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by Eileen Fuchs, BVM Summer 2020 issue of Salt Imagine that you are in a vehicle and the driver suddenly gasps. The driver says, “Turn around and look at the view behind us.” You turn around and see the beautiful…
Thirty-eight years ago, a group of 66 Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary chartered a bus and went to New York City to peacefully protest the nuclear arms race. The rally at the Second Session of the United…
by Carolyn (Lester) Farrell, BVM Voting is the significant decision-making moment for citizens of the United States. A healthy democracy calls its citizens to participate in its governmental process. As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the women’s right to…
According to a booklet outlining core values of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, education is the “process of calling forth the gift and potential of ourselves and others.” In explaining the core values to Clarke University…
Bridget Goldbeck and Roberta White found hope for the future in the stories of Lyria and Marlene from Mozambique and Noella from Uganda. They met the young women in small group discussions that replaced the cancelled United Nations Commission on…
by Kathryn (John Laurian) Lawlor, BVM Summer 2018 issue of Salt A bell on board a Mississippi River packet rang out on June 23, 1843, announcing the arrival of Eastern passengers coming into the harbor of Dubuque, Iowa. When the…
by Associate, Katie Pfiffner Winter 2020 issue of Salt “All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.” —Pema Chodron There is no denying the excitement…
Then he said to them, 'My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.'" Mt 26:38 As Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary we recognize we have been culturally…
In 1995, the United States celebrated the 75th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. Salt magazine carried this feature article by Rita (Borgia) Benz, BVM to note this significant celebration. She captured and shared personal stories from BVMs who remembered the…
As we mark the death of over 100,000 people in the U.S. from COVID-19, 504 of those being people in the State of Iowa, 18 of those deaths in the County of Dubuque, and 550 deaths being people in Wisconsin…