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The Sisters of Charity - Halifax is an international organization of almost 500 members, based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Sisters serve across Canada, the Eastern United States, Bermuda, the Dominican Republic and Peru in the following ministries:
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The mission of the Sisters of Charity - Halifax is to give joyful witness to love: the love of God, of one another, and of all persons. "Corporately and individually, we strive to develop a sensitivity toward those whom the world oppresses, to right in great ways or small the injustices we see around us, to heal the wounds of the embittered, to speak peace to the troubled, to urge the mighty to right
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| wrongs." (Constitutions). We live our mission through loving presence, through prayer, through ministry to others. |
| The charism of the Sisters of Charity - Halifax is rooted in the tradition of Saints Elizabeth Ann Seton, Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac. |
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| The Congregation is a member of numerous religious and professional organizatons including the Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition -- more than 5,000 Sisters from 13 Congregations which trace their roots to Saints Elizabeth Ann Seton, Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac. |
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