Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth

Sister Barbara Conroy
Director of Sponsorship Services
Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth
P.O. Box 476
Convent Station, NJ
07961-0476

Phone
973-290-5430

Fax
973-290-5337

E-mail
bconroy@scnj.org

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 14 New Jersey counties and 18 states, and in the U.S. Virgin Islands, El Salvador, Central America, 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, San Salvador, El Salvador, Diocese of Camden, Charlotte, El Paso, Fairbanks, Fall River, Houston, 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.

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.

to work with and for the poor and underserved

to alleviate suffering and to dispel ignorance

to promote justice.

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.

Box 476, Convent Station, NJ 07961 973-290-5345