Sisters of Charity Federation
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Overview
The Federation has approximately 4,000 members in 13 independent Congregations in the United States and Canada who trace their roots to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and/ or to St. Vincent De Paul and St. Louise de Marillac, as well as the five U.S. Provinces of the Daughters of Charity.
The Mission Statement of the Federation is:Impelled by Christ's love and joined together in the mission of Charity, we, the Sisters of Charity Federation, respond to the cries of those who are poor and marginalized.The Vision Statement of the Federation is:
Impelled by the Gospel charism of Charity, we commit ourselves to be in solidarity with our sisters and brothers who are poor and marginalized. We will use the energy of our love, the gifts and talents of the members of our communities, and our material and spiritual resources to collaborate in the creation of systemic change locally and globally for the common good of all.
On March 28, 2007, Sister Mary Ann Daly, formerly the Administrative Assistant, became the Executive Director of the Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition.
Sr. Mary Ann assists the Executive Committee in fulfilling the tasks assigned by the members at the annual meeting. She serves as liaison to various organizations and committees in the Charity Family for the Federation.
above, right: Board of Directors of the Federation in March, 2008: Seated from left: Mary Ann Daly SC, Executive Director; Mary Frances Hildenberger DC, Treasurer; Barbara Hagedorn SC, President; Rhoda Kay Glunk VSC, Vice President; Bridget Sullivan, Secretary. Second row from left: Marlene Mondalek SC, Anita Holmes SCIC, Shalini D'Souza SCN, Catherine Norris DC, Judith Fitzgerald NDSC, Dorothy Metz SC. Back: Theresa Parker CSM, Maureen Hall SCL, Margaret Keaveny DC, Rose Logan DC, Maureen Shaughnessy SC. Not pictured: Donna Geernaert SC and Ellen Kron DC. - Large image
Members
- Daughters of Charity, provinces of the United States
- Daughters of Charity - Northeast Province www.dc-northeast.org
- Daughters of Charity - Southeast Province www.thedaughtersofcharity.org/
- Daughters of Charity - East Central Province www.doc-ecp.org
- Daughters of Charity - West Central Province www.daughters-of-charity.org/
- Daughters of Charity - Western Province www.daughtersofcharity.com
- Religieuses de Notre-Dame-du-Sacre-Coeur
- Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati
- Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Halifax
- Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception, Saint John
- Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth
- Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
- Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy
- Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth
- Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, New York
- Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill
- Vincentian Sisters of Charity
- Sisters of St. Martha
History
The Federation developed in part to advocate for the Cause for canonization for Elizabeth Bayley Seton.
Following efforts by Sister Isabel Toohey, D.C., provincial of the Daughters of Charity, Eastern Province, to facilitate reconciliation between various foundations of the Sisters of Charity and the Daughters of Charity in North America, the Conference of Mother Seton's Daughters convened October 28-29, 1947 in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The Cause was the primary focus of the Conference.
The Conference remained loosely organized until 1965. The Decree on the Adaptation and Renewal of Religious Life, Perfectae Caritatis, proclaimed on October 25, 1965 by Pope Paul VI stated that:
Independent institutes and monasteries should, when opportune and the Holy See permits, form federations if they can be considered as belonging to the same religious family. Others who have practically identical constitutions and rules and a common spirit should unite, particularly when they have too few members. Finally, those who share the same or a very similar active apostolate should become associated, one to the other.
The Conference developed into a federation in response to this guidance.
External Links
Perfectae Caritatis: Decree on the Adaptation and Renewal of Religious Life
