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by Lois Dolphin, BVM BVM Center News, April 2001 Two recent newspaper columns by African American columnists have caused me to reexamine my own tendency to think in stereotypical patterns. Leonard Pitts, writing about the latest school shootings, wondered about…
by Carol Frances Jegen, BVM BVM Center News, November 2002 Growing up in the city of Chicago meant developing a gradual awareness of racism. I will always be grateful to my dear mother who saw to it that I had a…
BVM Leoline Sommer (center) was the only woman religious to march the entire way from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. Photo by Stephen F. Somerstein Getty Images. BVM Center News, March 2015 By Archivist Jennifer Head As the United States…
“I think as a country, we still don’t admit that racism is one of our biggest problems.” Donard Collins, BVM As they reflect during Black History Month, BVM Sisters who taught in the segregated South say those missions changed their…
In 1993, BVM Rita Benz (second row, far right) walks a mile in the shoes of homeless women during the first Winter Walk. BVMs have participated in the walk ever since. I come all the way from the West Side…
Joining in the festivities in Chicago for the Footsteps of St. Ignatius of Loyola Award are (back row, l. to r.) Daniel Moreno, BVMs Carol (Ann Clara) Spiegel, Margaret “Peggy” (St. Cabrini) Geraghty, Mary Fran (Virginia Mary) McLaughlin, Saskia Alquinga…
Learn. Serve. Lead. Succeed. is the theme of Catholic Schools Week 2020. The Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary joined schools across the country in celebrating Catholic education, a legacy of the ministry of the congregation since the…
BVMs Carolyn Farrell and Catherine Dunn (third and fourth from left) were recognized as women who have made a difference at the Women's March Jan. 25 in Dubuque, Iowa. Two BVMs were honored and nearly a dozen attended the Dubuque,…
A pilgrimage to share Sunday Mass with religious communities starts Feb. 2 to increase awareness about religious life. DAVA is a collaborative vocation ministry effort among religious communities in the Dubuque, Iowa, area and the Archdiocese of Dubuque. DAVA members…
Advice on posture from an undated Program for Postulants, “The Social Graces” booklet: “A straight spine usually indicates a straight personality. It indicates ordinary courage, perseverance, honesty, dependability. Good posture can aid your physical well-being and stiffen your soul, too,…