化身的词 Week

Each year, the University sets aside a week for special celebrations of the mission. 化身的词 Week falls in March, during the week of March 25th, the Feast of the Annunciation which is the major feast of the Congregation of Sisters of Charity of the 化身的词 as well as of the University.

化身的词 Day celebrates the Feast of the Annunciation, Mary's "Yes" to God's call. At the Annunciation, an angel sent by God brought the message to Mary that God was asking her to be the Mother of Jesus, 神的儿子. When Mary accepted God's offer, the Word (God) became one of us. God became "incarnate," with a body like ours; hence the name 化身的词. Because of His resurrection, the 化身的词 continues to dwell among us.

The program for the week varies. A special liturgy is always part of the week as is the awarding of the CCVI精神奖 to a member of the faculty, 工作人员, 或管理. The CCVI精神奖 was inaugurated in 1993 to recognize a member of the faculty, 政府, or 工作人员 who has demonstrated in service to the University and/or to the broader civic community, the spirit of the founders, the Sisters of Charity of the 化身的词. The mission of the University flows directly from this spirit.    

The Sisters' Story: Our UIW Story

The Sisters of Charity of the 化身的词 founded this university and gave it the mission of service to others.

The Sisters originally came to San Antonio in 1869. They came from France in response to a request from the Catholic Bishop of Texas, Claude M. Dubuis, to care for those stricken by a cholera epidemic by establishing the city's first hospital, Santa Rosa Infirmary.

Shortly thereafter, they were asked to meet another critical need - founding an orphanage. Taking care of children led them to open elementary and high schools, the first in San Antonio and other cities in Texas, 然后在路易斯安那州, 伊利诺斯州, 和密苏里州, and eventually in Mexico. In recent years, they established schools, 医院, and other service centers in Peru and Zambia.

The Road to Founding a University

To train teachers for the schools and nurses for the Santa Rosa Hospital, the Sisters added college courses to the curriculum of College and Academy of 化身的词.

In 1881 the Sisters obtained a charter to operate schools and to confer baccalaureate degrees, and in 1957 a Board of Trustees was formed to govern 化身的词 College, which in 1996 was recognized as a university.

任务

The Sisters and all who have joined them in their schools, 医院, and the university carry out God's work recognizing everyone served the presence of God dwelling among us - the Word made incarnate.

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