Sister Andre Randon, a religious sister in France, will turn 117 years old this week, after surviving COVID-19 last month, her congregation announced Tuesday.
Daughters of Charity
What does Blessed Rosalie Rendu teach us today?
Presentation adapted from an article by Fr. Jean-Pierre Renouard, C.M.
Blessed Rosalie Rendu: Martyr of Charity
By her life, her works, her spirituality, she embodied the vision of a “martyr of charity” painted by Saint Vincent de Paul.
Daughter of Charity thinks globally but acts locally
A Daughter of Charity thinks globally but acts locally. PACIFIC Islanders face a real problem every day which is becoming more serious as the increasing detrimental effects of climate become more keenly felt. The following is taken from the Fiji Times. A simple act of...
Daughter of Charity – Gentleness in Vincent and Louise
Sr. Maria Comito, DC of the Province of Australia offers these reflections on Gentleness in Vincent and Louise. These reflections were originally part of a sabbatical program. GENTLENESS In Matthew’s gospel we read the teachings of Jesus called the Beatitudes, which...
Daughter of Charity postulant – beloved sons and daughters, be love
Daughters of Charity Postulant Kara Davis talks about the importance of living out faith as a family and how it impacted her discernment journey. She presented at the One Faith, One Family in Mobile Alabama. "I'm not a sister yet. So I am just Kara Davis.... About a...
New Book available on Daughters of Charity as Nurses in US Civil War
Sr. Betty Ann McNeil’s discovery of 500 pages of handwritten memoirs by Daughters of Charity as nurses in US Civil War led her into a multi-year project to transcribe, annotate, index, and publish Balm of Hope: Charity Afire Impels Daughters of Charity Civil War...
60 Seconds with Sister Carol Schumer
Sister Carol Schumer, DC explains how the words "I wouldn't mind living with you" brought home to her the realization of the importance of community life and what it means to her as a Daughter of Charity. https://youtu.be/VgvSXzWWioo Catch more "60 Seconds with...
My name is Jesus. I have no papers
"People who don't live on the border, they've read in the papers or on the Internet that women are being kept in prison-like facilities with their children," Sr. JT Dwyer, a Daughter of Charity from San Antonio, said. "But they don't always understand that it's...
Rachel Maddow, Sr. Mary Peter Diaz, DC and the Koch brothers
To hear Rachel Maddow tell it, Daughter of Charity Sr. Mary Peter Diaz single-handedly took on the billionaire Koch brothers and publicly defeated the conservative activists who spend millions of dollars supporting their candidates and causes. Diaz, not surprisingly,...
Six DC California hospitals transferred to secular control
The Daughters of Charity Health System (DCHS) Board of Directors has selected BlueMountain Capital Management (BlueMountain), a private investment firm to recapitalize its operations. BlueMountain is contributing over $250 million of capital and is sponsoring...
Caring Touch for Homeless and Marginalized Persons
VinFormation features a video from the Daughters of Charity archives about “Seeing Christ in the Poor” through the ministry of massage therapy for homeless persons.Here are some other examples of this ministry. There is a very interesting site called...
