by John Freund, CM | May 31, 2009 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland spokeswoman, Julie McDonald, says that the the organisation, which has just launched its Winter Appeal, is facing unprecedented demand for emergency accommodation and help. Whole families had been put out into the street for the...
by John Freund, CM | May 31, 2009 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
Fr. José Vicente, Visitor of the CM Province of Barcelona, shares brief impressions with the Superior General. (English translation courtesy of Toma tn Poland.) “We can share the news with you that missionaries men and women in Honduras are well. Jpwever there...
by John Freund, CM | May 30, 2009 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Vincentian Family
To celebrate the first anniversary of the beatification of Sr. Marta Anna Wiecka DC, the Daughters of Charity prepared an all-night vigil at Jasna Góra Shrine in Czestochowa, Poland, on 24th -25th May 2009. As a result of volunteering to take the place of someone...
by John Freund, CM | May 29, 2009 | Vincentian Family
Fifty one people from diverse backgrounds and countries Italy, South Korea and Canada, were honored May 23, 2009 for their charitable works in the spirit of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. Each contributed in a significant way to social services, education, health care,...
by John Freund, CM | May 28, 2009 | Vincentian Family
A Daughter of Charity who saved a family of French Jews from the Nazis is the only Righteous Gentile to be omitted from a list of British heroes compiled by a Holocaust charity, according to the Catholic Herald. Sister Agnes was born Clare Walsh in Hull in 1896 and...