by Vincentian Family Office | Oct 26, 2015 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
In 1829, four Sisters of Charity from Emmitsburg, Maryland traveled 15 days by stage coach to Cincinnati, Ohio at the request of the Diocese’s first bishop, Edward Fenwick. The sisters opened St. Peter’s Girl’s Orphan Asylum and School. Cincinnati experienced serious...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 25, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Continung his series on Considering Consecrated Life Father Pat Griffin reflects on Kindness The promulgation date for Nostra Aetate was October 28, 1965. Like the other texts of Vatican II, it looks to its 50th anniversary in this year. This document, of course,...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 25, 2015 | News, Social
DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY VOCATIONS APP! Discerning your call is no easy task. We put together our new vocations app to help you have easier access to everything Daughters of Charity Vocations, hoping it’s a valuable tool in your discernment journey! We’re here to pray for...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 24, 2015 | Formation, News, Vincentian Family
Breaking Burritos, Becoming Whole – “I sat with joy yesterday. His name was Abali, a refugee from Cameroon.” Sitting, standing, walking, talking, eating with joy is what happened at the Vincentian Family Gathering in Denver, Colorado, on the feast of St....
by John Freund, CM | Oct 24, 2015 | News
The Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati recently voted to take a public stand to support the abolition of human trafficking. Please accept the attached press release. In October 2015, the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati voted to take a public stand to support the...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 23, 2015 | News
Sr. Carol Jean Wille, Sister of Charity (Cincinnati), reflects on a call to ecological conversion and the role that women’s communities have been playing for some time. She writes in A call to Ecological Conversion – Global Sisters Report, National...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 23, 2015 | Formation
Buen provecho! Tracy Kemme, a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati, in her monthly column for Global Sisters Report for the National Catholic Reporter, reflects on lessons she first began to learn some 7 years ago in Ecuador. She offer much food for thought in...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 22, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Vincentians are like punters says David Barringer, CEO of the Society of St. Vincent dePaul. In his weekly column Your Servant Leader October 22, 2015 he compares Vincentians to punters. My son is a college football player. Well, sort of. He is on a college team but...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 22, 2015 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Guillermo Campuzano, CM, CM representative at the UN offers an understanding of migration from a global perspective and that of the church and Vincentians… In the United Nations we, DCs, Sisters of Charity Federation, CMs, are a part of the NGO Committee on...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 22, 2015 | Formation, News
Letters of Frédéric Ozanam: soon available in Spanish Excellent news for Spanish-speaking Vincentians : after five years of study, research and translation, the Spanish edition of the letters of Frédéric Ozanam will soon see the light of day, with the permission of...
