In addition to the permanent exhibit, we from time-to-time create special on-line exhibits to commemorate special events, community celebrations, or to bring emphasis to themes or issues relevant to the Congregation.​

 

The Sisters and the Mexican Revolutions

To mark the 100th anniversary of the Cristero Rebellion (La Cristiada) in 1926, this exhibit presents selected sources from the congregational archives (more materials will be added as they are digitized). Click HERE to view the exhibit.

 

The exhibit focus is on:

• the encounters of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word (San Antonio) with the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) and the Cristero Rebellion (La Cristiada (1926-1929 and 1932-1941)

• the exiled Mexican Clergy and their stay at the Brackenridge Villa;

• and, the social and religious exchanges between Mexico and San Antonio during these years.​

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Wonderfully Made – Sisters and the Visual Arts    

The Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word (CCVI) have engaged with the visual arts since the Congregation’s founding in 1869 in San Antonio, Texas – sewing, textile works, painting, watercolor, drawing, the representational and the abstract are all included in this vibrant exhibit of the works of Sisters from the United States and Mexico. Click HERE to view the exhibit.

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Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio: Experiences of Mexican American Sisters

This exhibit is a celebration of the Mexican American Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word (San Antonio) who have served in Texas in what is frequently called 'greater Mexico' - the region North of the natural waterway border that Texans call the Rio Grande, and that Mexicans call the Río Bravo del Norte. Click HERE to view the exhibit.

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