![Interview with Father Joel Bernardo CM, Executive Director of the Vincentian Solidarity Office](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/07/Joel-Bernardo-CM-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Interview with Father Joel Bernardo CM, Executive Director of the Vincentian Solidarity Office
We interviewed Fr. Joel Bernardo CM, executive director of the VSO, during a break in the General Assembly of the Congregation of the Mission taking place in Rome
![Where is human dignity, I ask?](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/05/black-lives-matter-FI-1080x630.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Where is human dignity, I ask?
On Monday, May 9, 2022, Maya Davis, a graduating nursing student, gave the following sermon in our last Religion 399 African American Faith and Social Justice class. I asked Maya if I could share her words with the world. Let the words of her mouth and the meditations of her heart be acceptable, Oh Lord.
![LCWR Mournes Loss in Buffalo, Condemns White Supremacy](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/05/candle-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
LCWR Mournes Loss in Buffalo, Condemns White Supremacy
The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth stand with the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) in condemning the recent racist terrorist attack in New York.
![Do You Do the Dishes?](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/05/dishes-e1652381798147-1080x630.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Do You Do the Dishes?
Calls for social change are quickly politicized …therefore quickly colored red or blue, rarely purple. I wonder how St. Vincent would be colored?
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Sisters of Charity Federation acknowledges congregations owned enslaved people
New research from public records and congregation and diocesan archives found that six congregations of the Sisters of Charity Federation have predecessors who owned slaves.