Celebrations in the “Charité” Santa Luisa in Turin have been incredibly significant.
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Catholic missionary priest nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
The Prime Minister of Slovenia, has announced that he nominated Opeka for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for his dedication to “helping people living in appalling living conditions.”
Solidarity extended to Lebanon: thank you!
AIC-Lebanon sends its warmest thanks to all those people who generously sent donations after the explosion that devastated Beirut on August 4th.
Historic meeting of 22 Vincentian Bishops
For the first time ever all of the Vincentian Bishops were invited to meet in Rome. From June 23-25 twenty-two of the thirty-two bishops are participating in this gathering. They come from Lebanon, Italy, Poland, Colombia, Brazil, Mozambique, India, Madagascar,...
SVDP and US Bishops join in plea to transform immigration
SVDP and US Bishops join in plea to transform immigration, See the following letter from Sheila Gilbert, President of the National Council of the U.S. Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Dear Vincentians, Last year, the Border Patrol apprehended more than 68,000 immigrant...
1,243 CEOs sleepout, raise almost $6,000,000
1,243 CEOs sleepout, raise almost $6,000,000. These are the impressive stats from the annual SVDP CEO Sleepout in Australia! And the final count is not in. The city of Adelaide had to postpone their event. It could be well over 6 million! On the 18th June 1300 CEOs...
Dallas SVDP seeks to break payday-loan debt cycle
A Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP) pilot program aims to predatory, high-interest payday-loans with affordable bank loans to help otherwise creditworthy, debt-stressed borrowers get a fresh financial start. After telling the typical story of a woman named Nancy...
Daughters of Charity and Vincentian Volunteer program with visually impaired
Daughters of Charity and Vincentian Volunteer program work with visually impaired children in Great Britain. Dee Mansi, President of the AIC in Britain submitted this material. St Vincent’s School for visually impaired (VI) children was established in West Derby,...
College of St. Elizabeth goes coed
Statement that the College of St. Elizabeth goes coed... The College of Saint Elizabeth, which has provided undergraduate education for young women since 1899, will become fully coeducational for fall 2016. This decision to accept male students into the daytime...
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth on cutting edge
Dawn Cherie Araujo writing for Global Sisters Report describes the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth as on the cutting edge. For the last five years, the juniorate program for Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in Patna, India has included a computer class. Newly...
Sr. Patty Huffman didn’t have to give up having fun
Who says you can't have fun when you're a Sister? Sister Patty Huffman, D.C., shares what she learned in her discernment process to become a Daughter of Charity. Catch more 60 Seconds with Sister videos from Daughters of Charity throughout the Year of Consecrated...
Closing of the General Assembly of the Daughters of Charity
Called to be “living documents” of “the boldness of Charity for a new missionary momentum”
