Heritage Center, Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word - San Antonio

10/14/2024

04/24/2023

Ministry in Community ~ From the very beginning, Sisters have worked closely with lay professionals, beginning with doctors with whom they worked side-by-side at the Santa Rosa Infirmary when it was established in 1869.

04/17/2023

Pastoral Ministry ~ Sr. Mary of Jesus Noiry was part of the first community of Sisters, arriving in San Antonio in 1869. In 1875, when a separate orphanage was established Sr. Mary of Jesus would wear a soldier's overcoat that reached to her ankles & armed with a brace of pistols, she toured outlying towns, begging for food & clothing. She usually returned with a few hundred dollars plus plenty of eggs, butter, bacon & potatoes.

04/10/2023

Education Ministry ~ Sr. Neomi Hayes was General Superior of the Congregation (1978-1984), Provincial Superior (US) before that, co-founded Visitation House & Women's Global Connection. She began her ministry in the Congregation serving as an elementary school teacher.

04/03/2023

Health Care Ministry ~ Sr. Kathleen Coughlin, pictured here as a young nurse in 1968, became a hospital administrator. She was the Congregation’s last Sister administrator, serving as CEO at Spohn Hospital in Corpus Christi from 1981 to 1995.

03/27/2023

Art & Music Ministry ~ Sisters performing in an ensemble, at the Palestrina Recital Hall, Music Building, in the early 1970's.

03/13/2023

Pastoral Ministry ~ Visitation House Ministries was founded by Sisters Neomi Hayes & Yolanda Tarango in 1985. Economically vulnerable mothers with young children are empowered through housing, education, employment, and a caring community as they become self-sufficient.