by John Freund, CM | Feb 2, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Sr. Carol Keehan, DC speaking on behalf of the Catholic Health Association has released an updated statement on the recent HHS position on a narrow religious exemption for Catholic institutional employers. CHA and its members were profoundly disappointed to learn that...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 1, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Sr Giuseppina (1863-1924)Â founded the “Young Women of Charity” in 1917, and opened with them in the poor, overpopulated suburb of Marina del Poetto a facility for the care of children afflicted with rickets and scrofulosis, a form of tuberculosis. Other...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 1, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Louise was a mystic… and that was what led her to serve the poor. In a well documented study “Saint Louise de Marillac, a mystic”, Benito MartÃnez Betanzos, CM, comes to the conclusion that “Mysticism led Louise de Marillac to serve the...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 31, 2012 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
The NGO of Congregation of the Mission and Daughters of Charity reports on a victory for domestic workers. Domestic workers, people who work in other people’s homes in order to support themselves and their families, are extremely vulnerable because they work away from...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 31, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The Daughters of Charity share their insights on this among the many new features on Daughters of Charity international site. Other features include video of the work of the Daughters of Charity in both Texas and Mexico with immigrants, a report on a national...
