Be sure to click on the link to watch her interview.
KTLA 5 evening anchor Cher Calvin may not have grown up in Los Angeles, but her connection to Southern Californian predates KTLA.
Meet Sr. Regina.
She was Cher’s Catholic Youth Organization teacher on Roosevelt Island in New York City, and the pair have kept in touch for years.
Sister Regina grew up steps away from KTLA. Actually, she lived in the area before KTLA even got its start.
“It was a very quiet time because it was during the war,” she explained. “I remember walking down Sunset Boulevard. There was a long white building, and it was called 52 Lanes. It was very busy during the war on weekends because the soldiers and sailors from Camp Pendleton would come up.”
At the age of 10, she remembers her mother getting notified of a new project being constructed in the area – Highway 101.
“What did we know about highways? Nobody had cars in those days!” she exclaimed.
Growing up, she saw people working on TVs and saw a group of men in a classroom setting learning about television before the technology was revealed.
Once it was rolled out, she remembers watching the “attractive” and “endearing” anchors.
“KTLA was the station to watch in those days. It was the local news, you could relate to it,” she said. “They say ‘L.A.’s Very Own,’ whoever made that phrase knew what they were talking about.”
It was a full-circle moment for Sister Regina when she saw Cher appear on the news station she grew up watching. She called it “a blessing.”
However, she does offer Cher some pointers when it comes to her wardrobe. She texts her fashion advice while she’s on the air. The rules: no big sleeves and no gray.
“Gray is not your color,” she revealed to the anchor.
“That is a really big blessing in my life that I get to have you text me, being on TV, at a station that was a block from where you grew up,” Cher said to Sister Regina.
She still can’t believe it herself.
“That little kid in my classroom grew up, and we’re friends, still!” Sister Regina said with pride. To watch Sr. Regina’s interview with TV anchor Cher Calvin, please click here
– At the beginning of my Pastoral Care ministry, I had an encounter with one of the Charity Sisters congratulating me on the upgrade. We laughed and shared high fives. It was a blessing to bring Jesus to the residents and pray with them every day.
Beloved by all on campus, on Thursday, September 8th, faculty, staff and administrators turned out to wish Sr. Grace Waters, MSC a fond farewell as she leaves for her new mission at Sacred Heart Convent in New York.
In a continued effort to respond with urgency to the individuals affected by natural disasters, Cabrini Mission Foundation, in collaboration with the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Guadalupe Providence, has partnered with Water With Blessings, a faith-based nonprofit dedicated to providing clean drinking water, to assist those affected by the Appalachian floods in Perry County, Kentucky. The 100 filters donated will provide desperate mountain families and the elderly with access to safe, clean drinking water where the entire water system has been destroyed and offer financial relief from paying for bottled water, which may not be accessible.
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Following the time of prayer, the Chapter Assembly focused on discussing and approving some of the Mandates, Recommendations and the Theological Reflection.
On July 12, Sr. Joan McGlinchey, MSC, with the contribution of Sister Melanie Di Pietro SC, presented a report on the Constitutions consultation results. The delegates discussed the issue of possible modifications to the Constitutions. A small team was assigned to formulate a draft mandate for comprehensive review.
“The saint of the immigrants,” “patroness of immigrants,” the “Italian immigrant of the century.” These are some of the phrases used to describe the frail, diminutive (less than five feet tall) Frances Xavier Cabrini, foundress and driving force of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Born in 1850 in the Lombard village of Sant’ Angelo Lodigiano, she became a United States citizen in Seattle in 1909 and died in Chicago in 1917, closing a life of sixty-seven years, twenty-eight of them spent in prodigious religious accomplishment on behalf of her beloved Italian immigrants in the Americas. In 1946, Pope Pius XII declared her a saint. She was the first citizen of the United States to be so honored.
Monday, June 27, 2022, the Opening Ritual of the XVI General Chapter of the Missionary Sisters took place. Sr. Barbara Staley, MSC, General Superior, welcomed all the Sisters and laity and officially declared the opening of the Chapter.
Individual and collective reflections on discernment were let by Mr. Chris Lowney, who helped the participants to recognize that we live in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world (VUCA) which entails various challenges. The reflection on discernment, following the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius accented learning to identify our consolations and desolations. He encouraged everyone to move forward like Mother Cabrini unloading our unhealthy baggage, recognizing that we are all responsible for the mission, regardless of our roles and from whence we might be.
Cabrini of Westchester celebrated the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 24th with a liturgy led by Pastoral Care Director, Fr. Ron Galt, in the Cabrini Chapel. This year, the liturgy was very special as it was the first time in two years that residents were able to gather in the chapel to celebrate this feast day due to the distancing guidelines that were in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic.