‘A Quilt Stitched with Love’ The Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt
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…
More Than a Meal: Servers and Diners Feel Nourished
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…
BVM Endowed Scholarships: ’If you can read this, thank a teacher!’*
. . . it’s cool that the BVM Sisters and their supporters pitched in to help us all out.” — Student John Foli, Assumption High…
Mount Carmel Food, Cash Donations Timely, Needed
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…
Opening Doors For More than 3,500 Women and Children
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…
BVMs Continue Clarke Connections
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…