Nurses

Sisters of Charity (NY) and the Civil War

by John Freund, CM | April 4, 2014 | Vincentian Family | 0 Comments

Sr. Mary McCormick, SC, gave a presentation on the Sisters of Charity of New York who served as Civil War nurses. It was part of a panel, “A City At War: New York’s Catholics and the American Civil War, 1860-1865,” held at the College of Mount Saint Vincent,...

Remembering another war and the Daughters of Charity

by John Freund, CM | May 23, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family | 1 Comment

As we approach Memorial Day a Pennsylvania newspaper salutes the Daughters of Charity who served as nurses during the Civil War. "When the Daughters of Charity awakened June 27, 1863, the pastoral grounds of their Emmitsburg, Md,. property had become a Union Army...