Midwest Catholic Sisters Support Laudato Si’
‘Caring for our Common Home’ Appears in USA Today
Summer 2015 Associates Retreat: Living with Uncertainty and Change
The BVM core value of freedom led us on a journey of exploration at the associate retreat at Mount Carmel in Dubuque, Iowa, July 17–19. How are we being called? And what keeps us from this freeing experience?
BVMs Receive Governor Volunteer Awards
Two Sisters of Charity, BVM were among other volunteers for Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque who were presented with the Governor Volunteer Awards June 11 at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls.
BVM Sisters Grateful for Pope Francis’ Encyclical
We applaud the publication of LAUDATO SI’, Pope Francis’ new encyclical, and look forward to reading it, praying it, and discussing it with our sisters and friends.
From the Mount Carmel Archives: BVMs Partner With Clarke University for USO Tours
Sisters tour with students to bring a small part of home to the military.
BVM Immersion Experience Engenders Perspective, Inspiration
Participants work, share and learn in Ecuador.
Hearing Loops at Mount Carmel Enhance Sisters’ World
Thanks to the generosity of donors Cathy and Bob Everhart, hearing loops have now been installed at Mount Carmel in the Motherhouse Chapel and St. Joseph Hall. The Everharts’ gift enables our hearing impaired sisters to participate fully in the…
BVMs, Students Experience ‘Interconnectedness’ of the CSW
The U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) held its 59th annual session in New York City in March. BVMs Mary Martens (Loras) from Dubuque, Iowa; Marilyn Wilson (Claudia Mary) from Sunnyvale, Calif.; and Helen Wolkerstorfer (Edith) and two…