by John Freund, CM | Apr 4, 2014 | Vincentian Family
Sr. Mary McCormick, SC, gave a presentation on the Sisters of Charity of New York who served as Civil War nurses. It was part of a panel, “A City At War: New York’s Catholics and the American Civil War, 1860-1865,” held at the College of Mount Saint Vincent,...
by John Freund, CM | May 23, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
As we approach Memorial Day a Pennsylvania newspaper salutes the Daughters of Charity who served as nurses during the Civil War. “When the Daughters of Charity awakened June 27, 1863, the pastoral grounds of their Emmitsburg, Md,. property had become a Union...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 1, 2011 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
“The country had only 600 trained nurses at the start of the Civil War. All were Catholic nuns. This is one of the best-kept secrets in our nation’s history,” Civil War chaplain Father William Barnaby Faherty once said. Battlefield Angels: The Daughters of...
