On the Web For full articles, please visit the News/Events section of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati website at www.srcharitycinti.org, and click on “Feature Articles.” FOREVER YOUNG S. Ramona Chisholm celebrates her 18th birthday on Feb. 29, 2016.
Communications intern Megan Moore enjoys her first visit to the Sisters of Charity Drum Circle.
A GLOBAL PRESENCE OF BENEVOLENCE: SCS IN CHINA, 1928-1950 People the world over celebrated the Year of the Monkey on Feb. 8. The festivities serve as a reminder of the years of service the Sisters of Charity devoted to China, and, in general, of the global presence of benevolence they have managed to establish throughout their history.
THE HEARTBEAT OF THE SC MOTHERHOUSE Once a month the Sisters of Charity Drum Circle meets to rejoice in an afternoon of music and prayer through the playing of drums!
Editor Erin Reder
Director of Communications S. Georgia Kitt Executive Council Liaison S. Mary Bookser
Chinese Sisters, postulants and novices gather outside the front gate of the Motherhouse in 1949.
ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS Read more about the artwork and lives of our SC artists Sisters Ann Christine Bessler, Mary Gerard Cheng, Mary Alice McFarland, Irene McGee and more.
SPRING 2016
Intercom Staff
Graphic Design/Layout Michelle Bley
THE CALL Sisters Helen Fox, Joyce Brehm and Alice Ann O’Neill reflect on their decisions to enter the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati.
S. Helen Fox entered the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati in 1951, and again in 1980.
Intercom is the quarterly magazine of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati. This apostolic Catholic women’s religious community exists to carry out the Gospel of Jesus Christ through service and prayer in the world. Approximately 310 Sisters are joined in their mission by 206 Associates (lay women and men). Sisters, using their professional talents as ministers of education, health care, social services and environmental justice, live and minister in 26 U.S. dioceses and in Guatemala, Mexico and the West Indies. They also sponsor institutions to address education, health care and social service needs, with particular concern for direct service to the poor.
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This pictured window box was one of S. Mary Gerard Cheng’s unique creations.
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