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...

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 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...