by John Freund, CM | Dec 26, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The big day is here: the blessing and dedication of the Emmitsburg Campus. Members of the Province of St. Louise’s leadership team began arriving yesterday and the archives staff spent the afternoon giving tours of our new space to our guests from St. Louis....
by John Freund, CM | Dec 23, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The international website of the Daughters of Charity has a Library page with the beginnings of a very rich source of historical texts related to Vincent and Louise. Life of Saint Vincent de Paul Louis Abelly, Vincent de Paul vol. 1 vol. 2 vol. 3 Louis Abelly,...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 21, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
“As the book’s title proclaims, the cloister of a Daughter of Charity was the street.” Fr Ed Udovic CM has posted to the Vincentian History Research Network Site a review which has has appeared in he latest issue of The Catholic Historical Review, Volume...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 20, 2012 | Daughters of Charity
The Holy Father authorized the decree recognizing the martyrdom of the Servants of God Melchiorra Adoration Cortés Bueno and 14 Companions of the Society of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, killed in hatred of the faith in Spain between 1936 and...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 14, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Playing Billiards and Cleaning Floors: The Story of Sister Martina Vázquez Gordo. This is how Amanda Kern begins telling the fascinating story of another Daughter of Charity who even though she could be likened to Mother Teresa ended up a martyr and now has been...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 10, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, Vincentian Family
An early  promoter of Vincentian Family collaboration,  Bl. Marco Antonio Durando fostered the propagation of the Marian Association of the Miraculous Medal among young people. The Association became a fertile ground for vocations; in only ten years, 260 young women...
