Join the Sisters of Charity of New York in their celebration!
Evening Prayer to open the celebration of the Sisters’ 200 years of service in New York will be Video Streamed from the Chapel of Mount Saint Vincent on Sunday, January 8, 2017 from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm.
Evening Prayer to open the celebration of the Sisters’ 200 years of service in New York will be Video Streamed from the Chapel of Mount Saint Vincent on Sunday, January 8, 2017 from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm.Click this link at 2:45 on Sunday to watch the service:
https://venue.streamspot.com/ca093c2a
Or, please visit their website on the 8th at 2:45 pm (New York time) to be connected to the live feed.
On August 13, 1817, Elizabeth Ann Seton sent three Sisters to New York to serve the growing number of orphans resulting from the cholera epidemic and the poverty of the newly arrived immigrants.
For 200 years the Sisters of Charity have seen and recognized the needs of each generation. Our hearts have held the pain across our city and state, in the Bahamas, and in Guatemala. Some of us have journeyed to Chile, Peru, Vietnam, China, Appalachia, and Louisiana. It is because of our vows that we were and are able to be a resource for healing, education, and presence. Our Sisters became pioneers in developing the finest organizations in childcare, hospitals, schools, and social services. We do this with a myriad of partners like you.
During this year of remembrance and celebration, the spirit of charity that has blossomed in New York will continue to grow far beyond our hope and imagination. We have given and received so much more than we could have ever hoped for. We invite you to journey with us! We remember the past as a springboard into the future.
Our brothers and sisters continue to experience untold suffering. We, the Sisters of Charity, Associates, colleagues, friends, and partners know how needed we are to face this suffering by our prayer, presence, and service. We carry the spirit of charity across our city streets, in cars, buses, and trains, to bring promise and hope to those we minister to, with, and for. How beautiful are the feet of those who carry across our city streets the message of charity and justice.
New York has welcomed us. The Sisters of Charity, the city, the state, and the Church have grown together over these two hundred years. What joy and cause for rejoicing are the stories that can be told! It is my hope that together we may continue to reveal God’s love to those in need, especially those on the margins.
Congratulations to all the New York Sisters of Charity and thank you for all you have done gor God’s people in so many places. Celebrate well!
Barbara Garland, SC (NJ)