by John Freund, CM | Sep 17, 2009 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
C.J. Wille, SC, recently returned from attending and presenting at various Vincentian Family meetings in Africa. C.J. is the Sisters of Charity Federation NGO representative at the UN. Note the Vincentian-themed clothing in some of the pictures.
by John Freund, CM | Jun 6, 2009 | Daughters of Charity, Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Sister Regina Bechtle, a Sister of Charity of New York, enriched the reflection that has been taking place since the beginning of the Assembly by her treatment of the theme Community as a sign of prophecy and hope. In the third part of her talk, Sister Regina referred...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 19, 2009 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Some 200 Sisters of Charity of New York marched together with Federation members, associates and colleagues at the March 17th celebration of the St. Partick’s Day Parade in New York City. The parade was dedicated to the Sisters of Charity in honor of the...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 5, 2009 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
What’s with those bonnets the nuns wore in “Doubt”? asks The Chicago Tribune in a piece about 5 good Oscar questions. Did they get it right? Many of the habits and headgear of Catholic nuns date back several centuries or more, but the religious garb...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 25, 2009 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The 2009 New York St. Patrick’s Day Parade is dedicated to the Sisters of Charity. The Sisters are being honored for their many charitable works which began in New York City in 1817. The Sisters have marched up New York’s Fifth Avenue in many of these...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 17, 2009 | Daughters of Charity, Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The Daughters of Charity were skilled nurses long before Florence Nightingale. In Say Little, Do Much, Sioban Nelson, says the popular view that nursing invented itself in the second half of the nineteenth century is historically inaccurate and dismissive of the...
