SPONSORSHIP – "A REVELATION OF GOD’S LOVE FOR THE PEOPLE"
Juliana Casey, IHM
Today the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth are engaged in over 100 education, health care, pastoral and social service ministries in 15 states, and in the U.S. Virgin Islands, El Salvador, Central America, Juarez, MX and Haiti. These ministries include: Education, Diocesan and Parish Ministry, Hospitals, Homes for the Aged, Health Care, Community Centers and Social Services.
The sisters serve in the Archdioceses of Boston, Hartford, Newark, New York, El Salvador, Diocese of Camden, Charlotte, El Paso, Fairbanks, Jackson, Metuchen, Palm Beach, Paterson, Pensacola-Tallahassee, Providence, Richmond, Rochester, St. Petersburg, Syracuse, Trenton, Tucson, Venice, Wilmington, Wheeling-Charleston, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, and Haiti.
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Statement on Sponsorship
Sponsorship is a formal relationship between the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth and a particular ministry. The Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, through action of its designated leadership, exercises its responsibility for the ministry, which, in turn, carries out the Congregation’s mission. This Sponsorship relationship ensures organizational fidelity to mission, values, and Catholic identity. The Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, compelled by Christ’s love to make God known to the world, invites all with whom we serve to share in this mission.
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to work with and for the poor and underserved |
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to alleviate suffering and to dispel ignorance |
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to promote justice.
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The Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth carries forward its responsibility to this mission by establishing structures, policies, and modes of accountability which enable the Sponsorship relationship and the particular ministry to flourish. At times the Congregation may choose to share these Sponsorship responsibilities with another entity or entities having a compatible mission or similar values. Both Sponsored and co-Sponsored works will demonstrate charity and justice as well as the principles of collaboration, subsidiarity, and co-responsibility as the bases for action.
READ PUBLICATIONS FROM OUR SPONSORED INSTITUTIONS:
BETTER HEALTH - Hospital of St. Raphael's, CT
EDGE - Trinitas Regional Medical Center, NJ
RAISING SIGHTS - St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center
CONNECTIONS - St. Vincent Academy, Newark, NJ
