The Sisters of Charity of New York serve the poor and disenfranchised...and we do so wherever we are needed. Our roots are in the New York metropolitan area, where a majority of our ministries are performed. However, we have also responded with enthusiasm to the call to serve God's needy people in distant cities, states, and countries.
At the request of the New York Archdiocese, our Congregation established its first foreign mission in the Bahamas in 1889. Today, one Sister of Charity of New York, Sister Joan Anderson, serves as the administrator of the Nazareth Center, a home for abused children and women in Nassau. The Sisters of Charity are proud of the many lay persons educated by them over the past one hundred years who are now actively involved in furthering the work of the Church in the islands of the Bahamas.
Today, we have five missionary Sisters ministering to the people of Guatemala. Sister Immaculata Burke, in Guatemala since 1971, administers health clinics in Novillero, Ixtahuacán, and Nahuala. She is also the Health Coordinator for the Diocese of Sololá. Sister Marie Tolle arrived in 1981. She prepares lay catechists and eucharistic ministers in Pacaxon, where the benefactors of the Sisters of Charity helped to rebuild the local church.
In Lemoa, in the Diocese of Quiché, Sister Mary Meyler has developed rehabilitation programs for recovering alcoholics. Sister Virginia Searing coordinators a mental health program which works with indigenous Mayan people to heal their memories of torture and the disappearance and killing of family members. Sister Eileen Judge, a registered nurse, is responsible for the health care of residents at Casa des Ancianos, a home for the elderly.
