Celebrating our 95 year olds
This year, 2020, there are three sisters who are celebrating their 95th birthday. We thought it might be good for you to meet them.
Get to know the Associates Attending Chapter
The next three issues of Charity Alive will include short introductions to Associates who are attending Chapter.
Elizabeth Seton’s Birthday
There is so much that we can hear if we really listen to Elizabeth because she walked many of the same paths as we do now, dependent on her God and loving friend.
Book Review
Choosing Earth, Humanity’s Great Transition to Mature Planetary Civilization, Duane Elgin
From the Archives
It is the active presence among the people that has real value.
Evolving Spirituality of a Sister of Charity – Halifax
Last November 2019, before any of us heard the word pandemic, Sister Martha Westwater pursued an independent research project that caught her attention. The topic she researched: The Evolving Spirituality of a Sister of Charity-Halifax. In this 50 page paper, she shares her perspective on how the faith of Elizabeth Seton, integrated and codified in an order of the day for the new community, became the foundation of the Prayer-Work symbiosis which was the basis of our spirituality for nearly one 150 years
Sister Mary Hannon (Cecelia Michael)
A Sister of Charity for 70 years who was missioned in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia; Vancouver, British Columbia and locally in Dorchester, Medford, Lawrence, Quincy, Mt. St. Vincent, Wellesley; and Elizabeth Seton Residence, Wellesley.
My View
A collaborative article of what we see, or have seen, outside our window.
Get to know the Associates Attending Chapter
The next three issues of Charity Alive will include short introductions to Associates who are attending Chapter.
Book Review
Viola Desmond’s Canada: A History of Blacks and Racial Segregation in the Promised Land (2016) by Graham Reynolds with Wanda Robson