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National Nurse's Week 2014... To be a nurse! Where does the impulse to spend one's life around people who are sick and...
Articles for Health
Daughters of Charity Health System seeks buyer
The Daughters of Charity Health System (DCHS) Board of Directors announced today its decision to solicit proposals...
“Women of Spirit” Exhibit’s Virtual Home
From the Daughters of Charity Health System... "The National Women & Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America exhibit...
SCN’s nurture Special Olympics winner
SCN Nepali Student Strikes Gold in Special Olympics When a shy Mentally disabled boy first joined Navajyoti Centre for the Mentally Disabled Children (Sisters of Charity of Nazareth) at Baluwata over 12 years ago, little did he and his teachers know that he would one...
Vincentian Family Health Care Institutions
U.S.-Canada Health Care Institutions Related to Branches of the Vincentian Family Ascension Health (the US’s largest Catholic and nonprofit health system) Daughters of Charity Health System(California) St. Thomas Health Systems (Middle Tennessee) Daughters of Charity...
The cost of being poor – infographic
This infographic takes a look at the cost of being poor in America. The number of Americans living below the poverty line is shocking, and dissecting the various factors and effects this has on society can hopefully shed light on how best to attack this grave problem....
Daughters of Charity health merger
Ascension Health Alliance and Daughters of Charity Health System Sign Affiliation Agreement December 21, 2012 – Ascension Health Alliance, the parent organization of Ascension Health, and Daughters of Charity Health System (DCHS), a regional health system with 22...
Vincent de Paul Society – Voice of the Poor
Where the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Stands Position papers are an essential part of establishing the view of the Society regarding the issues that affect those in need. The position papers of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul are rooted in our Catholic faith and...
Australian Bishop on cuts for elderly
"The elderly are not a problem, a market, a budget: They are real individuals, our own people, our ancestors, in due course -- ourselves." Australian Catholic News services headlines...Australian bishop warns: Don't cut medical costs by targeting elderly Western...
“A Vincentian Focus on Health Care in the USA”
Sr. Carol Keehan, DC presented "A Vincentian Focus on Health Care in the USA" at the Annual Assembly of the Ladies of Charity. Among the major points... A review of Vincent's concern for the poor and how made their plight visible to those in power even at the cost of...
WALMART – Unlabeled genetically modified sweet corn
FoodFirst writes, "Walmart has decided to sell unlabeled, untested, Monsanto GMO sweet corn." "Bt toxin works as an insecticide by disintegrating the lining of insects’ stomachs when they ingest the corn. What is this doing to the bodies of your customers who eat the...
SVDP Australia CEO on “The Good Society”
Dr John Falzon, Chief Executive Officer of the St Vincent de Paul Society National Council of Australia, explores what kind of society promotes good health, and argues that punitive policies, such as compulsory income management, are a sign of an unhealthy society....