BVMs in the News
Crescent Advocacy Award for Catherine Dunn, BVM Catherine Dunn, BVM, was honored recently for her advocacy for Crescent Community Health Center in Dubuque, Iowa. Awards…
Climate Change: Voices of Hope
A virtual intergenerational panel discussion on climate change was held on Sept. 20, 2020. Discussion included ways communities can address urgent needs of climate justice.…
Sharon Rezmer, BVM: Answering the Call by Seeing the Open Door and Taking the Next Step
Sharon Rezmer, BVM serves a meal at St. Patrick Parish in Dubuque, Iowa, where she is a parish visitor. Sharon Rezmer stood on the threshold…
We Are Part of Nature, Not Its Ruler
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…
BVMs Marched For Peace, Against Nuclear Arms Race in 1982
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…
No Easy Task: 70 Years of Struggle to Win Women’s Right to Vote
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…