The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was celebrated at UN Headquarters Wednesday, October 17. The...
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Latest Report of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – A Wake up Call
Are we reading the signs of the times and listening to the prophetic voices of Pope Francis and the scientific...
Meeting of the Vincentian Family in Denver
On Friday, September 14, 150 members of the Denver Vincentian Family gathered at the Knights of Columbus Hall at 1555...
“Charity Connections” addresses advocacy, collaboration
CHARITY CONNECTIONS is publication of the Sisters of Charity Federation exploring Contemporary Implications of our Vincentian-Setonian Heritage. This issue - Number 48, Spring 2014 - explores the advocacy role of the Sisters of Charity Federation Maritime Project in...
Saturday Study Hall – “Go to the periphery”
Who has not heard of Pope Francis' reminder to go to the periphery. But what does it mean Entering the world of the poor? From above or below? What are the temptations that distract or paralyze us? The Vincentian Encyclopedia presents a classic article with...
National Nurse Week – Celebrating with a Sister of Charity
National Nurse's Week 2014... To be a nurse! Where does the impulse to spend one's life around people who are sick and vulnerable come from? Many will say it's a sad way to live. To those of us who are nurses, this way of life is as natural as waves in the ocean and...
Formation Friday – Vincentian Mothers
VinFormation offers resources that celebrate Vincentian mothers spanning 3 centuries
“Social Justice in a Life of Charity”
"Social Justice in a Life of Charity” was the theme of the 2014 annual gathering of the Company of Charity Formation Personnel (CCFP) held April 23-26 at the motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, OH. Eighteen Vocation directors and formation personnel...
The end of an era in Nashville
The Daughters of Charity were honored with a farewell mass that celebrated their 100+ years of service for the sick and the poor of Middle Tennessee. See the full story at St. Thomas Health For background see "Daughters move on to meet new needs"
Mother’s Day, World Vocation Day, Vincentian Family
How do these three go together? It is not really hard to put these three things together. What might not be so obvious is how the Vincentian Family fosters vocations the year round. (Pope Francis Message for World Day of Prayer for Vocations) How does the Vincentian...
Sisters of Charity commission their first responders
Sister Luke reports, On Sunday, May 4, nine members of our Disaster Response Ministry were commissioned and blessed during the 10:30 a.m liturgy at Nazareth as they respond to the disaster in the Little Rock, Arkansas area. Please keep them in prayer. Patrick...
Vinnies “CEO Sleepout”
It's the time of year again when Australian CEO's of businesses large and small sleep out in the winter cold not only to raise funds, but raise awareness of homelessness. Since 2006 the event has raised over $13 million of important funds for Vinnies Homeless...
