Since 1633, the Daughters of Charity have served where we are needed most.
Epiphany Center
Did you know we sponsor one of the Nation’s Best Recovery Centers?
We are so proud and grateful — for 4 years running — to be featured by Newsweek magazine as one of “America’s Best Addiction Treatment Centers 2024.”
Epiphany Center provides family-focused programs to address the traumatic stressors experienced by low-income women who face addiction, homelessness, and domestic violence. Our goal is to help families build healthier futures for themselves and their children.
OUR MINISTRIES
In the Province of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, our roots run deep. Through the years we built and staffed orphanages, schools, and medical facilities, and our ministries have adapted to the changing needs of their communities.
View Our Ministries Here
View Our Other Areas of Focus in Advocacy
Environment • Homelessness and Insecure Housing • Human Trafficking • Hunger • Immigration • Racism
Weekly Thoughts and Prayers
Week of June 8, 2025
“The human environment and the natural environment deteriorate together; we cannot adequately combat environmental degradation unless we attend to causes related to human and social degradation. In fact, the deterioration of the environment and of society affects the most vulnerable people on the planet…The impact of present imbalances is also seen in the premature death of many of the poor.” Pope Francis
God of all Creation, Teach us today how our actions reverberate across borders and boundaries and harm the most vulnerable on our earth, human and other creatures. Amen.
Transitions
In Loving Memory
Sister Kathleen Grimley, DC
June 8, 2025 | 95 years of age
77 years of vocation | educator/missionary
In Loving Memory
Sister Mary Loretta Pitino, DC
January 16, 2025 | 88 years of age
62 years of vocation | educator
The Daughters of Charity are called to serve Jesus Christ in the person of the poor and the marginalized. We do this in a spirit of humility, simplicity, and charity. Motivated by the love of Christ and strengthened by a deep prayer life… we live together in community… supporting each other in our common mission of service. Besides vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience… we also make a special vow of service of the poor. These vows are non-religious, annual, and always renewable. The Catholic Church acknowledges us as a Society of Apostolic Life. Since 1852, up and down the Coast of California, the Daughters of Charity helped settle California through Health Care, Education, Religion, and Social Work.