The Sisters of Charity were founded by Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, in the spirit of Saint Vincent de Paul and Saint Louise de Marillac, in Emmitsburg, Maryland, in 1809. In 1859 Mother Mary Xavier Mehegan founded the New Jersey community known as the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth.
Today the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth are engaged in education, health care, pastoral and social service ministries in 17 states, and in El Salvador, Central America. The Congregation currently numbers 398 vowed members. The Seton Associate relationship has 245 affiliated lay and religious women and men.
GENERAL MOTHERHOUSE
Convent of Saint Elizabeth
Administration Building, P.O. Box 476
Convent Station, NJ 07961-0476
Phone: 973-290-5000
Fax: 973-290-5335
Email: Escharity@scnj.org
Website: www.SCNJ.org
GOVERNANCE
Serving from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2011
Sister Maureen Shaughnessy, SC, GENERAL SUPERIOR
Sister Rosemary Smith, SC, ASSISTANT GENERAL SUPERIOR
Sister Janet Lehmann, SC, COUNCILOR
Sister Barbara Garland, SC, COUNCILOR
Sister Ellen Dauwer, SC, COUNCILOR
Sister Elizabeth Cahill, SC, COUNCILOR
Sister Margaret Welch, SC, COUNCILOR AND SECRETARY OF THE CONGREGATION AND THE CORPORATION
Campus of Motherhouse: Generalate, Administration Building, Convent of Saint Elizabeth, Holy Family Chapel, Academy of Saint Elizabeth, College of Saint Elizabeth, Xavier Retreat and Conference Center
SPONSORED INSTITUTIONS
1 College; 3 Academies; 5 Hospitals
College of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, NJ; Academy of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, NJ; Marylawn of the Oranges, South Orange, NJ; Saint Vincent Academy, Newark, NJ; Bon Secours Charity Healthcare System, Suffern, NY; Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Elizabeth, NJ; St. Joseph’s Healthcare System, Paterson and Wayne, NJ; Saint Mary Hospital, Passaic, NJ; Saint Raphael Healthcare System, New Haven, CT; Josephine’s Place, Elizabeth, NJ.
Represented in the Archdioceses of Boston, Hartford, Newark, New York, and San Salvador, El Salvador, and the Dioceses of Baltimore, Charlotte, El Paso, Fairbanks, Fall River, Gallup, Jackson, Metuchen, Palm Beach, Paterson, Pensacola-Tallahassee, Providence, Raleigh, St. Petersburg, Syracuse, Trenton, Tucson, Venice, Wilmington, Wheeling-Charleston, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands and Haiti, West Indies.
Ministries include: Education, Diocesan and Parish Ministry, Counseling, Spiritual Direction and Retreats, Hospitals, Homes for the Aged, Health Care, Community Centers and Social Services.
