Our Sisters

Sister Maureen Bernius

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“I love the children. I just love serving them.” This is how S. Maureen Bernius describes her current ministry as the School Nurse at Saint Francis of Assisi School is Astoria, NY.


Sister Edna Walsh

Sister Edna Walsh (left) with Lori Kemp

Sister Edna has served as a spiritual director for 25 years, journeying with persons from all walks of life.


Sister Anne Veronica MacNeil

Sister Anne Veronica (second on left) during Centering Prayer at Caritas Residence

For the past 12 years, Sister Anne has practiced and offered Centering Prayer to others. Her only desire now is to help people find their true self and deepen their union with God.


Meet Sister Angela Stodolski

Sister Angela Stodolski

Sister Angela Stodolski teaches penmanship at the De La Salle School in Freeport, NY


Meet Sister Joanne

Sisters Joanne (right) and Catherine Angela Fortuna pack brown bag lunches for the local food pantry

Sister Joanne Kmiec’s deep-rooted care for the earth goes back to her youth and the influence of her forward-thinking parents


Meet Sister Grazyna

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Sister Grazyna shares her story about being a teacher with breast cancer and about students who support raising money for the cause.


Meet Sister Pat

Sister Pat Wilson

Sister Pat Wilson is a Community Chaplain, working with men and women returning from federal prisons, helping them reintegrate into their communities.


Meet Sister Eileen Therese

It is that spirit of community service that brought Sister Eileen Therese Boyle to the Westlock District Food Bank Association 10 years ago.


Meet Sister Gertie

Sister Gertie Jocksch, Eco-theology

For Sister Gertie Jocksch, seeing God in everything is not just a theory, but a way of life


Meet Sister Gabriela Villela

Sister Gabriela Villela with children in La Victoria, Peru

The seeds of hope planted by the Seton Way Group from Edmonton, AB keep growing in La Victoria, Peru.


Meet Our Leadership Team

Every six years, the Sisters of Charity – Halifax convene to decide on future directions for the Congregation and to choose a new Leadership Team that will guide the Congregation


Meet Sister Mary

Sister Mary Sweeney is a Campus Minister at Boston College

Sister Mary Sweeney is a campus minister at Boston College in Massachusetts.


Meet Sister Nancy

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“We as Sisters of Charity-Halifax need to be a voice for the voiceless.”


Meet Sister Joan

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“I believe that it’s only by trusting in God and desiring to be an agent of change that change happens,” Sister Joan Dawber, Executive Director and Founder of LifeWay Network: Collaborating to Combat Human Trafficking.


Meet Sister Susan

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“Instead of making immigrants the scapegoats of the crisis, we must all work together to create lasting solutions beneficial to everyone,” Sister Susan Smolinsky.


Meet Sister Marie Elena

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“I really believe it’s the world movement of citizens which is going on right now that will bring about changes. It’s not going to be the governments, it’s going to be the world movement of citizens,” says Sister Marie Elena Dio.


Meet Sister Eileen

Eileen Schulenburg, Prison Ministry, New York, Rikers Island (3)

“When I look into the women’s faces, I experience God in so many ways. “I am humbled by their openness, by the pain of their lives and by their courage, ” Sister Eileen Schulenburg, Chaplain at the women’s prison on Rikers Island, NY.


Meet Sister Yvonne

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Sister Yvonne Pothier, a local activist for refugees in Halifax, NS, travels to Africa to meet her grace.


Meet Sister Marie

Sister Marie Sorenson

Sister Marie reflects back on her 25 years as a Sister of Charity-Halifax.


Meet Sister Joan

Sister with volunteer Doula class of 2009

“I love being a Doula; it’s a privilege.” Sister Joan O’Keefe supports women during pregnancy, labour, delivery and early parenting.


Meet Sister Ann

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Retired Sisters make sandwiches for the Out of the Cold Homeless Shelter in downtown Halifax, NS.