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Sister Laurene’s family always prayed for vocations…“I’m the answer to my family’s prayers!” she says with a smile. Sister Laurene Toeppe, a Sister of St. Francis of Tiffin, Ohio, grew up close to Sisters all her life. She would often ride along with her dad as he chauffeured the Sisters when they needed to go…

A van means the Sisters can get to medical appointments more easily and stay engaged in life.

Sister Dwina says the “Angel Bag” program is “a way for me to be part of the mission, even though I can’t get out readily.”

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

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…

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.

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

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

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.

“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…