“A place at the table” – for victims of Katrina

by John Freund, CM | Aug 3, 2008 | Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, Formation, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family

Ellen LaCapria’s powerful video, “A Place at the Table”, is now available on DVD for a modest contribution which will be used to support Vincentian Family ongoing relief projects in New Orleans. Vincentian Family Gathering participants well remember...

Seton National Shrine becomes a Basilica – August 4, 1991

by John Freund, CM | Aug 1, 2008 | Daughters of Charity

The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Emmitsburg, MD, USA, becomes a basilica – 1991 –

Celebrating the Seton Legacy

by John Freund, CM | Jul 31, 2008 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family

In 2009, the Sisters and Daughters of Charity throughout the United States will commemorate two  hundred years of history, charity, and dedication that was begun by a small band of young women  under the inspiration of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. Today, congregations...

New Visitatrix for Daughters of Charity, Province of the West

by John Freund, CM | Jul 30, 2008 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family

Sister Marjory Ann Baez was recently installed as Visitatrix of the Daughters of Charity, Province of the West. Sr. Marjory Ann comments. “Our recent Provincial Assembly deepened our convictions about being innovative in our service, as well as being committed...

Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph’s founded July 31, 1809, Emmitsburg, Maryland

by John Freund, CM | Jul 30, 2008 | Daughters of Charity

The community of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph’s was founded July 31, 1809, at the Stone House in Saint Joseph’s Valley near Emmitsburg, Maryland. “The Provisional Regulations for Saint Joseph’s Sisters (1809) was the primitive...

$400,000 grant aids St. Vincent’s Hospital’s child protection facility

by John Freund, CM | Jul 29, 2008 | Daughters of Charity, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family

Thanks to a $400,000 grant from the Daughters of Charity Foundation,  thePeyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St.Vincent opens its new Child Protection Center to provide optimal and compassionate care for Indiana’s abused and neglected children.