Sisters mark the beginning of the end

Sisters of Charity assembly votes not to take new sisters, wind down after 200 years

By Gary Larkin

Posted 5/4/23

The Sisters of Charity of New York have started the process of winding down its 200+year-old sisterhood congregation after its delegates voted April 13 to begin a “path to completion.”

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