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Maureen Fitzgerald at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, Bronx, NY


	Date		Nov 9, 2009

	Time		7:00 pm

	Location		College of Mount Saint Vincent, Smith Hall in the CMSV Administration Bldg., 6301 Riverdale Ave. @ W. 263 St., Bronx, NY 10471

	Sponsor		The Sisters of Charity of New York and the College of Mount Saint Vincent

	Event type		Lecture

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Maureen Fitzgerald, author of Habits of Compassion: Irish Catholic Nuns and the Origins of New York's Welfare System, 1830-1920 will talk on the theme “Sisters of Charity in Social Welfare.” She will then participate in a panel discussion on the theme “Social Welfare: Where’s the Compassion Now?” Copies of Habits of Compassion will be available for purchase. For more information, go to www.scny.org.