From the Archives
Thanksgiving at St. Monica’s Convent, Middleton, NS, 1969.
Sister Mary Lavers (Mary Jeannette)
Over the years, Sister Mary taught in Cape Breton, Halifax and Dartmouth, specializing in Home Economics, Elementary Education and Reading Resource. She served on the Provincial Elementary Language Arts Curriculum Committee. Following her time in education, Sister worked in parish ministry at Saint Stephen and St. John the Baptist parishes in Halifax.
Encountering Others
Have you noticed that often life happens when we’re planning other things? A collaborative article about our encounters with others.
Letters of Gratitude
Letters of gratitude to all who have sent donations for the ministry with the Venezuelan migrants in Chiclayo and La Victoria, Peru
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