The Catholic high school where Sister Mary McCaffrey teaches the sacraments and moral theology is in Westchester County, a coronavirus hotspot from the virus’ early days in New York State. Instruction moved online with a strict schedule — teachers make assignments by 8:00 a.m., students complete work that day and teachers are to have grades [...]
After serving her fellow sisters as a member of the congregation’s Leadership team for eight years, Sister Roberta Smith was open to a new ministry. When a friend approached her about teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) to adults, she agreed. “There is a Hispanic population down in the Bronx that needs help with [...]
Sister Grace Michael Souza has ministered as an elementary school teacher in New York, New Jersey and since 1982, in Hawaii. Later this year she will retire as a preschool teacher at the St. Francis Intergenerational Center of St. Francis Healthcare System and return to Syracuse, New York where she will live at Franciscan Villa. [...]