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…
Congratulations Sister Fran!
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. 
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
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 … 
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. 
