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The theme of the 400th Anniversary year of our Vincentian Family, Welcoming the Stranger, is becoming a more urgent focus of our Catholic Faith, especially in the United States where immigration reform is occurring. So, what are other Catholics doing? In his National...
The former chapel in the convent building at Our Lady of the Presentation Church years ago was subdivided into two small rooms, an informal entry/waiting area and an office. Nothing extraordinary about it...except God's work still happens in that space. Whereas the...
The AIC International Assembly, celebrating their 400th Anniversary, began on Sunday, March 12 in Châtillon, France. Updates and photos have been shared all week on the Ladies of Charity USA and AIC International Facebook pages (click photos to see captions): [gallery...
Pope: 'a culture of mercy renews hearts and opens up to a new reality' (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a message of encouragement and thanks to members of the International Association of Charities (AIC) as it celebrates the 400th anniversary of the...
Follow the 400th anniversary celebrations live online! Wednesday, March 15th on http://www.radio-esperance.fr/ 3:30-4:00 am EST: Interview with the Daughters of Charity of Châtillon 4:00-5:30 am EST: Solemn Mass – Châtillon Church (renewal of the AIC volunteers’...
Vincentian Family Celebration for 400th Anniversary of the Birth of the Vincentian Charism Ireland It is a moment of, ‘special grace’ that Providence is offering us in the upcoming 400th Anniversary (1617-2017) of our common Vincentian Spirituality and Charism…. I...
Take a New York walk in the footsteps of Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton. The saint (voice of Sr. Constance Brennan, SC) will be your guide to places in her native city where she lived, worshipped, or visited from 1774 to 1808. A narrator (voice of Sr. Anne Denise Brennan,...
Our North and South Indian Provinces are taking to heart St. Vincent’s concept of the “poor being our masters,” in a new project involving almost all of their schools. Between them, the two provinces have started and operate 32 schools with almost 24,000 students (K...
Not sure what to do for the "almsgiving" part of "prayer, fasting, and almsgiving" this lent? Check out what the Sacramento Diocesan Council of St. Vincent de Paul is doing this year: The 40 days of Lent invite our annual spiritual journey of following along with...
Help for Persecuted Christians, which is part of "The Pope Video" series promoted by the Vatican, was released Thursday, March 2. In many parts of the world, there are Christians who are persecuted simply because of the fact that they are Christians. They need not...
