by John Freund, CM | Aug 12, 2012 | Vincentian Family
“We communicated almost daily with our colleagues in Hassakeh, Aleppo and Damascus, until Monday, August 6 when we lost contact.” … “I can not describe to you the fear and anxiety which are read in the eyes of those displaced. For the most part...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 12, 2012 | Vincentian Family
It is little known that Sisters of Charity of Nazareth have a shrine for Kateri Tekakwitha, the “Lily of the Mohawks,” which has been a part of the Nazareth landscape since July 19, 1941 – but not always in the same spot. The first home for the shrine was...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 11, 2012 | Vincentian Family
The Vincentian Family has mounted a website www.famvin2013.com with preparatory details for those plannning to attend or support those attending World Youth Day in Rio July 18-212 2013. Father Gregory Gay, CM has convoked an International Meeting of...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 10, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Sr. Jennifer Gordon, a member of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, Kan., was featured in an LCWR panel “Religious life in the future: What might it look like?” A member of Giving Voice, an organization that focuses on listening to younger Catholic...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 10, 2012 | Vincentian Family
The Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill, Greensburg Pa recently celebrated the installation of a new leadership team for 2012-2016 and 5 Golden Jubiliarians. The United States Provincial Council members seated from left are Sister Mary Norbert Long, SC, and Sister Susan...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 10, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Is is true that the more traditional and conservative orders of women religious, those who make up the membership of the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious (CMSWR), are thriving, while the orders who make up the membership of the LCWR, are seeing their...
