The National Catholic Reporter features a Daughter of Charity, Sr. Marie de Mandat-Grancey (1837-1915), foundress of the House of Mary in Turkey , a place where Christians and Muslims pray together “without confusion and in peace.”
In June 2005, the Daughters of Charity approved the initiative of Erin von Uffel and Lorraine Fusaro, longtime friends and residents of Long Island, N.Y. Their husbands work on Wall Street as traders and were deeply affected by 9/11.
“Erin and Lorraine are true heroines in this effort,” said Daughter of Charity Margaret John Kelly, executive director of the Vincentian Center for Church and Society at St. John’s University, Queens, N.Y.
“What we find attractive is both what Sister Marie accomplished in her life and how she enabled other religions — the Orthodox, Muslims and Christians — to come together to pray in peace,” said Kelly.
The official opening of the cause is scheduled for Jan. 21 in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City.
Read the entire NCR story. (link no longer available)
Sr. Marie de Mandat-Grancey Foundation
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Tags: Daughters of Charity, Muslims, Turkey
