by John Freund, CM | Jan 1, 2010 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Vincentian Family
… it will never be too late to give meaningful, self-sustaining gifts to support the people they work with in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, etc. Click on the graphic at the left of this post to see some of these gifts featured on the website of the Irish Daughters...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 23, 2009 | Daughters of Charity, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
“… The Daughters of Charity Service for Persons with Intellectual Disability recognises that each person possesses a unique dignity and potential.”<
by John Freund, CM | Dec 18, 2009 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The Daughters of Charity played a prominent role during the Civil War (link no loger active) as nurses and human service workers, providing compassion in an otherwise violent and painful epoch. Some worked in the cities where they were missioned whereas others...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 15, 2009 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The President of the Portuguese Republic, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, honoured Sister Conceição Laranjeiro with the Commendatory Award of the Order of Public Instruction. This distinction intends to honour “personalities and institutions that stand out as innovative agents...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 6, 2009 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Among the updates… reports from the “Vincentian Session” in Paris; “And leaving everything, they followed him..” (postulants from the different Spanish Provinces, have been living a new formative experience for this stage of postulancy....
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Dec 4, 2009 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Missions inter gentes, Vincentian Family
Double the joy of giving this year through the gift of health care, education, water and nutrition to some of the poorest of the poor served by the Daughters. Gallup’s October forecast indicated that Americans, on average, are planning to spend $740 on gifts for the...