sister antona ebo at selma, circa 1960 women and spirit: catholic sisters in america
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Sister Antona Ebo at Selma, circa 1960
Women and Spirit:Catholic Sisters in America
www.womenandspirit.org
ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT
Women & Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America, a traveling American history exhibit, opens May 16 at Cincinnati Museum Center, documenting the sisters’ contributions to shaping America’s healthcare, educational and social justice
institutions. A three key box (pictured) , one of 70 artifacts gathered for the first time from over 400 sister communities, documents the way the sisters managed their money because, as women, they could not have bank
accounts.
ELDERLY CAREWomen & Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America, a traveling American history exhibit,
opens May 16 at Cincinnati Museum Center, documenting the sisters’ contributions to shaping America’s healthcare, educational and social justice institutions.
Pictured is Sister Madeleva with an elderly patient.
SOCIAL JUSTICESupporting social justice causes is documented at Women & Spirit: Catholic Sisters in
America, a traveling American history exhibit, opening May 16 at Cincinnati Museum Center, depicting the sisters’ contributions to shaping America’s social and cultural landscape. Pictured
is Anne Curtis, a Sister of Mercy speaking out for NETWORK, a national Catholic social justice lobby, c. 2005.
POLITICAL ACTIVISM
Women & Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America, a traveling American history exhibit, opens May 16 at Cincinnati Museum Center, documenting the sisters’ contributions to shaping America’s
educational, healthcare and social justice institutions. During the 1960’s and 1970’s, the nation’s social upheaval, coupled with the renewal of the Second Vatican Council, motivated sister
communities as peace and social justice became more central to their mission. (Photo courtesy of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Family.)
IMMIGRANT AID
Iconic image is part of Women & Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America, a traveling American history exhibit, opening May 16 at Cincinnati Museum Center, documenting the sisters’ contributions to
shaping America’s social and cultural landscape. Six Sisters of Mary of the Presentation (pictured) took part in a great European migration, arriving from France to North Dakota in 1902,
to offer aid to immigrants. (Photo courtesy of Sisters of Mary of the Presentation.)
FOUNDLINGS
Before the current infant drop-off policy at local hospitals, sisters initiated procedures for unwanted children. Women & Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America, a traveling American history exhibit, opens May 16 at Cincinnati Museum Center, documenting the sisters’ contributions to shaping America’s educational, healthcare and social justice institutions. Pictured is a sister of
Charity of New York at the New York Foundling Hospital, c. 1920, whose mission continues today. (Photo courtesy of the Sisters of Charity of New York.)
SOCIAL JUSTICESocial justice causes, uniting sisters of all races, are documented at Women & Spirit: Catholic Sisters
in America, a traveling American history exhibit, opening May 16 at Cincinnati Museum Center, depicting the sisters’ contributions to shaping America’s social and cultural landscape. Dolores Bundy (pictured) listens intently at a 1970’s religious vocation conference, showing support for
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s nonviolent movement for change. (Photo courtesy of the Oblate Sisters of Providence.)
EDUCATION
Women & Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America, a traveling American history exhibit, opens May 16 at Cincinnati Museum Center, documenting the sisters’ contributions to shaping America’s
educational, healthcare and social justice institutions. Today almost 10% of 63,000 sisters teach 2.5 million students in Catholic elementary and high schools. Sister Lila Sciabica (pictured)
teaches student at Sacred Heart Elementary School in Carbondale, PA. (Photo courtesy of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Scranton, PA.)
HOSPITAL CARE
Women & Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America, a traveling American history exhibit, opens May 16 at Cincinnati Museum Center, documenting the sisters’ contributions to shaping America’s
healthcare, educational and social justice institutions. Benedictine Sisters (pictured) anticipate the completion of St Anthony’s Hospital in Bemidji, Minnesota in 1900. Before workers’ compensation
was mandated by law most laborers went without coverage. The sisters made healthcare affordable by selling “Lumberjack Tickets” (from $1.00 - $9.00) and guaranteed medical care in
Benedictine hospitals. (Photos courtesy Benedictines of Duluth.)
MEDICAL INNOVATIONWomen & Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America, a traveling American history exhibit, opens
May 16 at Cincinnati Museum Center, documenting the sisters’ contributions to shaping America’s healthcare, educational and social justice institutions. Sr. Hilary
Ross (pictured) was an outstanding scientist and award-winning medical photography who authored over 40 scientific papers on the biochemistry of leprosy. (Photo
courtesy Daughters of Charity.)
SOCIAL JUSTICE
War is not the answer -- Evolution of support for social justice causes such as global peace and non-violence is documented at Women & Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America, a
traveling American history exhibit, opening May 16 at Cincinnati Museum Center, depicting the sisters’ contributions to shaping America’s social and cultural landscape.
Thank a Catholic sister today!Support this project and send your notes
to:
Jane Burke, SSNDat the Leadership Conference
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