Elizabeth Astridge
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Get to Know Our Vincentian Family Leaders – Regine Theodat
Enjoy this 15-minute podcast interview between Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative Leader Regine Theodat and Dr. Felicia Townsend on Professor Credo ® Working Your Law Degree: [button link="http://www.professorcredo.com/#!podcast-working-your-law-degree/ca25"...
Immigration Reform: Personal Perspectives – Part 1
Immigration reform in the United States is the topic of many conversations, especially so with the upcoming presidential elections this fall. Two articles recently published by the Global Sisters Report touch on this topic, one, an interview with Sr. Mary McCauley who...
St. Vincent de Paul on CatholicTV
The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul and National CEO Dave Barringer will be featured on the CatholicTV program "This Is The Day" this Tuesday, July 19 at 10:30 am EST. Bishop-elect Robert Reed and Jay Fadden, hosts of "This Is The Day," talk about faith, what's...
New Curia of the Congregation of the Mission
Day 12 of the General Assembly of the Congregation of the Mission marked the final elections of the Assistants General and the presentation of these new members of the Congregation's general council or "curia." For those who may not be familiar, the curia of the...
Skill and Empowerment Training in Nepal
Twenty-four women in Surkhet, Nepal recently completed a six-month skill and empowerment training which began in January 2016. This class brings the overall total to 711 women over 31 classes who have competed the training. Ninety-five percent of these women have...
Sr. Rejane Cytacki named Executive Director of Eco-Justice Center
Sister Rejane Cytacki, member of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (SCL), has been named executive director of the Racine Dominican's Eco-Justice Center in Racine, Wisconsin. She holds a master’s degree in earth literacy and has been an environmental educator for...
Saint Vincent de Paul: a Turkish perspective
by Burak Özdoğan Overture: the Magnet and the Old Man “Who is that man, Burak?” Marcela, Misa’s mother, asked me in a curious tone of voice.... A grandmother in her sixties, sitting in the armchair with a cup of Turkish coffee, squinting her eyes, and pointing her...
New Museum Exhibit Opens at The National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Emmitsburg, MD — The Seton Shrine’s museum has opened a new, free exhibit showcasing the work that Sisters are doing today across the country and around the world. “Sisters Today – A World of Difference” shows Sisters hard at work everywhere, from the Arizona desert...
ANNOUNCEMENT – Rev. Father Tomaž Mavrič, CM – new Superior General
I have the joy of announcing that on this Tuesday, 5 July 2016, during our XLII General Assembly, Rev. Father Tomaž Mavrič, CM, Vice-Visitor of Cyril and Methodius, was elected Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission and of the Company of the Daughters...
Relics of Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati
During World Youth Day, the coffin with the body of Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati will be exhibited in the monastery of the Dominican Fathers in Krakow, Poland. A week before the youth celebration, the relics will also be present in ten Polish cities. The coffin with the...