by John Freund, CM | Feb 11, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family
The Sisters of Charity Federation of North America speaks out on Executive Orders
by Javier F. Chento | Feb 11, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Social
We present a short video, Alike, that is worth seeing. In eight minutes we watch the story of a father and his son, who live similar situations. The issues that arise in this video are many and important: depersonalization, the struggle against the system, freedom,...
by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Feb 10, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
“At present the priests of Saint-Sulpice are sending for four girls from the refugee center to help our sisters. Should they be allowed to do so, or would it be more fitting for the convalescent patients to come for their own meals? There are six of our sisters,...
by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 10, 2017 | Formation
Sr. Judith Metz, S.C. writes: We sometimes think of our lives as small, mundane, tucked away in an insignificant part of the world and having little impact. So we wonder, “Have I accomplished anything worthwhile?” Yet, deep within ourselves, we know that if we have...
by Chris Herlinger, Global Sisters Report | Feb 10, 2017 | News, Other Branch News
Accompanying people means being available to hear people’s problems, offering advice when asked, and prodding when necessary. A small mission run by two sisters based in La Tremblay, outside Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince, has established a medical...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 9, 2017 | Formation, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
I’m writing this on Candlemas, a feast of Light. St. Vincent once said, “There is no act of charity that is not accompanied by justice or that permits us to do more than we reasonably can.”[To François du Coudray, In Toul, 17 June 1640] What did he...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 9, 2017 | Justice and Peace, News
Jeremy Ashton ’17C ‘18G came to St. John’s University from Orlando, FL in the fall of 2013 because he was offered a scholarship through the selective Ozanam Scholars Program. “The tuition funding brought me here,” he said, “But the work kept me here.” Though he was...
by Javier F. Chento | Feb 9, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
In a new series of three videos, Fr. Tomaz Mavrič CM invites us to continue to deepen the meaning of the Vincentian charism, of which we celebrate its 400th anniversary during this year 2017. Let us recall that, in the first series of videos published in the month of...
by Teresa Kotturan, SCN | Feb 9, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
The Global Community has an ambitious agenda to transform our world by 2030 – “we are determined to end poverty and hunger, in all their forms and dimensions, and to ensure that all human beings can fulfill their potential in dignity and equality and in a healthy...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 8, 2017 | Announcements, News
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