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Six-year-old Jen-Noelle walks barefoot and alone for as long as two hours from her village to get to school. She has shoes, but the long walk through the mountains would ruin her only pair. Around her, there are no cars…
Eunice Oduware’s business selling fish and soup items has expanded thanks to the Fullness of Life Counseling and Development Initiative Centre (FULIFE) and a Ministry Partnership Grant from the Sisters of Charity, BVM. Sister Florence Nwaonuma, a member of the…
Damien House, a BVM Ministry Partner, serves the needs of those living with Hansen’s Disease and provides a clean space and environment where residents live with dignity, love, and hope. Patients receive daily basic needs such as their meals, clean…
Participants in a skill acquisition program for young women in Bolgatanga, Ghana, learn to make snacks through Holy Child Integrated Services, recipient of a BVM Ministry Partnership Grant. Audrey Awambire was 5 when she lost her parents in 2002. She…
by Jennifer Head, BVM Archivist As the “Boys of October” strive toward the World Series, I thought it would be fun to look at some of the biggest baseball fans in the congregation. I am indebted to Archives Assistant Kathy…
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…