Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth

06/12/2026

On June 13, 1871, the newly consecrated Bishop Louis Mary Fink, OSB, arrived in Leavenworth to take up the position of co-adjutor bishop. With Bishop Miege soon gone on a two-year journey to raise funds to pay off the new Cathedral, Bishop Fink found himself, in practice, the bishop in charge.

06/11/2026

The Diocese of Helena, Montana, had been working in Guatemala and, due to the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth’s long history in Helena, had asked the Sisters to help with the Guatemalan missions. On June 11, 1966, the Council voted to partner in the work and send Sisters.

06/10/2026

On June 10, 1998, the City of Leavenworth honored the arrival of the Sisters of Charity with a plaque set into a rock at the Leavenworth Landing Park.

06/09/2026

The Sisters opened “Camp Saint Mary” on June 9, 1941. With both the Saint Mary Academy girls and Saint Mary College women on break during the Summer, the Community experimented with offering a summer camp experience for girls. The camp would last three weeks with daily Masses, sports and physical activities, and a period for recreational reading. 102 girls were enrolled that first year.

06/09/2026

Ashley Hernandez, Organizing and Policy Coordinator, recently delivered a sermon about food insecurity in Leavenworth. Listen to her from 34:52 to 52:36: https://www.youtube.com/live/S90Pj-AOuew

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06/08/2026

In June 2010, as the Sisters of Charity and Associates gathered for a meeting, as part of the program, Sister Pam Hinkle unveiled her recent art project – a Peace Pole. The pole contains symbols of God’s peace and mercy – including a downturned bowl to indicate God’s peace poured out – and a dove. The whole group participated in the blessing and dedication of the piece on the Mother House grounds.

06/04/2026

While many Sisters over the years were licensed and trained pharmacists, as with many professions, the amount and type of schooling changed, and the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth were cognizant of keeping up with it. As such, when Pharmacy began requiring college degrees, Sisters Mary Borromeo Brose and Mary Aurita Donovan became the first to attend the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and receive degrees in Pharmacy on June 4, 1953.

05/29/2026

Although Corpus Christi processions originated in Medieval Europe and came to America via immigrants, the Sisters of Charity did not officially have them on the grounds until 1932. On May 29, the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth had their first Corpus Christi procession around the grounds with Saint Mary Academy students and Saint Mary College women participating. In later years, they were joined by the children of St. Vincent’s Orphanage and Guardian Angels Orphanage, operated by the Oblate Sisters of Providence.

05/28/2026

Due to changing times and changing educational opportunities, the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth graduated the last class from Saint Mary’s Academy on May 28, 1950. The space that had been occupied by Academy students and classes would be turned into space for Saint Mary College.

05/28/2026

The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth recently completed the creation of a new Distiller Room on the ground floor of the Mother House, allowing the SCL Community to produce nearly all of the distilled water used across campus onsite.

Read more here: https://www.scls.org/working-together-one-drop-at-a-time/