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Sunday, May 27th, 2012

Sister Justine Cyr knew she wanted to become a religious, and the warmth and kindness of the Sisters of Bon Secours led her to become a sister in 1952.  “It was the humanness of the sisters I met that influenced my decision to become a part of the Congregation of Bon Secours,” says Sr. Justine.  A 1957 graduate of the Bon Secours School of Nursing, she served for many years at Bon Secours’ hospitals nationwide, first as pediatric head nurse in Baltimore, Md. and Methuen, Mass., then as director of Nursing Services at Methuen, Mass., and Grosse Pointe, Mich.; and finally as administrator at Grosse Pointe.  In 1964, she earned her bachelor’s in nursing.

From 1973-77, she was health facilities coordinator for the Sisters of Bon Secours, U.S.A., and was instrumental in creating Bon Secours Health System.  During those years, she also held the positions of provincial councillor and provincial secretary and treasurer.  From 1979-89, she served two terms as provincial of … continue reading…


Thursday, May 24th, 2012

“From the beginning, Mary, under the title of Our Lady Help of Christians, has been our principal patroness. Devotion to her remains a special mark of the Sisters of Bon Secours. In Mary we recognize the one who, by her virginal consecration, realized fully the perfection to which we are called.  Beloved of the Father, intimately united to His Son, led by the Holy Spirit, Mary gave herself entirely to the mystery of redemption. In our apostolic life, Mary is our example of generosity, compassion, and prompt help to those in need” (CBS Constitutions, #31).

Today we celebrate the Sisters of Bon Secours Feast Day

“From the earliest days of our foundation, an important dimension of our prayer has been praying with the sick and the dying and their families, asking God to fill them with strength, courage, peace and healing. This form of prayer continues to be vital in our ministering to the sick.…our Bon Secours theology remains always an unfinished endeavor. Because it emerges … continue reading…


Monday, May 7th, 2012

 

Sisters of Bon Secours

cordially invites single, Catholic women to attend a

Picnic Lunch
with
Mary and Sister Pat

on Saturday, June 16, 2012

from Noon until 2:00 p.m.

1525 Marriottsville Road, Marriottsville, MD 21104

(near Baltimore)

PLEASE R.S.V.P. CBSVocations@bshsi.org
or 877-742-0277 (toll-free)

 

Spend a few hours at lunch with Mary, a lovely statue on the beautiful grounds of our Provincial House (near Baltimore, MD).  Sister Pat will be ordering pizza, having prayer time, and answering your questions about vocations.  

Plan to be nourished, physically AND spiritually, so bring your appetite! 

You are also invited to stay for the afternoon and visit our Labyrinth, Peace Gardencontinue reading…


Friday, April 20th, 2012

Congratulations Sister Fran!

Sister Fran Gorsuch, CBS, is scheduled to receive a special Advocate Award from One 2 One, Inc.

The award will be presented during their annual Hands of Hope Gala celebrating the 15th anniversary of one to one learning.
About One 2 One, Inc.

One to One Learning, Inc. is a not-for profit, incorporated, outreach organization, founded by the Dominican Congregation of Our Lady of the Rosary, Sparkill, New York. Our mission is to provide English classes and other supportive services for immigrants to empower them to reach their full potential and to lead meaningful lives in the communities in which they live. At day and evening designated sites, the volunteer teachers and directors take a holistic approach in assisting students to achieve their individual objectives through small learning groups. This format encourages interaction that leads to building bridges of … continue reading…


Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

For the Sisters of Bon Secours, whom brighten and enrich my life, I am thankful.  For my Mother and my family, I am thankful.  For the women in discernment, I am thankful.  For my coworkers and fellow religious, I am thankful.  For each day that awakens the Earth, I am thankful.  For all living creatures on this planet, I am thankful.  For the fresh, life-sustaining air that we breathe each day, I am thankful.  For the individuality so creatively engineered within each of us by God, I am thankful.  For YOU, I am thankful. 

May you find Peace, Love, and Happiness this Thanksgiving Holiday!

Sister Pat
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Thanksgiving in North America originated from a mix of European and Native traditions. Typically in Europe, festivals were held before and after the harvest cycles to give thanks for a good harvest. Native Americans also celebrated the end of a harvest season. When Europeans first arrived in the Americas, they brought with them their own harvest festival traditions from Europe, celebrating their … continue reading…


Thursday, July 21st, 2011

“] MARRIOTTSVILLE, Md. Sr. Katherine Ann Durney, CBS, celebrates 65 years with the Sisters of Bon Secours. Born in Wilmington, Del., she attended St. ThomasLore & Bayard Grade School and Wilmington High School. Sr. Katherine Ann graduated from St. Francis School of Nursing in Wilmington and received her nursing home administrator license in 1977. In 1987, Sr. Katherine Ann became a certified pastoral care chaplain and ministered to patients and residents in Bon Secours
health facilities. She is now retired and volunteers at Bon Secours Assisted Living facility in Norfolk, Va.

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 who are sick, suffering, poor or dying. Whether in health care, education or social services, in hospitals, senior care facilities, clinics or parishes, in towns and cities or isolated villages, Bon Secours responds to … continue reading…


Thursday, July 21st, 2011

Sr. Fran Gorsuch meets God in the faces of those she helps. “My spirituality is at the moment of encounter— to bee there, to hear their nee ds. As sisters, we’re called to universal love. Some people may not appear lovable, but you get to know them. We’re all so much more alike than wee are different,” she says. Sr. Fran sees our similarities in an unlikely place: among immigrants from Haiti, Latin America, Russia, India, Pakistan, and the Middle East, now living in Rockland County, outside of New York City. As director of Community Initiatives with Bon Secours Charity Health System’s Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, NY, Sr. Fran advocates for disadvantaged people in communities that have some of the fastest growing immigrant populations. She helps people who need medical care by connecting them with appropriate caregivers, including Good Samaritan. Sr. Fran is part of the Rockland County Immigration Coalition, an organization that helps defend and protect their rights and human dignity of all who seek to … continue reading…


Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

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.


Thursday, March 24th, 2011

 We are happy to share this news of our sisters in Peru.  Amabilia Arriaga Garcia, Joana Castillo Segura, and Yovani Martinez Carbajal took their temporary profession of vows on March 19 in Lima, Peru.  This step in the formation process was approved in January when Sisters Pat Eck and Rose Marie Jasinski, USA country leader, joined other leaders from Peru, France, and Ireland for congregation team meetings at the Sisters of Bon Secours Formation House in Peru.  After accepting the request for the three novices to take their temporary vows, the leaders were able to share the happy news with them in person. 

The three sisters started the formation process as candidates before becoming novices.  The candidacy phase involved the women living with a group of Sisters of Bon Secours while learning about the methods of prayer and discovering their talents and gifts.  After requesting to move to the novitiate phase, they spent two years studying the principles of … continue reading…


Sunday, February 6th, 2011

The Catholic Church celebrates today as World Day of Consecrated Life.  Pope Benedict in his homily today entitled: “A Life Dedicated to Listening and to Proclaiming His Word”  said: (Permalink: http://www.zenit.org/article-31648?l=english

Dear brothers and sisters, be assiduous listeners of the Word, because every wisdom of life is born of the Word of the Lord! Be scrutinizers of the Word, through Lectio Divina, because consecrated life “is born from listening to the Word of God and accepting the Gospel as its norm of life. To live following the chaste, poor and obedient Christ is in this way a living “exegesis” of the Word of God. The Holy Spirit, in the strength of which the Bible was written, is the same who illumines the Word of God to men and women founders with new light. From it flows every charism and every rule is an expression of it, giving origin to itineraries of Christian life marked by evangelical radicalism” (post sydinol   apostolic exhortation “Verbum Domini,” No. 83). 

In … continue reading…


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