by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 2, 2010 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
More from the CM Province in Chile through Facebook “Earthquake: Mobilizing to help in assisting our brothers and sisters.” Wednesday at 4:46 pm: 795 dead is the new figure given by the Government. The number of missing is not certain. At least two million...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 28, 2010 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Marian Youth
Vincentian Marian Youth International continues to prepare for their first-ever gathering of African VMY Councils as a lead up to the VMY General Assembly in Lisbon. So far, delegations are expected from Algeria, Cameroon, D. R. of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea,...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 28, 2010 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Lay Missionaries
“Having met at the retreat house of the Daughters of Charity “Los Pinos”, BogotĂĄ, Colombia, the Third International Assembly of MISEVI was carried out, with representations from Colombia, Venezuela, USA, Italy, Brazil, Spain, El Salvador, Costa Rica,...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 28, 2010 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
The editor of the CM Province’s Facebook Page writes, “Let’s try to summarize what happened in Chile, as a result of an earthquake of 8.8 on the Richter scale and the subsequent tsunamis produced in several places. The earthquake affected the regions...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 28, 2010 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
We’ve heard from the Daughters of Charity in Tome and Talcahuano. They are well after the shock. In Tome, the tsunami would have reached Marguerite Nasseau School, but we have no report of damage. In Maule a sister of a Daughter of Charity has been rescued alive...