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Vocation News

Service and Spirituality in New Orleans (Posted January 5, 2011) Pictured: S. Carol Wirtz, SC, S. Nancy Gerth, SCN, Kaytee, and Cheyenne. The Sisters of Charity Federation hosted its annual service and spirituality trip in New Orleans, La., Jan. 2-17, 2012. The women participated in rebuilding homes affected by Hurricane Katrina. The group of four pictured worked along with the Phoenix of New Orleans organization to rebuild the home of a 72 year old single woman whose home was destroyed by the hurricane. They have painted the interior of the home and laid laminate flooring.

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Come and Serve Weekend (Posted September 13, 2011) A small group of women took part in the Sisters of Charity Federation Come and Serve weekend at the House of Charity in New Orleans, La., over the Labor Day weekend. The women participating offered a day of service in the Lower Ninth Ward, and afterwards reflected and prayed together on discernment themes in the context of our Charity charism.

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(Posted September 5, 2011) In July, Associate in Community Tracey Horan was one of two young adults representing the U.S. region to accompany the Columban Fathers (Missionary Society of St. Columban) to the Burren in County Clare, Ireland, to study the geology, plant and animal life in the region, as well as the human connections with it. To learn more about Tracey’s experience…

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Seekers' Retreat Held in New Mexico (Posted August 3, 2011) S. Janet Gildea accompanied a group of young adults from the Diocese of El Paso, Texas, for a Seekers’ Retreat at the San Patricio Retreat Center in south-central New Mexico. To read more about the retreat, visit S. Janet’s blog…

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S. Victoria Anyanwu Celebrates Final Vows (Posted October 2010) On Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010, Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Victoria Trinitas Anyanwu professed perpetual vows in a special liturgy in the Immaculate Conception Chapel at the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati Motherhouse. In the presence of Sisters, Associates, family and friends, S. Victoria vowed to "commit myself for life to the service of God and God's people as a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati ... I ask for the continuing grace of God and the support of my brothers and sisters that I may remain faithful to the commitment I freely make today."

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House of Charity Opens in New Orleans After five years of dreaming, discussing, and debating the New Orleans' House of Charity opened its doors in January 2010. Three previous houseguests provided the following reflections from their experiences.

	S. Margaret Mach recently participated in the St. Bernard Project’s Nuns’ Build in New Orleans, La. Sister stayed the week in the SC Federation’s House of Charity as she worked with other volunteers to help bring home residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina. To read a reflection from her week, click here.
	College of Mount St. Joseph student Megan Peña participated in the January service trip to New Orleans, and was one of the first houseguests of the House of Charity. To read Megan's reflection, click here.
	Emily Meyer, a graduate of Seton High School and the College of Mount St. Joseph, returned to New Orleans in June for her second service trip with the Sisters of Charity Federation, and her first stay at the House of Charity. To read Emily's reflection, click here.

To take a virtual tour of the New Orleans House of Charity, click on the video below to play. If you cannot view the video on your computer, please download QuickTime by clicking here.

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A Future of Hope S. Alice Ann O'Neill discusses why she chose to make her final profession of vows during a period in which apostolic Catholic sisters in the United States are under investigation by the Vatican, few Catholics are choosing religious life, and the Church itself is under stress. To read the entire article, click here.