Anyone who visits St. John’s Bread & Life can tell it’s a well-oiled machine. But what you can’t tell by just looking – is the machine is powered by nuns.

by Famvin Media Resources | November 8, 2024 | Formation | 0 Comments
In this video, found on the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth YouTube channel, Mother Xavier Ross, portrayed by Sister Maureen Hall, tells her life story.
by Famvin Media Resources | August 4, 2023 | Formation, Media | 0 Comments
Elizabeth’s friendships energized her and helped to make her the person she was.
by Famvin Media Resources | July 31, 2022 | Formation | 0 Comments
Learn more in this video from the Seton Shrine.
by Vincentian Family Office | May 15, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
May 3, 1871 marks the official founding of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Mary.
by .famvin | Mar 27, 2021 | News
Anyone who visits St. John’s Bread & Life can tell it’s a well-oiled machine. But what you can’t tell by just looking – is the machine is powered by nuns.
by .famvin | Mar 20, 2021 | News
Sister Joan Dawber, SC (Halifax) describes her experience of being called, through prayer, to a new ministry helping survivors of human trafficking.
by .famvin | Mar 6, 2021 | News
Personal belongings of Mother Elizabeth Seton heads for national shrine
by Famvin Media Resources | May 11, 2018 | Formation
In this video, Fr. Louis Scurti interviews Sr. Diane Collesano, SC, on the life of Blessed Miriam Teresa Demjanovich, SC, beatified on Oct. 4, 2014.
by .famvin | Mar 20, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Today, besides a strong legacy of ministries, these Charity congregations are marked by an abundance of elderly members. As followers of Jesus in the Vincentian way, our sisters have devoted their entire lives to ministry: educating, caring for, reaching out to, and...
by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 30, 2017 | Formation
In an article for the Vincentian Heritage Journal, "Memoir of Sister Cecilia O'Conway: Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph's," Sister Betty Ann McNeil, D.C. writes: "...Cecilia Maria O'Conway (1788-1865) is to the Sisters of Charity of North America what Marguerite...
by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 16, 2017 | Formation
This Wednesday is the anniversary of the date when St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and the first Sisters of Charity made vows using the Vincentian vow formula.
by .famvin | Apr 21, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
by Melissa Camardo on March 29, 2017 in LifeWay Network News The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) of the United Nations brings together experts from around the world to further gender equality and women’s empowerment. Sister Joan Dawber, founder and executive...
by Famvin Media Resources | Nov 11, 2016 | Formation
Mother Xavier Ross was the Foundress and First Mother of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, Kansas. She was part of a band of sisters in Nashville, Tennessee who had originally separated from the Mother House in Nazareth, Kentucky. Mother Xavier and her Sisters...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 4, 2015 | International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
So many things to celebrate…. December 8 marks not only the Feast of the Immaculate Conception but also…
by Vincentian Family Office | Oct 5, 2015 | Formation, Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
The history of Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul – Zagreb began in 1845 when six Sisters of Charity from the Austrian Province of Tyrol came to Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. The province had its motherhouse in Zams, and traced its origin to Strassburg. The...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 28, 2015 | Formation, Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Feeling connected! When did you feel connected in a powerful way to some place in our Vincentian Heritage? Reading the reflection below reminded me of an experience over 30 years ago when at the mid-point of a 30 day retreat at Mt. Manresa on Staten Island my retreat...