E-voc – Is your heart willing or willful?
This is the question in the lead article of the llatest issue of E-Voc, the electronic newsletter from the Vocation Team of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati for single women wondering what new thing God is calling forth in their lives. May 2014_evoc (PDF) In...“Sell your desk!” – Francis, the Vincentian
Pope Francis told the Archbishop in charge of the Vatican’s charity, “Don’t wait for people to come ringing. You need to go out and look for the poor.'”
A “home visit” – getting to know you
Larry Huber writes… “I spent 17 years as a Probation Officer in western PA (although only two of that was in field work). I never knew who would appear on the other side of the door when I would walk up and rap or ring the door bell. Now, just before I...
“I AM A MOTHER” Elizabeth Seton
“I AM A MOTHER”: SAINT ELIZABETH ANN SETON ON MOTHERHOOD The letters of Saint Elizabeth Seton (1774-1821) to and about her family reflect exactly the kind of concerns a mother today would have about her children’s lives, choices, job prospects, etc. She wrote...Vinnies “CEO Sleepout”
It’s the time of year again when Australian CEO’s of businesses large and small sleep out in the winter cold not only to raise funds, but raise awareness of homelessness. Since 2006 the event has raised over $13 million of important funds for Vinnies...
Ordination in a Laundromat
Reaching out to the periphery – On April 28, Los Angeles-based deacon Scott Claassen received his ordination in the least likely place: A laundromat. “Most of the ordinations I’ve been to have been in large cathedrals,” Claassen told The...82 Sisters, 48 nationalities, 5 continents, 7 languages
82 Sisters, 48 nationalities, 5 continents, 7 languages International Session of Spiritual and Vincentian Revitalization – Sisters 25-40 years vocation [Motherhouse] Daughters of Charity, 25 to 40 years vocation, met at the Motherhouse in Paris from 31 March to 14...
Sisters of Charity – Online courses span the globe
Two Sisters of Charity, Rita Hawk and Laetitia Slusser, have been conducting online courses since 2009 and 2011 respectively, to certify teachers in dioceses from across the United States to Japan; from Germany to Australia; from Canada to Southern Arabia; from Italy...
Just Care! Vincentian Women in Action!
Just Care! Vincentian Women in Action! Make plans to join the Ladies of Charity USA in Milwaukee, September 12-13, 2014. The Association of Ladies of Charity in Milwaukee, Wisconsin welcomes you to a “Great City on a Great Lake.” Our Theme: “Just Care! Vincentian...
Saturday Study Hall – Vincentians and Marian Spirituality
Several branches of the Vincentian Family trace their origin to the apparitions of the Virgin to Catherine Laboure: the Vincentian Marian Youth Association, the Miraculous Medal Association and other groups that have arisen from these branches. Frederic Ozanam...
