PROGRESS OF THE CAUSE FOR BEATIFICATION

Sister Miriam Teresa Demjanovich

 

VERY GOOD NEWS FROM ROME!

The Cardinals and Archbishops have read the Positio Super Virtutibus and found nothing to question regarding the Heroic Virtue of Sister Miriam Teresa Demjanovich.  Their decision will now be presented to Pope Benedict, who will declare her Venerable.  Please thank God for His goodness and Sister Miriam Teresa for her intercession.  The Positio super Miro, the account of the cure attributed to the intercession of Sister Miriam Teresa, will now be given to five opthalmologists in Italy.  If they agree that there is no medical explanation for the child's recovery of perfect vision after he had juvenile macular degeneration, and if we have proved that the cure was the result of prayer to Sister Miriam Teresa, we believe that there is nothing more that needs to be presented to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
We need your prayers for the decision of the physicians.  Thank you and God bless you! 
Sister Marian Jose Smith, Vice Postulator

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CHARITY AND VALOR IN TIME OF WAR

“Charity Connections” is the name adopted by a group of Sisters representing member congregations of the Sisters of Charity Federation who began meeting in 1988. Since its inception the Charity Connections group has developed two papers per year accompanied by reflection questions – each deals with a theological, scriptural, relational, or social justice topic. The first thirteen of these papers were produced in booklet form in 1996. A second volume of 16 papers was published in 2008.
 
At each meeting a topic is chosen through a brainstorming process to identify an element of the Charity charism. Each member then prepares and circulates a reflection paper on this topic prior to the next meeting. When the group gathers, discussion centers on the collective body of papers in an attempt to identify common elements and unique insights. A synergism invariably occurs so that the final common paper is always more than the sum of our individual efforts.
 
Through the years the group’s purpose has remained the same: to reflect on contemporary challenges of living the Charity charism in our contemporary world and to share these reflections with other members of the Community of Charity. And we continue with this current issue. 
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HIV/AIDS MINISTRIES

Generations of Sisters and Daughters of Charity learned by heart that the central purpose of our vocation was to honor Jesus Christ by providing him “every temporal and spiritual service in their power” in the persons of the poor whom they served, including those “who through shame would conceal their necessities.”

Passed down from Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac to Elizabeth Seton, these words took flesh in the Sisters’ courageous service in time of epidemics like cholera, yellow fever, and influenza. In the late twentieth century, another plague blanketed the world with fear and shame – HIV/AIDS. Once again, Sisters of Charity were ready to respond to the grace of the moment and to honor Christ in the suffering members of his Body.

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LIVING THE DAYS OF LENT 2012 - Now Available

 

Edited by Ellen Dauwer, SC, and Mary McCormick, SC
A short meditation for each day of the season of Lent, with illustrations and detachable pages that can be posted for convenient reflection reminders.
 
Each year the Church gifts us with forty days of Lent, followed by fifty days of Easter. During this quarter of the Church year we have the opportunity to enter into the Paschal Mystery as fully as possible. Our everyday lives are filled with times of suffering and dying as well as times of rising and renewing. In Lent we are invited to unite our individual times of suffering and death with those of the broader Church and ultimately with those of Jesus.
The pages that follow were written by Sisters of Charity of New York and Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth of New Jersey. As daughters of Elizabeth Ann Seton, they minister to those who suffer in many ways: in hospitals and hospices, in classrooms and clinics, and in parishes and pastoral centers.
May our Lenten journey this year be one that will enable us to touch our pain, the pain of others, and the pain of the world in a way that will open us all to the healing touch of Jesus.
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Remember Our Deceased Sisters in Your Prayers

In your kindness, please remember our deceased sisters, and all who have been called home by God. Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and all the souls of the faithful departed Rest in your peace. Amen

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In The Spotlight

SISTERS OF CHARITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE

FEBRUARY 2012 - 50/50 RAFFLE

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Welcome to the Sisters of Charity Development Office

Can you believe a whole year has passed and we are now in the year 2012?! 
Where does all the time go? 

I have been here as the Director of Development for the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth for just over a year now. I have had . . . 
 
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Special Campaigns

WINDOW REPLACEMENT PROJECT - PHASE II

The Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station continue to serve the needs of the people of God in their various ministries. Our service to others requires good stewardship of our limited resources. Thus, an in-depth assessment of the Motherhouse building, which is used for the administrative offices of the Sisters of Charity and as a residence for the sisters, was undertaken to review current and future needs necessary to maintain and/or renovate the building. The area of major concern is the 429 windows which date back to 1880 when the building was first erected. Time has taken its toll and the deteriorated windows must be replaced.

 

 

 

 

 

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