Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati

March 25: Establishment of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati

by Famvin Media Resources | March 26, 2017 | Formation, Sisters of Charity | 0 Comments

In 1809, the Sisters of Charity were founded by St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, MD. Four of the Sisters started a mission in Cincinnati in 1829. By 1852, Mother Margaret Farrell George had founded the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati. Her story is told in the...

Sister Blandina Segale on Road to Beatification

by John Freund, CM | November 19, 2016 | News, Other Branch News | 0 Comments

From the website of the Sisters of Charity Federation... USCCB Approves Canonical Step for Sister Blandina Segale On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) was consulted on the Cause of Beatification and Canonization of...

Nuns Build 2016 – New Orleans

by Elizabeth Astridge | October 29, 2016 | News | 0 Comments

Hanging drywall? Installing floors? These are no easy tasks but that doesn't scare away nearly 100 nuns and members of Catholic communities across the country from rebuilding houses in New Orleans. Nuns Build 2016, an effort done in conjunction with the St. Bernard...

TV Series Inspired by Sister Blandina Segale

by Elizabeth Astridge | August 12, 2016 | News, Sisters of Charity | 0 Comments

Challenging Billy the Kid? Calming angry mobs? Not your typical Sister of Charity! Sister Blandina Segale, an Italian-born nun with the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, will be the subject of a TV series entitled "At the End of Santa Fe Trail." Segale, who is on a...

In Our Own Words: New Book on Religious Life of the Present

by Elizabeth Astridge | Feb 24, 2018 | Formation, News, Reflections

Sr. Tracy Kemme of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati wrote a chapter in the new book, In Our Own Words, which was...

Mamas Talk Advent: Waiting, Community

by Sr. Tracy Kemme | Dec 23, 2017 | Formation, Reflections

I'll never forget the moment I first laid eyes on my niece, Lucy. I'd been restlessly following the text-message...

March 25: Establishment of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati

by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 26, 2017 | Formation, Sisters of Charity

In 1809, the Sisters of Charity were founded by St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, MD. Four of the Sisters started...

NY Times features Sr. of Charity Tracy Kemme

by John Freund, CM | Sep 30, 2015 | News

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...

Eucharist – Tracy Kemme, SC

by John Freund, CM | Sep 11, 2015 | Formation, Reflections

Human lives are complicated, especially the lives of our sisters and brothers living in economic poverty.

What Else?

by John Freund, CM | Sep 1, 2015 | Reflections, Vincentian Family

Would you dare ask Jesus "What else"? A young man did. In the lead story in the September issue of E-Voc S. Janet Gildea asks "What Else?". E-Voc is the electronic newsletter from the Vocation Team of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati for single women wondering...

Completing Discernment

by John Freund, CM | Aug 10, 2015 | Formation, News

S. Janet Gildea write of Completing Discernment 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. On June 27 two women...

Profiles – Leadership Team of Cincinnati Sisters of Charity

by John Freund, CM | Jul 16, 2015 | News

The newly elected Leadership Council of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati includes (front row, from left) Sister Louise Lears, SC, councilor; Sister Marge Kloos, SC, councilor; (back row, from left) Sister Mary Bookser, SC, councilor; Sister Joan Elizabeth Cook,...

Vocation Vacation By S. Janet Gildea

by John Freund, CM | Jul 2, 2015 | Formation

Vocation Vacation By S. Janet Gildea - Summertime … and the livin’ is easy … fish are jumpin’… and the cotton is high …” So begins the latest issue of E-Voc, the electronic newsletter from the Vocation Team of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati for single women...

Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati celebrated the profession of First Vows

by John Freund, CM | Jun 29, 2015 | News

The Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati celebrated the profession of First Vows of Sisters Andrea Koverman and Tracy Kemme on Saturday, June 27. Regular visitors to FamVin News will recognize Tracy Kemme for her contributions to Global Sisters Report and FamVin News....