by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 3, 2010 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
Here’s an eyewitness report from the Seminary in Macúl, posted in Spanish on the CM Chile Facebook Page. “On the morning of Saturday, February 27, we were violently awakened by the strong earthquake (8.8 on the Richter scale) suffered by south-central...
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 | 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...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 22, 2010 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
Chopin (b. 1810) and his family were Holy Cross parishioners for all the time they lived in Warsaw. Holy Cross church and parish is the first Vincentian foundation in Poland (1653). In 1827 they moved to Krasinski Palace which is next to Holy Cross church. Frederic’s...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 18, 2010 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
Six Vincentian treasurers and two potential treasurers, representing six provinces and one mission of the Asia Pacific Vincentian Conference are holding a workshop at Adamson University in Manila from February 8 -26. Facilitating the workshop is Fr. John Gouldrick,...
