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. . . it’s cool that the BVM Sisters and their supporters pitched in to help us all out.” — Student John Foli, Assumption High School For 185 years BVM Sisters have been motivated by their Foundress Mary Frances Clarke’s…
Working Unitedly Team members Rhonda Wernimont, Julie Wessels, and Katie Pfiffner load one of two cars full of food donated by Mount Carmel sisters and employees that was delivered to Resources Unite in Dubuque, Iowa. Working Unitedly Team members delivered…
BVMs Mary McCauley, Sue Rink, and Julie O'Neill deliver diapers to Maria House in 2014. When a woman and her dog were found sleeping on a Dubuque, Iowa park bench in the late 1990s, the dog went to a shelter…
Establishing relationships with each other allows BVM Sisters and Clarke students to share prayer and values. Since its founding in 1843 by BVM Foundress Mary Frances Clarke, Clarke University and the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary have…
Group members participate in a minga, which is voluntary collaborative work, to help build a house. It was a journey to the middle of the world when two groups took weeklong immersion trips to Quito, Ecuador, sponsored by the Sisters…
BVMs attending the SOA rally in November 2009 (l. to r.): Diane (Malia) Rapozo, Carolyn (Lester) Farrell , Lou Anglin, Pat (Frederick Mary) Nolan, Marlene McDonnell (friend of Jane Rogers), Peggy (Timothy Maura) Nolan, Jane (Jananne) Rogers, Mary (Patricia Mary)…
Mary Sattgast, BVM (r.) chats with students from Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein, Ill., about core values during a visit to Mount Carmel. From being pen pals with fifth graders to discussing leadership with college students, Sisters of Charity…
BVM Sisters knitted nearly 450 hats and 56 scarves to be sent to children and adults who need them. It all started with a gift, and became the gift that keeps on giving. Several years ago, BVM Isidora Lorentz’…
We've been known for taking the road less traveled. This is the road to the new Mount Carmel Motherhouse, which the BVM Sisters first occupied Nov. 11, 1893. On Nov. 11, 1893, the first BVM Sisters moved into the…
Marguerite Murphy, BVM assists veteran Robert Hughart to his table during Wellness Works’ St. Patrick’s Day barbeque. About the author: After a 17-year ministry of hospice social work, Vicki Smurlo, BVM now lives in retirement at Holy Redeemer Convent in…