by John Freund, CM | Dec 15, 2010 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Sr. Goretti Butler of the Daughters of Charity went to Nigeria to give workshops in Child Protection Policy to the leaders of religious orders, male and female. It was an initiative of the Daughters of Charity and we went under the auspices of Misean Cara, the Irish...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 14, 2010 | Vincentian Family
Your prayers are requested for Syd Tutton who died recently. Syd was National President of the St Vncent de Paul Society in Australia, and Board member as Vice-President of the International General Council Finance Accountability Commission. Syd’s funeral will...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 13, 2010 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family
“Inventive Love: St. Vincent de Paul’s lifetime of service among the poor.” When Vincent died on Sept. 27, 1660, it was clear that a deep spirituality had transformed his humanity. By his own account, he was strong-willed and had been easily moved to...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 13, 2010 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The National Catholic Reporter features a Daughter of Charity, Sr. Marie de Mandat-Grancey (1837-1915), foundress of the House of Mary in Turkey , a place where Christians and Muslims pray together “without confusion and in peace.” In June 2005, the Daughters of...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 13, 2010 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Sr.Sharon Horace, DC has produced a video commentary on the Superior General’s Advent letter “Living Without Frontiers”. Pictures of the ministry of the Daughters of Charity with people on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border tell this story.
by John Freund, CM | Dec 12, 2010 | Vincentian Family
The Sayt’asim Project’s goal is to enable the Aymara People of the high plains region of Italaque, Bolivia to “stand up” and to become agents of their own communitarian development, and of the integral promotion and improvement of the quality of life. Fr.Aidan...