By Sister Constance Veit, lsp Five years ago this month, life as we knew it came to a standstill. COVID-19 cast a pall over the entire world, forcing us to face our radical vulnerability and our powerlessness in the face of death. About a week after we had gone into …

by Sister Constance Veit, lsp During Pentecost weekend I participated in an historic event in New Haven, Connecticut. I was not there to take part in another protest at Yale University, or even to attend any of the graduation ceremonies taking place there. Instead, I joined hundreds of other Catholics …

By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Jan 16, 2024 / 15:30 pm A Supreme Court case being argued this week could have significant implications for a decade-long religious liberty battle fought by the Little Sisters of the Poor. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this week in Loper Bright Enterprises, Inc. …

by Sister Constance Veit, lsp Each October the Catholic Church in the United States observes Respect Life Month as a time to focus on the protection of God’s precious gift of human life. The theme of the month varies from year to year, but it usually concentrates our attention on …

It’s more than a retirement facility. It’s a real home, a family, a place where all are treated with love, compassion, dignity and respect, and all are welcomed as if they are Christ Himself. That’s how the Little Sisters of the Poor, staff, residents and residents’ family members and visitors …

By Sr Constance Veit, lsp Our motherhouse is located on a large property in a tiny village in rural France. With its old stone buildings, expansive pastures, flower gardens and shaded pathways, it’s a gorgeously bucolic setting and the most peaceful place I’ve ever been. During the year that I …

By Sr Constance Veit, lsp Thanksgiving will soon be upon us with its cornucopia of beloved traditions – from pilgrim scenes to turkey, pumpkin pie, parades and football. Today, however, the warm, nostalgic sentiments once associated with this holiday have been overshadowed by our 21st century indictment of the first …

by Jonah McKeown Denver, Colo., Aug 5, 2022 / 17:00 pm After years of service to the elderly in the Archdiocese of Denver, the Little Sisters of the Poor announced this week their intention to withdraw from a nursing home they have operated for more than a century, citing the …

(05/20/2022) – Today the Little Sisters of the Poor announced with sadness that they will be withdrawing from Saint Paul’s Archbishop Leibold Home in Cincinnati, Ohio. They also announced that Lackawanna Healthcare Associates plan to enter into an agreement to purchase the Home and maintain it as a senior living …

Volunteers Katy Riehle and her sister Nancy Bolander were presented with engraved desk clocks as Volunteers of the Year for their service to the Residents of St. Paul’s Home for the Aged in Clifton. Mother Superior Marie Edward Quinn, lsp and the Sisters who work and care for the Residents …