Martin Luther King Day

In honor of Martin Luther King Day, here are links to two previous blog posts on King’s connections with the Daughters of Charity

DCs and Civil Rights Movement (January 24, 2013)

DCs and march to Montgomery (March 26, 2013)

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In Memoriam: Sisters Gaynelle Barrett, Mary Joseph Clarke, Alexis Paolozzi

We pray for the repose of the soul of the Daughters of Charity who have died in recent days.

Sister Gaynelle Barrett
Died at Seton Residence, Evansville, Indiana
January 14, 2015
100 years of age, 41 years of vocation

Sister Mary Joseph Clarke
Died at Seton Residence, Evansville, Indiana
January 10, 2015
96 years of age and 72 years of vocation

Sister Alexis Paolozzi
Died at St. Louise House, Albany, NY
January 8, 2015
99 years of age and 79 years of vocation

May they rest in peace.

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Feast Day of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Elizabeth Ann Seton

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, August 28, 1774 – January 4, 1821 (used with permission of Daughters of Charity Archives)

Today, January 4, is the feast day of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.

For an account of Mother Seton’s death by her spiritual director, Simon Gabriel Bruté, see our
January 4, 2014 blog post.

2015 marks the 40th anniversary of Mother Seton’s canonization.

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