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September 9 – November 4, 2016 I am Fr. Ambrose Esigbemi Umetietie, CM from the province of Nigeria. After my ordination in August 2013, I was sent to Chad International Mission. However, I had to spend about five months in Cameroon to learn French before resuming my...
Over 70 years after the death of Frederic Ozanam, the Diocese of Paris started his canonization process in 1925. In February 1926, the cause took a significant step forward with the miraculous cure of an 18-month old baby in Brazil, Fernando Luiz B. Ottoni, who was...
July was a busy month for the National Council of VMY Vietnam! They visited different regional groups to witness and participate in their various activities such as encounters, training courses, summer camps and elections. Below are photographs, locations and dates of...
With a strong commitment to be one organization with one name in one building and the mission to serve persons living in poverty, the Leavenworth Interfaith Community of Hope is getting ready to construct a new facility. The 6,000 square foot building will be located...
Rome was not built in a day! Nor can 500 year old rifts be healed in one visit. But once again Pope Francis is reaching out to another periphery - exploring the Catholic- Lutheran relationship. Time will tell what fruit will come of this journey. Sr. Susan K. Wood, a...
Hanging drywall? Installing floors? These are no easy tasks but that doesn't scare away nearly 100 nuns and members of Catholic communities across the country from rebuilding houses in New Orleans. Nuns Build 2016, an effort done in conjunction with the St. Bernard...
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Ireland wanted to draw attention to the housing and homeless crisis and lack of social housing in Ireland. They also want to see "real progress on the targets for 2016 set out in 'Rebuilding Ireland,’ the Government Action Plan...
St. Vincent de Paul Society in Eugene, Oregon is taking steps to alleviate the growing number of homeless students in the city. In a report from KVAL in Eugene, Oregon: Monday night, the Eugene City Council approved the St. Vincent de Paul Society’s application to...
Popular Mission Ministry of the Congregation of the Mission will hold its 7th National Convention from October 26 to 29, 2016 with the theme: “… He has sent me to preach the good news to the poor” (Lk 4:18) at Caritas Christi Prayer and Renewal Center, Naga City,...
One of our sisters (Sister Dorothy Gallant, SC) knew a Sister of Mercy (Sister Teresa Skehan, RSM) and they were very distressed with the homeless people that they would meet on the street who often had no one to talk to, people would walk around them, almost treat...
