by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 28, 2010 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
We’ve heard from the Daughters of Charity in Tome and Talcahuano. They are well after the shock. In Tome, the tsunami would have reached Marguerite Nasseau School, but we have no report of damage. In Maule a sister of a Daughter of Charity has been rescued alive...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 27, 2010 | Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
In the wake of the earthquake in Haití, the Vincentian Family and the people with whom they serve and and live are enduring another trial: this time in Chile. We have not heard much, but we have the following news through the C.M. province’s Facebook presence,...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 25, 2010 | Collaboration, Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
“With God’s blessing, for five days we had the privilege, to share the present reality of life with our Sisters of Haiti, in the heart of a people profoundly marked by suffering. Some reflections and video on the visit of Sr. Evelyne Franc, Superioress General...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 23, 2010 | Collaboration, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
So writes Haitian President Rene Preval according to Reuters release.
by John Freund, CM | Feb 20, 2010 | News
PleaseRobMe.com is an example of what could go wrong with social networking. A website, created by a Danish Web Developer, uses what people post on social networking sites such as Twitter and Four Square to reveal the location of empty homes. The sites original...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 17, 2010 | Collaboration, Disasters and Responses, Formation, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
As part of our worldwide celebration, the Vincentian Family has initiated a project, Zafen.org, in partnership with Fonkoze, the largest microfinance institution in Haiti, to empower sustainable, economic development in Haiti. Zafen, Creole for “It’s our business,”...
