Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (SCL)

News & Announcements

Vincentian Charism Award

SCLs Present Second Vincentian Charism Award The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (SCLs) have announced that Irene Caudillo of Kansas City, Kan., is the second recipient of the Community’s recently established Vincentian Charism Award. “We are pleased to acknowledge...

Marillac programs cancelled

Marillac Center has cancelled its programs until further notice due to concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic. This includes Taize prayer, retreats and other programs. As the retreat and spirituality center resumes programming, we will keep you...

2020 Art Invitational

The Sisters and Associates of Charity Invite you to enter into a place of contemplation and refreshment. Be nourished within your spirit by the beauty of the arts as all true art is but the foreshadowing of an encounter with The Holy. You may choose to comment on your...

COVID-19 precautions adopted

During this unprecedented time of concerns related to COVID-19 and its impact on vulnerable populations, the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (SCLs) are taking precautionary measures in their Leavenworth, Kan., facilities. Effective March 13 and until...

SCL receives Mayoral Award

Sister Vickie Perkins received the Mayor’s Award for Community Service during the Feb. 25 meeting of the Leavenworth City Commission. Sister Vickie is pictured with Mayor Myron Griswold, who presented the award. The City of Leavenworth initiated this award...

LCWR Statement

A message from the SCL Council: As members of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, we stand with the other more than 1300 leaders of Catholic sisters nationwide as we make this statement: The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) joins with the...

Space Age Santa

"When the SCL lit up Christmas trees on Mars" by Tonya Crawford, SCL Archivist In late 1959, Christmas was coming and the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth had a brainstorm, which was to create their own Christmas songs. Two compositions, Space Age Santa Claus and...

Vincentian Charism Award

SCLs Present Second Vincentian Charism Award The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (SCLs) have announced that Irene Caudillo of Kansas City, Kan., is the second recipient of the Community’s recently established Vincentian Charism Award. “We are pleased to acknowledge...

MLK Day service project

For the third consecutive year, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (SCLs) and SCL employees participated in a service project on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in collaboration with Heart to Heart International. Heart to Heart International provides water and...

Brushes with saints

Two different times in her life as a Sister of Charity of Leavenworth, Sister Dolores Erman has had encounters with a saint and with a person who knew one.First, the brush with a saint by association. Around 1966, while serving as principal of a grade...