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Author Angie Kim shares that she was inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s famous book, The Little Prince, when she was a child in Seoul, Korea. Her attention riveted on these lines: “One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs and …

[Cincinnati, OH] Margaret “Peggy” McCabe of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, age 80, passed away on April 7, 2024. The daughter of Irish immigrants, McCabe was born May 27, 1943, in Philadelphia. As a child, she was educated in Catholic parish schools and at West Catholic High School. …

[Cincinnati, OH] Rosemary Wack of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, age 95, passed away on March 24, 2024. Born February 18, 1929, Wack survived scarlet fever and the Great Depression. She was educated at Julienne High School in Dayton and was called to enter the Notre Dame de …

Washington D.C., Feb 11, 2021 / 04:10 pm MT (CNA).- Black Catholic nuns have made manifold contributions to the Church in the United States, and theirs is a story that needs to be told, one historian says. Generations of black Catholic women “fought against racism in order to answer God’s …

by Kevin J. Jones Washington D.C., Jan 20, 2020 / 16:17 pm Last year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day marked the first without Sister Mary Antona Ebo, the only black Catholic nun who marched with civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma, Ala in 1965. “I’m …

DELHI TOWNSHIP, OHIO – Nov. 10, 2023 – Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Teresa Dutcher died Nov. 5, 2023 at the age of 74 in Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati. Sister Teresa was born on Nov. 9, 1948 to Rex and Barbara (Winslow) Dutcher in Lansing, Michigan. She was the oldest …

Harrison resident Linda Doyle recently deepened her relationship with the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. On Saturday, Oct. 21, Linda made a commitment as a Providence Associate, joining 19 other 2023 associates choosing to walk more closely with the Sisters of Providence. Providence Associates are women and men …

By Francesca Pollio Fenton Denver, Colo., Sep 8, 2023 / 13:45 pm The Washington Nationals Major League Baseball team hosted a “Ladies Night” at the ballpark on Aug. 31. Nationals pitcher Trevor Williams took it as an opportunity to invite religious women from the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, to the event. …

By Martin Barillas Detroit, Mich., Sep 6, 2023 / 08:30 am For some people, a refreshing ice cream treat on a scorching summer day is like a taste of heaven. All the more so perhaps if it’s in the company of dozens of joyful Catholic nuns. On Aug. 16, Merrill Dairy …

Mozser, Sister Mary Ann, 84, died peacefully Aug. 31 at Hospice of Dayton. Born in 1938 in Cleveland, Ohio, she entered the Sisters of the Precious Blood, Dayton, Ohio, January 14, 1956. For 67 years, she faithfully served God and His people, and her religious Congregation. A Mass of Christian …