by John Freund, CM | Dec 6, 2014 | Disasters and Responses, Vincentian Family
HAGUPIT Typhoon Hagupit is now a super-typhoon and most predict that it will make land-fall over the very same areas hard-hit by Yolanda. The CNN resident meteorologist has just characterized it as the strongest of super-typhoon this year. The following is a list of...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 11, 2014 | Disasters and Responses, News
SVDPUSA Disaster Services Division Disaster Prevention Protocols for  Ebola and other Contagious Diseases What should my Council and Conference (or any member or branch of the Vincentian Family) do to protect our staff and volunteers? (Information contained below is...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 30, 2014 | Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
P. Jorge Luis RodrÃguez B, C.M. of the Vincentian Family Office in Rome makes this plea on behalf of the Valparaiso Victims in Chile Valparaiso plea PDF To the members of the Vincentian Family Dear brothers and sisters in Saint Vincent, As you may have seen on the...
by John Freund, CM | May 27, 2014 | Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
What if you could not celebrate Easter even as late as the week of the Ascension? This is the situation faced by people from the local community St. Justin de Jacobis  and the Parish of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in the section of Valparaiso,  Chile known as Cerro...
by John Freund, CM | May 6, 2014 | Disasters and Responses, News, Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Sister Luke reports, On Sunday, May 4, nine members of our Disaster Response Ministry were commissioned and blessed during the 10:30 a.m liturgy at Nazareth as they respond to the disaster in the Little Rock, Arkansas area. Please keep them in prayer. Patrick...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 8, 2014 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, Vincentian Family
The Vincentian Family lives and ministers in this area hit with catastrophic floods. According to Independent Catholic News… “At least 19 people have died and 40 are missing due after huge floods hit the Solomon Islands and in particular the capital...