by Beth | May 24, 2005 | Missions inter gentes
NEW YORK (CNS) — A group of religious orders and other investors is asking the retail giant Wal-Mart to assess the company’s policies and practices in light of their “social, environmental and economic sustainability.” A resolution filed for...
by Beth | Mar 31, 2005 | Missions inter gentes
The Ricci Rountable on the History of Christianity in China has a story of Teodorico Pedrini who served in China for almost 50 years in the 18th century.He had been commisioned by the Pope in response to a request by the Kangxi Emperor for a European artist or...
by Beth | Jan 25, 2005 | Missions inter gentes
The Catholic News of Australia has picked up the story of the new Daughters of Charity Mission in the Cook Islands.Australian Sr Chula Sriwarakul, Irish Sr Sheila Browne and Srs Margaret O’Dywer, Mary Duong and Datie Quinn, all from the US, have arrived in the South...
by Beth | Oct 30, 2004 | Missions inter gentes
A moving account by Fr. Pedro Opeka, CM of his work with the poorest of the poor in Madagascar.From 29 April to 2 May 1989, Pope John Paul II visited Madagascar. One day, I was in the midst of thousands of young people who had come to see the Holy Father. During the...
by Beth | Oct 28, 2004 | Missions inter gentes
An account of the work of Vincentians with the Roma people ( a segment of the gypsy population) of Slovakia. In Eastern Europe, for the first time since the French Revolution, hunger has sparked an insurrection. Sadly, the anger of the poorest of the poor in Slovakia...
by Beth | Sep 14, 2004 | Missions inter gentes
It was only about 120 years ago that the local inhabitants had their first contact with white people. Now there are two Vincentian communities in Papua New Guinea. In the 1800’s the Germans came and colonized the northern part of the country and called it New Guinea....
