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Sweet Treats and Community Spirit on the SCL Campus

The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Mission Team hosted a lively Trunk or Treat on the Mother House campus on Friday, October 24....

Learning from the Earth and Its People in Peru

The Integral Ecology Initiative (IEI) continues to be the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth’s holistic response to the interconnected crises of climate change, environmental degradation, and deepening social inequities....
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Growing Justice: An Integral Approach to Food Sustainability

Through the efforts of two USM faculty members, students will have a practical experience of caring for the earth and the poor....
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A Shared Commitment to the Earth and One Another

The IEI is a way of expressing the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Community's mission. It responds to the urgent “Cry of the Earth and the Cry of the Poor.”...

The Spirit of Charity Alive in Colorado: Associate Days 2025

The following reflection is written by Don Stubbings, Director of SCL Associates, who recently traveled to Colorado for the 2025 Associate Days gathering...

Care and Justice: IEI at Work in Peru

On September 8, the Integral Ecology Initiative partnered with the Santa Julia Health Center to host the first in a series of educational talks addressing social needs for the residents...

Charged with Presence, Alive with Change

October, the middle of the autumn season, vibrates with change....
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On Pope Francis and His Journey to Take the Church to the Peripheries

The changes effected by Pope Francis marked a new stage in the reception of the vision and reforms of Vatican II in the Church’s turn from ecclesio-centrism to its missionary...

Mary Lou Anderson Named 2025 Vincentian Charism Award Recipient

We are pleased to announce that Mary Lou Anderson of Leavenworth, Kansas, is the 2025 recipient of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (SCL) Community’s Vincentian Charism Award....

Ministry of Prayer and Presence

Sister Katherine Mary Westhues Sister Katherine Mary Westhues reflects that her early prayer and faith life were shaped by her father’s faith. “God was always near him. It was a...

Listening to Creation, Seeking Peace

By Judith Jackson, SCL As autumn approaches here in the Midwest, we are deeply aware of the Season of Creation. We daily listen to the cries of creation in its...

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Sisters Share Recollections, Prayers, and Hopes for New Pope

Several SCLs have happy recollections of now-Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Prevost, and before that “Father Bob.”...