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LaDonna Manternach, BVM presents a first-place poster award to sixth grader Olivia Villaluna from St. Vincent de Paul School in Petaluma, Calif. BVMs sponsored a Catholic Schools Week poster and essay contest. Family, teachers, and staff came on to support…
This demonstration occurred on the first day of sentencing of Jeremy Christian, and focused on white allies of Black Lives Matter. Photo by Pete Forsyth - own work, CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=91568765 by Mary Glindinning Racism is an outer reflection…
Joanne (Michael Mary) Lucid, BVM directed the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis AIDS program. She was also described as “one of the heroes of the early days of Open Arms,” which ensures that people who are ill have good…
A certificate of appreciation from the Colorado Commission on Aging was a “lovely surprise” for BVM Associate Suzanne King. “I guess that I did something right,” she says. For Suzanne, volunteering has been part of her life since high school,…
Warm heads, warm hearts: Hats made by Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary were gladly accepted by Sarah Sears, instructional coach, student and teacher services at Fulton Elementary School in Dubuque, Iowa.
On this feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a much-loved tapestry of Our Lady made by Ruth (Lyle) Evermann, BVM has a new home. Ruth, Mary Gene (Antonilla) Kinney, and Colleen (Rose Maureen) McGinnity delivered the tapestry to Divine…
by Jennifer Head, archivist BVM Center News, February 2016 One of the many treasures in the Mount Carmel Archives is a collection of materials relating to Callista Campion, BVM. She corresponded with a Franciscan sister, Maria Innocentia, in a convent…
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…
Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary recently met virtually with high school and college students to connect, have fun, and learn from each other. Reptiles, Clarke RAs, Sisters, Oh My!! It wasn’t spooky but it might have been…
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…