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Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary will join others in wearing orange Saturday, National Gun Violence Awareness Day, in memory of those killed in shootings. In the United States in 2020, guns killed 44,000 people; nearly 20,000 were…
From the August 2017 BVM Center News By Jennifer Head, Archivist The Mount Carmel Archives recently acquired a treasure from Our Lady of Angels Academy in Clinton, Iowa, founded by the BVMs in 1872. It is a book containing pressed…
Six Clarke University students created a video about Marshallese people living in Dubuque, Iowa, to help address challenges of racism and oppression. “The Forgotten People” video is a result of an inaugural Activism and Values Informed Education Clarke Compass scholarship…
Featured in the winter 2021 issue of Salt magazine. by Mary Glindinning Seeing her family’s struggle with illness and overcoming her own health issues convinced Lisette Aracely Movano Quimis that she wanted to be a nurse, because she wants to help…
BVM Luann Brown sorts through much-needed donations during her service in San Diego to help families who are crossing the border. She reflects, “In companioning families through the airport, I am struck by how little they have. Some travel to…
Dubuque CROP Walk coordinator Sara McCaw (r.) shares how Anita Therese Hayes, BVM and Dorothy Krayer volunteered for the project for more than 30 years as she dedicated Saturday's walk to them. On Saturday, 20 Sisters of Charity of the…
Associates Norm and Marabeth Freund of Dubuque, Iowa, are both teachers who will retire at the end of this school year. Read about how association impacted their teaching and their lives in this Q&A interview by Associate Coordinator Grace Mendez…
Featured in the winter 2021 issue of Salt magazine. by Associate Katie Pfiffner Recently a friend was playing with the phrase ‘hindsight is 20/20,’ being grateful 2020 is behind us, and she asked me an intriguing question: “How has 2020 changed…
Photo from CSW63 in 2019: BVMs Saskia Karina Alquinga Cahuatijo (l.), Mary Frances (Virginia Mary) McLaughlin, and Roberta (Caritas) White share experiences with women from all parts of the world like Suman (r.) from India. More than 26,000 women virtually…
Be a tree hugger: BVMs Mira Mosle and Mary Ann Zollmann embrace a tree during a prayer ritual. Featured in the fall 2020 issue of Salt magazine. by Eileen Fuchs, BVM I recall as a child going on trips with…