A Tree Was Created to be a Tree
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…
Ghana Library Started by BVMs Celebrates 10 Years
BVM Laurene Brady and Irene Lukefahr celebrate the opening of the Archbishop Mensah Learning Center 10 years ago. Many readers view every library as a miracle. But the Archbishop Mensah Learning Center in Kumasi, Ghana, owes its existence to a…
‘Girl of Summer’ Becomes a BVM
Photos: All-American Girls Professional Baseball League-PA. Edited by Jean Byrne, BVM BVM Center News, June 2004 BVM grade school teachers often organized games on playgrounds during recess or lunch hours, and sometimes participated in them. The schools where Ann (Daniel…
BVM Ministry Partnership: Arise Chicago Empowers Workers
Angela Wright-Lewis, a nurse and grandmother of children at a Chicago Archdiocese school, pleaded to keep children home for safe, remote learning at a press conference organized by Arise Chicago. Photo: Shelly Ruzicka, Arise Chicago. From the Salt Winter 2021…
BVMs, Donors Contribute to Food Banks and Pantries
A volunteer at a Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Mobile Food Pantry in Virginia loads a car during COVID-19 response. BVMs donated to 120 food banks and pantries using their stimulus checks and benefactor donations. Photo courtesy of Blue Ridge…
Catholic Sisters Start Live-streamed Social Justice Discussions
The Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary join Catholic Sisters from 24 congregations in four states this March to launch a yearlong, live-streamed conversation series on the leading social justice issues of our time. Titled “Exploring Intersections: Catholic…
Mount Carmel Bluffs Senior Living Community Welcomes BVM Sisters
BVM Sisters Mary McElmeel and Rosemary Surby are escorted to their new rooms at Mount Carmel Bluff. Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary are moving into Mount Carmel Bluffs, a shared mission of the BVM Sisters and Presbyterian…
Ruth Evermann, BVM Honored With Retirement Caravan
Ruth Evermann, BVM (in blue coat) was surprised with flowers, gratitude, and love as she retired after 40 years teaching in Chicago Public Schools. Ruth (Lyle) Evermann, BVM thought she would spend three months teaching in Chicago Public Schools after…
Catholic Schools Week 2021: Faith. Excellence. Service.
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…
Seeking Justice For All
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…