Sister Medhin Tesfay (44) has belonged to the Daughters of Charity for 26 years and works in the diocese of Adigrat in the northern part of Ethiopia.
Ethiopia
Cardinal Souraphiel calls for peace and forgiveness in Ethiopia
by Lisa Zengarini, Vatican News | January 13, 2022 | News | 2 Comments
The head of the Ethiopian Bishops’ Conference asks the faithful to ask God for the gift of forgiveness and peace in the country, where civil war has recently entered its second year.
Volunteering from a Distance
by Noreen White | March 1, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
I began my volunteering with the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul in Ethiopia as a Vincentian Lay Missionary (VLM) volunteer in 2013 for three months.
Devotion to St. Justin de Jacobis in Eritrea and Ethiopia
by Famvin Media Resources | July 26, 2020 | Congregation of the Mission, Formation | 0 Comments
St. Justin de Jacobis, C.M. (feast day: July 30) faced and overcame many challenges and hardships. His humility, goodness, and charity inspired vocations to the priesthood and converted many others in 19th century Abyssinia.
The Daughters of Charity prevent hunger among single mothers in Ethiopia during COVID-19
by .famvin | June 28, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Being a single mother of four is always a challenge, even more during a global pandemic.
Cardinal Souraphiel, Member of the Congregation of the Mission, Designated President of the Ethiopian Truth and Reconciliation Commission
by Di Trapani, CM | Feb 18, 2019 | Congregation of the Mission, News
Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, Archbishop of Addis Ababa and president of the Council of the Ethiopian Church, has been named president of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Ethiopia.
Breaking Down Barriers
by Fr. Stephen Monaghan, CM | Feb 11, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
How a first-hand visit to a Leprosy Center helps to break down barriers and reveal the humanity and the dignity of each person.
Brothers of Charity report on Vincentian Family Meeting
by John Freund, CM | Apr 18, 2015 | Vincentian Family
Brothers of Charity report on Vincentian Family Meeting
Final Day of Vincentian Family Collaboration Program in Ethiopia
by John Freund, CM | Mar 24, 2015 | Vincentian Family
The President of the JMV offers this summary of the final day of Vincentian Family Collaboration (VCAP) in Ethiopia
VFCAP Ethiopia Days 2-3
by John Freund, CM | Mar 20, 2015 | News
VFCAP Ethiopia – Day 2 – Blessed by two Vincentian Bishops
Vincentian Collaboration in Ethiopia – obligation not option
by John Freund, CM | Mar 19, 2015 | News, Vincentian Family
The Vincentian Family Collaboration Action Program (VFCAP) Ethiopia experience started on the 18th of March 2015 in Addis Ababa. Certainly an apt way of preparing for 2015 the Year of Vincentian Collaboration.
What most do not know about the new Vincentian Cardinal
by John Freund, CM | Feb 26, 2015 | News
“Despite the horrors of prison and solitary confinement, I found it transformative. It led to a spiritual rebirth for me. I had nothing, literally nothing, in solitary, so I cried out to the Lord from the depths of my being. I truly felt the presence of Jesus in those dark days.”
Catholic News Service profiles Vincentian Cardinal
by John Freund, CM | Feb 9, 2015 | Vincentian Family
He was among those whowrote to U.S. President Barack Obama urging him to adopt a strong “position and full pledge on sound climate change policy.”
Vincentian Cardinal-designate Serves the Poor in Ethiopia
by John Freund, CM | Jan 7, 2015 | Vincentian Family
He stayed, hopes others will do same. Ethiopia’s cardinal-designate hopes his story of serving the people in one of Africa’s poorest countries will inspire young people to do the same.
New Vincentian Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel (Ethiopia)
by John Freund, CM | Jan 4, 2015 | Vincentian Family
New Vincentian – Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel (Ethiopia)
Another amazing Daughter of Charity – Bridget Harley
by John Freund, CM | Oct 22, 2014 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
When she died in 2010 Australia took note of another amazing Daughter of Charity – Bridget Harley. The Spirit led her to join the Daughters of Charity in Sydney in 1943. In 1966 she responded to what would be her life-time commitment to educate disadvantaged children took her to Ethiopia where she spent thirty-eight years. By the time Sister Bridget left Ethiopia in 2005, aged 86, she had set up more than 150 early childhood development centres.