by John Freund, CM | Aug 11, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
(Romereports.com) Mel Young and Harald Schmied decided in 2003 to improve the living conditions of homeless people by a creating a World Cup of soccer they could all take part in. It has become a foundation that helps the most disadvantaged through sports. Every year...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 10, 2012 | Church
Reading aloud from a prepared statement, which came after approval from the 900 sisters gathered at the assembly, LCWR’s president, Franciscan Sr. Pat Farrell, said LCWR membership wanted to use the occasion of the Vatican order “to explain to church leaders LCWR’s...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 10, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Sr. Jennifer Gordon, a member of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, Kan., was featured in an LCWR panel “Religious life in the future: What might it look like?” A member of Giving Voice, an organization that focuses on listening to younger Catholic...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 10, 2012 | Vincentian Family
The Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill, Greensburg Pa recently celebrated the installation of a new leadership team for 2012-2016 and 5 Golden Jubiliarians. The United States Provincial Council members seated from left are Sister Mary Norbert Long, SC, and Sister Susan...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 10, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Is is true that the more traditional and conservative orders of women religious, those who make up the membership of the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious (CMSWR), are thriving, while the orders who make up the membership of the LCWR, are seeing their...
