The Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition is an organization of 13 congregations of religious women in the Catholic Church who trace their lineage to Saint Elizabeth Seton, Saint Vincent de Paul and Saint Louise de Marillac.
It was founded in 1947, in part to advocate Seton's canonization, but has since expanded its role. For instance, it serves as an advocate for the sisters' concern for the poor at the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
The federation of Sisters of Charity includes:
- Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul (France; five provinces in U.S.)
- Sisters of Charity of New York (New York City)
- Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (Kansas)
- Sisters of Charity of Nazareth (Kentucky)
- Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth (Convent Station, New Jersey)
- Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill (Pennsylvania)
- Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy (South Carolina)
- Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception (St. John, New Brunswick, Canada)
- Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul - Halifax (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
- same as Sisters of Charity of Halifax (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
- Vincentian Sisters of Charity (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
- Sisters of Saint Martha (Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada)
- Les Religieuses de Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur (Dieppe, New Brunswick)
- Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati
Famous quotes containing the words sisters, charity, federation and/or tradition:
“Good my lord,
You have begot me, bred me, loved me. I
Return those duties back as are right fit,
Obey you, love you, and most honor you.
Why have my sisters husbands if they say
They love you all? Haply, when I shall wed,
That lord whose hand must take my plight shall carry
Half my love with him, half my care and duty.
Sure I shall never marry like my sisters,
To love my father all.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Opening the door of charity can create problems.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Women realize that we are living in an ungoverned world. At heart we are all pacifists. We should love to talk it over with the war-makers, but they would not understand. Words are so inadequate, and we realize that the hatred must kill itself; so we give our men gladly, unselfishly, proudly, patriotically, since the world chooses to settle its disputes in the old barbarous way.”
—General Federation Of Women’s Clubs (GFWC)
“If we are related, we shall meet. It was a tradition of the ancient world, that no metamorphosis could hide a god from a god; and there is a Greek verse which runs, “The Gods are to each other not unknown.” Friends also follow the laws of divine necessity; they gravitate to each other, and cannot otherwise.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)