The end of an era for the Sisters of Charity of New York
Associated PressNEW YORK — Through more than 200 years, the Sisters of Charity of New York nursed Civil War casualties, joined civil rights and anti-war demonstrations, cared for orphans, and taught countless children. Several of the Sisters of Charity in New York serving today made their vows in the 1950s and the 1960’s; they have witnessed this drop in real time. But members of the Sisters of Charity in New York had hoped for more, said O’Brien, who lamented that women still cannot be Catholic priests. “And that’s much slower in coming … but it will come.” The sisters took turns sharing their experiences while sitting beneath a 19th century painting of the order’s founder, Seton, who became the first saint born in what would become the U.S. A word that guides their life — charism — came up repeatedly. “We’ve handed the torch over to people who…have the charism of charity and the spirit of the Sisters of Charity,” Dodge said.
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