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Sister Sheila Jane Fay, SND

Each day, Sister Sheila prays, “Thy will be done.”

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Catholic Sisters in New York

This year on its 100th anniversary, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York will receive the Elizabeth Ann Seton Award at the SOAR! Awards Dinner in New York. For our dinner journal, Catholic Charities shared how Catholic Sisters set the groundwork for the agency’s work in the New York metropolitan area and remain at its…

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Thank you notes

Every summer after SOAR! awards grants, we receive stacks of thank you notes in the mail from grateful religious communities. Here are just a few.

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A summer prayer

“This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice in it and be glad.” – Ps. 118:24

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Father Philip Edwards, OSB

Each week, the psalms reminds him why God called him to this vocation, and why he said “yes.”

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Sister Frannie Lapitino volunteering in the IHM development office

Sister Francis Rose Lapitino, IHM

Sister Frannie’s greatest joy has been living in community with many sisters, teaching so many children, and making lifelong friends with many of her students and their parents.

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Mary Undoer of Knots

“Our Lady is always close to us, especially when we feel the weight of life with all its problems.” Pope Francis Through your grace, your intercession, and your example, deliver us from all evil, Our Lady, and untie the knots that prevent us from being united with God, so that we, free from sin and…

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Sister Mary Daniel Sammartino, O.P.

“One of the Nuns in the Cage” by Sr. Judith Miryam Boneski, O.P. Atop a hill at the busiest intersection in the suburban city of Summit, New Jersey, there stands a golden-hued brick building, the Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary, home to the cloistered Dominican Nuns. The community has been here for nearly a…

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Mount Saint Mary’s Abbey

The final installment in our “Lenten Journey: On the Way the Easter Joy” series, for the week of April 3.

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Mother Agnes Day

The fifth installment in our “Lenten Journey: On the Way the Easter Joy” series, for the week of April 3.

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