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Racism faced by black nuns in America called ‘dangerous memory’
Shannen Dee Williams, assistant professor in the department of history at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, addresses the Leadership Conference of Women Religious assembly in Atlanta August 10. She spoke about the racism faced by black nuns (Credit: CNS...![August 23: Foundation of the First Confraternity of Charity](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/08/first-confraternity-aug-22-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
August 23: Foundation of the First Confraternity of Charity
The Confraternity of Charity was the first institutional expression of the Vincentian charism– lay leadership for social action. This came about when St. Vincent proposed that the women of the parish in Chatillon-les-Dombes join together for organized charity.
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Last Responders: Vincentian Disaster Relief
Extreme weather conditions are all over the news this summer, most recently the flooding in Louisiana. West Virginia is still trying to recover from extensive flooding that killed 23 people and damaged/destroyed over 1200 homes in June. Members of the Vincentian...![Firm in the Faith](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/08/firm-in-the-faith-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)