The road to the UN Conference in Gyeongju-KOREA, to participate in the Conference on Education for Global Citizenship...
Vincentian Family
Systemic Change Projects – Vincent de Paul Society (2 minutes)
Got 2 minutes?, Sheila Gilbert, SVdP National President, describes systemic change projects. Gilbert and National CEO,...
International Student Youth Movement in Ukraine makes Plans #IamVincent
A Youth Movement is a decidedly Vincentian thing. Ever since the Blessed Mother told St. Catherine Labouré to get...
Sisters of Charity Nazareth – Justice Concerns
Week of January 9 Concerns National Migration Week in the U.S.: National Migration Week is January 6 to 12 with the theme of “We are Strangers No Longer: Our Journey of Hope Continues.” This theme commemorates the 10th anniversary of the U.S. and Mexican bishops’...
It’s (Not) The End
It's (Not) The End writes Soon-to-be Sister Amanda, DC... After a year and a half of writing about my formation journey with the Daughters of Charity, I'll be ending this blog. Well, sort of. Actually, I'll be suspending it - "ending" just sounded more dramatic and...
SCN Education for Peace and Nation Building
Vision for Education - Education for Peace and Nation Building Impelled by the Love of Christ, SCN educators form God centered persons of character, compassion and competency, who will contribute to build a just and harmonious society and thus become agents of...
Reading an icon of St. Vincent
Reading the Icon of St. Vincent at Rosati House, Chicago The icon of Vincent likewise celebrates incarnation. There is far less contrast between the divine world and the world of earth than is represented in the annunciation icon; creation is now diffused with the...
Vincentian Family Health Care Institutions
U.S.-Canada Health Care Institutions Related to Branches of the Vincentian Family Ascension Health (the US’s largest Catholic and nonprofit health system) Daughters of Charity Health System(California) St. Thomas Health Systems (Middle Tennessee) Daughters of Charity...
Blessed Lindalva 1993 martyr
Blessed Lindalva Justo de Oliveira was the first woman to be beatified in Brazil. She was still a young Daughter of Charity, 4 years-vocation, when she was martyred. Her fidelity to her vocation and her love for everyone without preferences were so intense that she...
Why join a so-called “dying community”?
Amanda Kern writes, "The question is.....why would a healthy 20-something join a community like this, a community where the average age is in the 70s, a community where she may soon see Sisters she knows and loves forget who she is? Why not join a community where the...
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth speak on India Rape and Murder Case
Roselyn Karakattu, SCN, writes the following: On Jan. 2, I attended a meeting along with Father Philip Manthara, SJ, a few prominent lawyers, members of Mahila Samakhya and with the heads of several women's NGOs and other social activists to make some suggestions to...
Traveling Display – Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center, Little Rock, AR, is the first stop for a traveling banner display of the history of the healing ministry of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. The display was created for the bicentennial of the sisters in Nazareth, KY. The three...
