by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 9, 2010 | Congregation of the Mission, Disasters and Responses, Formation, News, Vincentian Family
Students of philosophy and theology of the CM Chile Province –like thousands of young people across the country — have been working with Caritas, in preparing food boxes and other aid destined the areas most affected by earthquake. When managers of Caritas...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 9, 2010 | Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
The international site of the Daughters of Charity posts a summary of a letter of Fr Fernando Macías, C.M.) Some excerpts… As for the situation of our Vincentian Family, we have information basically of the Daughters of Charity and the Vincentians (CM’s). In...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 4, 2010 | Congregation of the Mission, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
The Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission, Fr. Gregory Gay, today sent a letter to P. Carlos de la Rivera, Provincial of the CM Province of Chile, expressing their solidarity on the occasion of the tragedy they are experiencing. Here are some excerpts:...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 3, 2010 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
Here’s an eyewitness report from the Seminary in Macúl, posted in Spanish on the CM Chile Facebook Page. “On the morning of Saturday, February 27, we were violently awakened by the strong earthquake (8.8 on the Richter scale) suffered by south-central...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 2, 2010 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
More from the CM Province in Chile through Facebook “Earthquake: Mobilizing to help in assisting our brothers and sisters.” Wednesday at 4:46 pm: 795 dead is the new figure given by the Government. The number of missing is not certain. At least two million...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 28, 2010 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
The editor of the CM Province’s Facebook Page writes, “Let’s try to summarize what happened in Chile, as a result of an earthquake of 8.8 on the Richter scale and the subsequent tsunamis produced in several places. The earthquake affected the regions...