by Margaret O'Dwyer | May 24, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Can you imagine just one day, When you can wake well rested, Make your coffee and breakfast, Get ready to enter the world in a visible way, Camouflaging yourself Fitting right in and Knowing for just one day There’s an equal chance You to(o) may win All your losses...
by Margaret O'Dwyer | May 17, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
I’m a prisoner to plastic. It’s hard to admit. My brain is plastered with multiple social media images of “plastic soup.” It lingers there like Muzak—constantly in the background but without my paying it much attention. But recently, the time came to examine my own...
by Mary Ann Dantuono | May 10, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Charity is not charity unless accompanied by justice. —St. Vincent de Paul Seeking lasting justice and peace in our world are goals of the United Nations and the Church. The good that can result from their shared efforts is evident in this month of Mary, Queen...
by Guillermo Campuzano | May 3, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
“I am convinced that climate change, and what we do about it, will define us, our era, and ultimately the global legacy we leave for future generations. Today, the time for doubt has passed.” Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon The 17th Session of the United...
by .famvin | Apr 21, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
In his article, Violence begets violence, Catholic sisters say, about airstrikes on Syria, Chris Herlinger of the Global Sisters Report interviewed Sr. Margaret O’Dwyer, one of two DC representatives at the United Nations, regarding the airstrikes on Syria:...
by Jenny Raw | Apr 19, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
A Young Person’s Experience of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Please let me introduce to you Jenny Raw, from the United Kingdom, who worked at our Daughters of Charity NGO Office in New York for one month. We were truly pleased to have her with us and...
