BVMs Help to Promote Awareness of Human Trafficking
Sisters are involved in projects nationwide to address the global epidemic of human trafficking.
The BVM Prayer Shawl Ministry: Wrapping Trafficking Victims and the Homebound in Prayer
Louise Levandowski, BVM crotchets prayer shawls for human trafficking survivors and the homebound. While living in Davenport, Iowa, BVM Louise (Laurina) Levandowski joined a prayer shawl ministry group that was…
BVMs Join Iowa Business Against Trafficking
The Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary have signed on to the Iowa Businesses Against Trafficking (IBAT) initiative, a statewide recognition and education program from the Iowa Secretary…
Dubuque Area Women Support Human Traffic Coalition
100+ Women Who Care Dubuque has given $18,100 to the Tri-State Coalition Against Human Trafficking & Slavery. Members were overwhelmed with surprise and gratitude when the gift was announced at…
‘Am I a Human Trafficker?’
BVMs join Coalition Against Human Trafficking to host speaker at Clarke University in Dubuque, Iowa.
What Is Trafficking and What Can We Do?
January has once again been proclaimed as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month by President Obama. Also, at the end of December 2016, Pope Francis sent a letter to…
Sisters of Charity, BVM Celebrates 190 Years
The Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM) in Dubuque, Iowa, announces the congregation’s 190th Anniversary on Nov. 1, 2023. This milestone celebrates the mission of the BVM…
BVM Statement to the Synod in Rome
As women of the Church we are inspired and motivated by the vision and courage of Mary, the Mother of God, and of Mary Frances Clarke. BVM Constitutions, 1 Often,…
Response to Synodal Processes
STATEMENT TO THE SYNOD ON SYNODALITY SISTERS OF CHARITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY En Español Our Synodal response bears witness to our founding spirit. We are Sisters of Charity…
2022 Jubilarians
The following Diamond Jubilarians are celebrating 70 years in religious life with the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. They entered the BVM congregation Feb. 2, 1952. They…