by John Freund, CM | Mar 12, 2010 | Collaboration, Disasters and Responses, News, Systemic change, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
A status report on Haiti: Money flows, leadership lags Experts say this generosity, coupled with similar outpourings from other parts of the world, means the resources theoretically exist to rebuild, but they worry that funds could be squandered through a lack of...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 11, 2010 | Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
The international site of the SVDP reports “We have received the following news from our Territorial Vice President, Renato de Lima, on the situation in Chile.” The National President of SSVP Chile, Francisco Velasco, has had no reports of any injuries or...
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 MacÃas, 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...