do something. Impacted by the tens of thousands of Afghans trying to flee from the Taliban takeover of their homeland, Vice President Kate Hendel decided to…
Photo: Bumble Dee - stock.adobe.com BVM Katherine Kandefer was in her second week of a new job in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11, 2001. The office of the National Conference for Catechetical Leadership was about eight miles from the Pentagon…
Irene Maun (l.), a former employee at Mount Carmel, is a community health worker at Crescent Community Health Center's Pacific Islander Health Project. Naming of a suite at Crescent Community Health Center in Dubuque, Iowa, honors Sisters of Charity of…
Annually, BVMs and students from St. Anthony meet face-to-face to engage in conversation, learn about each other, and share faith. Photo, 2018. Used with permission from the St. Anthony Parish [in Dubuque, Iowa] Voice Newsletter by Marcy McElroy For the…
After the Commissioning Ceremony, BVMs assigned to Bogotá Eileen McGovern (l.), Liam Gallagher, Veronica Moore, and Mary Loftus gather with Dubuque Archbishop Leo Binz, Sister Helen Wright, and chaplain Msgr. Francis Dunn. From the Fall 2004 issue of Salt by…
The building may have changed but the views are the same for BVMs Carol (Conrad Ann) Cook (l.), Nancy (Josephine Mary) McCarthy, Sheila (Mary Trea) O’Brien, and Gwen (Leontia) Farry. Whenever you move into a new place, it takes a…
A Jule bus with a strong new message is traversing Dubuque, Iowa, streets that includes the national hotline number: 888-373-7888. Women religious in the Dubuque area are the prime sponsors of a bus wrap featuring a photo of a young girl…
Welcome and congratulations to seven new associates for asking for and receiving the gift of association! Four new associates from California celebrated their commitment ceremony on July 10. Dolores R. Bromberek Dolores R. Bromberek, and her husband, John, live in…
Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary chose leadership for the next four years at a virtual Congregational Assembly June 22–27. LaDonna Manternach, BVM will be president of the congregation. Second vice president since 2016, she is a graduate…