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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…
Mary Ellen Meckley, BVM (near the center wearing a green hat) rallies with the Jane Addams Senior Caucus Care Collective Team at a #RaiseUpIL action. BVM Mary Ellen (Davidette) Meckley so strongly believes that “people need homecare” that she stands…
BVM Carola Broderick (l.) arm wrestles with her nephew Paul Duwelius, while his sister Michele plays cards with BVM Mary Ann (Florence) Palumbo during a visit to Des Moines. by Mary Glindinning A multigenerational devotion to the Sisters of Charity…
Parishioners at St. James Parish on Wabash in Chicago replaced folding chairs with ones from the Marian Hall Chapel donated by BVMs. “Have a seat” is a hospitable welcome. Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary were able to…