“] MARRIOTTSVILLE, Md. Sr. Alice M. Talone, CBS, celebrates 50 years with the Sisters of Bon Secours. Born in Bryn Mawr, Pa., Sr. Alice attended St. Colman’s Grade School and Villa Maria Academy and is a graduate of Bon Secours Nursing School in Baltimore. She received a B.S.N. from the University of Pennsylvania and M.A. in pastoral ministry from Trinity College in Washington, D.C.

Sr. Alice has served as a nurse, pastoral associate and patient advocate, working for many years at Bon Secours Hospital in West Baltimore. In the Congregation, she has served as vocation director and, most recently, president of the Sisters of Bon Secours, a position she held until 2009. She is also a member of the Bon Secours Health System’s board of directors and its committees.

The Congregation of the Sisters of Bon Secours, a religious congregation of Roman Catholic women founded in Paris in 1824, brings compassion, healing and liberation to those it serves, especially those … continue reading…

Many grateful senior citizens can now list their home address at 3020 Garrison Boulevard, Baltimore–The Wayland Village Senior Apartments.  This new 89 unit apartment building opened on May 20 with a ribbon cutting and building consecration ceremony.  This Bon Secours project offers affordable rental housing to seniors with one and two bedroom apartments.  The Wayland Village apartment building is the latest addition in the Bon Secours housing projects, bringing the total seniors, adults with disabilities and families served to 650!

Samuel Ross, M.D., CEO of Bon Secours Baltimore Health System, said, “When the Sisters of Bon Secours came to Baltimore in 1881, they knew they were starting a new ministry, but could not have imagined what that ministry would lead to in the 21st century.  Today we celebrate that we are blessed to offer seniors many wonderful apartments that are part of a true community.  This indeed is ‘Good … continue reading…

Today, the Sisters of Bon Secours celebrate the Feast of Our Lady Help of Christians.  With this prayer, we remember our many blessings and ask for favor where we serve.

Mary, we come before you as a Congregation dedicated to you,
look favorably on our sisters in all the countries where we serve…
animate us with a loving prayerful spirit,
send generous women to us to help us to extend
the healing work of your Son on earth. 
May we be the echo of your “fiat” when God calls upon us.
May we be your goodness to those you wish to aid.
May the Spirit of the Lord help us,
especially in moments of difficulty, to repeat with you,
“Behold the handmaid of the Lord.”

(Prayer for the Congregation; Act of Consecration to Our Lady of Bon Secours)

The monthly forum for the staff at the Leadership Office and Spiritual Center was held April 27 and included a discussion about the Sisters of Bon Secours Mission Focus Statement and a special ceremony honoring Earth Day. 

Sister Rose Marie Jasinski, Country Leader, reviewed the Sisters of Bon Secours’ Mission Focus Statement, which was introduced in 2009:  We, Women of Healing, commit ourselves to defend and care for all of creation; to cry out with others against injustice and all that diminishes life on Earth.
Sr. Rose Marie shared, “For me this statement that we’ve adopted broadens the scope of our healing and caring mission to all of creation.”  She emphasized the importance of carrying out this mission in day to day life and work at the Leadership Office and Spiritual Center.  The staff also had a moment to share the various ways they care for all of creation and how the work environment benefits.  Employees shared different examples of how co-workers go above and beyond … continue reading…

This summer the Sisters of Bon Secours will be hosting a short-term service project for young, single women, ages 18 to 35, who have a willingness to serve those in need. Project Good Help will be held in July. Volunteers will need to arrive in the evening on Thursday, the 21st and will finish up in the morning on Tuesday the 26th. The women will stay at the Sister’s headquarters in Marriottsville, MD and work in nearby Baltimore city at a community garden, a drop-in center for women, a family support/learning center and a senior housing center.  This will be an excellent opportunity to serve the less fortunate and make a difference in the community.  

During this service opportunity, the volunteers will be able to share their experience with sisters and apply it to their own lives.  Each day will also be bathed in prayer and reflection. 

Interested in learning more?  Click Here for more information about Project Good Help and to access our online PDF application.

With Christians throughout the world, we celebrate the solemnity of Easter, the feat of Christ’s resurrection from the dead: liberation from sin, hope for the world.

Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed.  John 20:8  

The Resurrection of our Lord is the central mystery of Christian faith. It is also the central hope of daily human existence. With the Resurrection we can be certain that suffering and death is not the final word on the human condition. This is the deepest source of Christian hope. And it is the wellspring of true Christian joy.  On Easter Sunday God’s Word bursts forth in a joyful hymn of praise as the Church resounds with Alleluias.  Our Lenten observance now finds its fullest meaning.  As the message of Easter resounds in our minds and hearts, the truth of Jesus’ Resurrection … continue reading…