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Clarke University students in Dubuque, Iowa, unveil panels of the AIDS Quilt during a moving prayer service in 1996. Communities Make the Difference “Communities Make the Difference” was the theme for this year’s World AIDS Day on Dec. 1. In…
BVMs Roberta White (l.) and Donard Collins prepare for diners at St. Patrick Church in Dubuque, Iowa. More than three dozen BVMs and associates helped with a meal at St. Patrick Church in Dubuque, Iowa, on Wednesday evening. About 120…
. . . 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’…