The “Nuns on the Bus” wrapped up their 27 day tour on November 2 with its closing event, “Fiesta for the Common Good”...
Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati
Parish Becomes Intercultural
4,800 miles. That's how far our Guatemalan parishioners traveled from their villages to get to Cincinnati. Each of...
In Our Own Words: New Book on Religious Life of the Present
Sr. Tracy Kemme of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati wrote a chapter in the new book, In Our Own Words, which was...
Sr. Louise Lears, SC visits El Salvador martyr site
Sr. Louise Lears doesn't know what she will experience in El Salvador — but she knows it will change her. She is part of a group of US women religious who look back on El Salvador martyrs, ahead to delegation to mark 35th anniversary Lears and 116 others are spending...
Inter-Mission: Second round of chemotherapy, second time around
Sister of Charity (Cincinnati) Janet Gildea shares her personal experience in Inter-Mission: Second round of chemotherapy, second time around in the NCR series Global Sisters Report. [See her earlier sharing Inter-mission: Life between remissions] Inter-Mission:...
The right thing: The moral response to refugees is clear
The message of Christ is not for the faint of heart. Jesus did not ask us to love our neighbors only when it was convenient.
Sister of Charity – Patron saint of scavenging
A recent article by Sharon Abercrombie in the NCR describes Sr. Paula Gonzalez, Sister of Charity of Cincinnati, as a possible Patron saint of scavenging. The article begins... For Sr. Paula Gonzalez, SC 78, recycling is a spiritual practice. She views yard and...
Jesus, It’s All about You
Sr. Janet Gildea offers the lead article with the theme Jesus, It's All about You. The latest issue of E-Voc, the electronic newsletter from the Vocation Team of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati for single women wondering what new thing God is calling forth in...
Connect and Learn: Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati
In 1829, four Sisters of Charity from Emmitsburg, Maryland traveled 15 days by stage coach to Cincinnati, Ohio at the request of the Diocese’s first bishop, Edward Fenwick. The sisters opened St. Peter’s Girl’s Orphan Asylum and School. Cincinnati experienced serious...
Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati public stand against human trafficking
The Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati recently voted to take a public stand to support the abolition of human trafficking. Please accept the attached press release. In October 2015, the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati voted to take a public stand to support the...
Evoking Our ‘Yes’
S. Janet Gildea writes of Evoking Our ‘Yes’ in the latest issue of E-Voc, the electronic newsletter from the Vocation Team of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati for single women wondering what new thing God is calling forth in their lives. What does Pope Francis...
NY Times features Sr. of Charity Tracy Kemme
NY Times features Sr. of Charity Tracy Kemme and addresses the question of why the idea of entering religious life seems relevant to young Catholic women. When Tracy Kemme first got the calling, at age 22, she had an active social life, an internship in Ecuador, and...
