Assisting Homeless College Students Rooted in Vincentian Spirituality
by Patricia M. Bombard, BVM Fall 2019, issue of Salt In the mid-17th century, when St. Vincent de Paul, the Catholic Church’s “Apostle of Charity,”…
Alleluia Anyway: BVMs Celebrate Easter Together Although Apart
BVMs, associates, family, and friends across the country celebrated Easter through Zoom. Even though Easter had to be celebrated at a social distance, Sisters of…
Archival Clip: Loyola Rutherford, BVM Planted Trees at Motherhouse
By Jean Byrne, BVM BVM Center News, August 1998 Some people seem to be uniquely qualified for the needs of the time in which they…
Sisters Keep Body and Soul Together With Exercise
Rachael Stieber-Smith, fitness director at Mount Carmel in Dubuque, Iowa, moved Strength and Stretch classes from in-person to on closed circuit television due to coronavirus. …
Gannon Scholars Learn to Lead
Thirty-seven women at Loyola University Chicago are 2019-20 Gannon Scholars. The program is named for BVM Ann Ida Gannon, who hoped women would be inspired…
Leading by Consensus: Helen Maher Garvey, BVM
Helen (Robert Joseph) Maher Garvey, BVM was an iconic, lifelong, collaborative leader. The woman with a great laugh and quick wit was a role model,…