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National Migration Week, Jan. 5–11, is a call to be inclusive and welcoming to immigrants and refugees. “It is a way of creating awareness and advocacy on behalf of all of those who are displaced people,” said Nancy Miller, OSF,…
Students at Dowling Catholic High School in Des Moines, Iowa, prepare to deliver Christmas gifts to families with BVMs Carol Marie Baum and Mira Mosle. Christmas is a time for traditions, and sisters were able to see the fruits of…
In a solemn but joyful ceremony, Sister Tram Thi Thu Tran professed her perpetual vows as a sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Nha Tang Congregation of Vietnam at the Motherhouse Chapel of the Sisters of Charity of the…
BVMs and Clarke University resident assistants gather for a unique way to share gifts with those in need. It wasn’t Christmas morning, but unwrapping toys delighted BVM Sisters and Clarke University resident assistants (RAs) who gathered recently at Mount Carmel…
Clarke University students in Dubuque, Iowa, unveil panels of the AIDS Quilt during a moving prayer service in 1996. Communities Make the Difference “Communities Make the Difference” was the theme for this year’s World AIDS Day on Dec. 1. In…
BVMs Roberta White (l.) and Donard Collins prepare for diners at St. Patrick Church in Dubuque, Iowa. More than three dozen BVMs and associates helped with a meal at St. Patrick Church in Dubuque, Iowa, on Wednesday evening. About 120…
. . . it’s cool that the BVM Sisters and their supporters pitched in to help us all out.” — Student John Foli, Assumption High School For 185 years BVM Sisters have been motivated by their Foundress Mary Frances Clarke’s…
Working Unitedly Team members Rhonda Wernimont, Julie Wessels, and Katie Pfiffner load one of two cars full of food donated by Mount Carmel sisters and employees that was delivered to Resources Unite in Dubuque, Iowa. Working Unitedly Team members delivered…
BVMs Mary McCauley, Sue Rink, and Julie O'Neill deliver diapers to Maria House in 2014. When a woman and her dog were found sleeping on a Dubuque, Iowa park bench in the late 1990s, the dog went to a shelter…
Establishing relationships with each other allows BVM Sisters and Clarke students to share prayer and values. Since its founding in 1843 by BVM Foundress Mary Frances Clarke, Clarke University and the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary have…