By Margaret O’Dwyer, DC, with information from UN Environment Programme (UNEP) You may wonder how the work of the...
Vincentian Family
International Day of Charity: September 5
For the Vincentian Family, charity is a constant focus. Charity also is key to the United Nations, whose humanitarian...
Michelle Bachelet Appointed New UN Human Rights Chief
For my submission this week, I am reporting very good recent news from the UN. After a vote on Friday by the United...
Another facet of being pro-life
Deacon Greg Kandra devotes his blog post to John Allen's reflection on the Church’s newest “pro-life” cause From his column in The Boston Globe: In Catholic parlance, certain terms carry weight far beyond their face value meaning. Calling something a “pro-life”...
Bl Giorgio Frassati of the Vincent dePaul Society
April 6 marks the birthday of of a boldly courageous member of the St. Vincent de Paul Society whom Pope John Paul II beatified in 1990: Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. The website Salt and Light reproduces the homily of Fr. Thomas Rosica on the occasion of World Youth...
Just Care! Vincentian Women in Action
LCUSA is proud to announce that Marilyn Martone, a Lady of Charity in the St. John’s University Association, will deliver the keynote address at the 2014 National Assembly, “Just Care! Vincentian Women in Action.” Marilyn is a retired professor of moral theology who...
LCUSA – Fifth Sunday of Lent, 2014
This week’s Lenten reflection on the Sunday readings is provided by Carol Schumer, D.C., Spiritual Coordinator, Ladies of Charity, Archdiocese of St. Louis, MO. At the conclusion of the reflection she suggests...TRY THIS TODAY...
April Vincentian liturgical calendar
For those who wish to follow the daily prayer of the Congregation of the Mission the April Ordo or liturgical calendar is now online. Part One: Lent & Holy Week (1-17 April) Part Two: Paschal Triduum & Easter Octave (17-30 April) Both parts are available...
AIC prepares for 400th Anniversary
Just under 400 years ago St. Vincent founded what is today known as the AIC. AIC Holds Annual Meeting in Brussels, Belgium The website of the Ladies of Charity USA writes....The most recent executive board meeting of AIC was held at Maison Notre Dame de Chant d’Oiseau...
Sisters of Charity (NY) and the Civil War
Sr. Mary McCormick, SC, gave a presentation on the Sisters of Charity of New York who served as Civil War nurses. It was part of a panel, “A City At War: New York’s Catholics and the American Civil War, 1860-1865,” held at the College of Mount Saint Vincent,...
Toward a Vincentian Campus Culture
The Very Rev. G. Gregory Gay, C.M., a 1976 Niagara University alumnus and Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission, yesterday gave this presentation on the development of a Vincentian “campus culture” in higher education. It was entitled "Hard Work and...
Superior General on Vincentian Education
The Very Rev. G. Gregory Gay, C.M., a 1976 NU alumnus and superior general of the Congregation of the Mission, speaks during Thursday's Vincentian Symposium which is part of the ceremonies leading up to the installation of James Maher, CM as President of Niagara...
