Sisters of Charity Federation Archives

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  • ElizabethBoyleHall.jpg

    Elizabeth Boyle Hall is the location of the archives of the SIsters of Charity of New York.
  • 3396.King.Rita.10.jpg

    As an educator and archivist, Sr. Rita King's career has been steeped in the pursuit of history. A former high school teacher, Dean and Principal, Sr. Rita was Congregation Archivist for over 15 years. During this time, she developed an arrangement by record group of archival materials and created a database of Sisters' records that became an essential research tool. Involved in the early development of the Archivists for Congregations of Women Religious (ACWR), she served a two-year term as President. Retired since 2008, Sr. Rita provides her thoughts about the role of an archivist, training and archival certification. completion of the Community.
  • Claire Regan.jpg

    Inspired by volunteer involvement in her parish, Sr. Claire E. Regan left her career in corporate management prior to entering the Sisters of Charity in 1982, at the age of 29. During her varied ministry experiences, she lobbied regarding food insecurity, homelessness and the need for improved healthcare for the poor. During the challenges of the AIDS epidemic and drug wars of the 1980s-1990s, she served as an administrator in several metropolitan New York hospitals. As Director of Elizabeth Seton Housing and later in post-Katrina New Orleans, Sr. Claire worked with a national organization of religious investors to address accountability for health insurance companies, banks and federal grant mechanisms. Sr. Claire was a Councilor in Leadership at Mount Saint Vincent from 2019-2023.
  • Sr. Ellen Quirk-1.jpg

    Sr. Ellen Quirke discusses her journey as a Sister of Charity of New York encompassing two distinct ministries in teaching and social work. Sr. Ellen describes the changing needs of bilingual students in New York City during the 1960s-1970s and her venture into geriatric health care in the pioneering Department of Community Medicine at St. Vincent's Hospital in Greenwich Village.
  • Linda Giuli.jpg

    Sr. Linda Giuli discusses her life as a Sister of Charity of New York, growing up as the only child in an Italian family in the Bronx, and the value of her missions as a teacher and a nurse. Although as a young sister Sr. Linda taught elementary school, she was always interested in pursuing health care. She began her second career as a nurse practitioner at the age of thirty-three and continued this pursuit until her retirement.
  • SC Nazareth Motherhouse (002).jpg

    The Motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
  • SC Nazareth Heritage Hall.jpg

    Heritage Hall, the Congregation's interpretive museum established in 1988, supplements the holdings in the Archival Center with its display of artifacts memorabilia and audiovisual materials documenting the heritage of the Congregation.
  • SC Leavenworth Motherhouse.JPG

    Photograph of the Motherhouse at Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, Kansas
  • SC Cincinnati Motherhouse 1.JPG

    The Motherhouse including the archives, located in Marian Hall, the oldest portion of the building.
  • Seton Hill Irvin_Sr Mary Francis_Convent Kitchen.jpeg

    Sister Mary Francis Irvin, a Sister of Charity of Seton Hill, was a dedicated religious,
    inspiring teacher, and gifted artist. While attending the Carnegie Institute of Technology during World War II, Sr. Mary Francis completed a precisionist-style painting entitled “Convent Kitchen.” The piece would go on to win second place in the 1943 Pittsburgh Associated Artists exhibition. “Convent Kitchen” not only reveals the hard work and comradery of women religious, but the painting’s style and perspective reinforce the subject’s simplicity in life and the idea of subjection of the individual identity for the good of the whole in community life. Conversely, the subject of women religious shelling peas is a juxtaposition to the more industrial precisionist paintings of the 1920s and 30s. In a continuation of the story, “Convent Kitchen” inspired a great benefactor of Sr. Mary Francis, helping to further her career as an artist.
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