by annaread | Oct 23, 2007 | News
From Vincentians Australian News: The Australian Vincentian World Youth Day 2008 Web site includes a monthly feature that invites learning about and reflecting on Vincentian saints and blesseds. The self-guided reflection sheets are based on a program offered in two... by annaread | Oct 21, 2007 | Disasters and Responses, News
The September flooding continues to have an impact on 33 out of Costa Rica’s 81 cantons. Current situation report. (See the report of Fr. Nieto’s visit to Costa Rica in Nuntia, August 2007.) by annaread | Oct 21, 2007 | Evangelization, News
The women’s shelter announced last year by the local St. Vincent de Paul Society has opened. From an interview with the director, Elaine Borman: “People gave to us a lot when we needed, and now I look at it as my turn to give back.” Shelter director... by annaread | Oct 20, 2007 | Evangelization, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
In an unusual program that melds community service with vocational training, ten hospitality students in Australia’s Northern Territory provide about two hundred meals a day for various Vincentcare projects. Read the story. by annaread | Oct 19, 2007 | Collaboration, Evangelization, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
At their September meeting in Matola, African provincials of the Daughters of Charity received an update about DREAM, (Drug Resource Enhancement against AIDS and Malnutrition). A brief summary of the presentation and links to news about the project may be found on... by annaread | Oct 18, 2007 | Evangelization, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Programs for grandparents who are rearing grandchildren — 70,000 such adults in Arkansas — and collaborating with churches and educational institutions to increase accessibility of mental health care: these are some of the things Daughter of Charity Sister...