Mem-bits This column by S. Benedicta Mahoney offers brief glimpses of the past, tiny bits of memories. Do you remember? Were you there? Did you know? Feb. 9, 1853 – First election of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati took place in the Community Room of St. Peter Orphan Asylum. Mother Margaret George and four “officers” were chosen to lead the 24-member community. July 1908 – The Catholic education Association (later NCeA) held its fifth annual meeting. The Sisters of Charity at the Motherhouse provided accommodations for 50 Sisters from various communities.
S. Charles Regina O’Flynn was the first supervisor of Sisters of Charity schools, 1893-1901.
March 21, 1953 – The General Chapter approved the General Council’s plan to establish three regions in the Congregation: (1) Archdiocese of Cincinnati and Maryland; (2) other dioceses of Ohio and Michigan; (3) Colorado and New Mexico.
Aug. 18, 1959 – The Congregation opened its first mission in Texas – Sacred heart School, Conroe, in the Diocese of Galveston. Because of its distance from other Sisters of Charity houses, the school was turned over to the Sisters of the Incarnate Word in 1967.
In Memoriam Please visit “In Memoriam” at www.srcharitycinti.org for biographical information and reflections on the Sisters of Charity and Associates who have died. May our Sisters and Associates enjoy the fruits of their labor as well as peace with their God. S. Maria Fidelis Ritter May 17, 2011 Associate Betty Berwanger May 12, 2011 S. Theresina Ross May 12, 2011 Associate Mary Jo Inman April 2, 2011 S. Mary Mark Sullivan March 23, 2011 S. Mary Matthew Gmucs March 4, 2011 S. Anna Marie Lammert Feb. 23, 2011
Sisters Francetta Hanlon, Rose Colette Casey, William Mary O’Connor (principal) and Margaret Helene Ralph were the first faculty members at Sacred Heart School in Conroe, Texas.
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S. Joan Rutterer Feb. 12, 2011 S. Mary Robers Feb. 11, 2011 3