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Washington D.C., Jul 27, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA). Ahead of the inaugural World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly this past Sunday, the communications director for the Little Sisters of the Poor described how the order cares for the elderly as people of inherent dignity and worth. Sister Constance Veit, the communications director for the Little Sisters of the Poor, told EWTN News In Depth on July 23 how she and her sisters live “to assure the elderly that they’ll never be alone, they’ll never be abandoned.” “First of all, we say to them, each of us says to them, ‘I will always b...

Sister Constance Veit, L.S.P. By Sister Constance Veit, LSP • Posted March 9, 2021 This month, we Little Sisters and our residents and staff will observe two major COVID milestones. On March 11 we will have been in lockdown for a full year and on March 19 we will finish the vaccination process at our residence in Washington, D.C., with a compliance rate of nearly 100 percent among those who live and work here. As I got my second vaccine, I was almost ecstatic. I wanted to sing the old standard, “Happy Days Are Here Again!” Reality quickly set in, however. Nothing in our daily routine ...

Sister Constance Veit, L.S.P. By Sister Constance Veit, LSP • Posted January 6, 2021 Thank God we’ve finally left 2020 behind! We’ve entered a new year with great hopes for better times, along with a little trepidation. For many of us, V-day – when we roll up our sleeves and get vaccinated – will likely be the biggest event of 2021. In 2020 we learned to embrace the adventure of living one day at a time rather than counting on best-laid plans. We maintained constant vigilance and drafted policies and procedures for every likely scenario – even as circumstances changed every day. ...

Stand, come on up here, sister, come on up. i want you to know your long ordeal will soon be over. >> shannon: that was president trump after signing an executive order on religious freedom reassuring the little sisters of the poor that their longstanding legal battle against the obama administration over the contraceptive mandate in obamacare could soon be over. will it? we are joined by lori windham and sisters constance veit, good to see you both today. we've talked about this case for years together. i remember talking with you before the arguments were scheduled to be at the supreme court...