Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (SCL)

News & Announcements

Join us for Taize prayer

Persons of all Christian traditions are invited to participate in Taizé prayer on Thursday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m. in Annunciation Chapel on the campus of the Mother House of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, 4200 S. 4th Street, Leavenworth, Kan.Taizé...

Day to combine prayer, clay

Two Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth artists will facilitate a playful and contemplative approach to shaping earthenware clay while exploring transformation during a day of prayer titled “I am the potter …” on Saturday, Feb. 22 in Marillac Center,...

‘Warm hearts’ in Helena

“Warm Hearts: a drive for new blankets and towels to gift the poor on Valentine’s Day” is in its third year as an ecumenical ministry of the SCL Associates of Helena, Mont. This includes SCL Associates (left to right in photo) Bobby Lavinder, Marion...

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...

Statement on Climate Crisis

With the belief that climate change is real, it's a crisis, and it requires our immediate action and prayers, the 22 members of the Care of Creation Committee of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth have approved the following statement. The Benedictine...

SCL leader to keynote gathering in Rome

Sister Constance Phelps will give the keynote address on Saturday, Jan. 11, for the international meeting of the Vincentian Family in Rome, Italy. Sister Constance is Community Director of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (SCLs). Two additional SCLs...

Being a presence at the border

Following her December 2019 volunteer experience assisting migrants in Tucson, Ariz., two contrasting images remain with Sister Phyllis Stowell, SCL.She will never forget the rows of barbed wire at the border crossing in Nogales, Mexico, an hour south of...