by annaread | Nov 12, 2007 | Vincentian Family
In more than four decades of service in The Bahamas, Sister of Charity Joan Anderson has served as a teacher, social work, school administrator, and more. Read the story.
by John Freund, CM | Nov 10, 2007 | Evangelization, Featured, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
The Vincentian Family figured prominently in the awarding of over one millions dollars for systemic change projects. On November 8, 2007 Brother Constant Goetschalckx FC of the Brothers of Charity, an international community with deep roots in the Vincentian traditon...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 10, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
The 12th annual Newman C. Eberhardt, C.M. Lecture at Saint John’s Seminary in California is titled “Disfigurement and Reconfiguration: The Contribution of Jean Vanier and L’Arche to a Renewed Social Order”. The series, named in honor of Newman...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 10, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
A young woman joined the Vincentian Lay Missionaries for service Jimma, Ethiopia. Her month of service included teaching English, as she expected. But “the Daughters of Charity main mission was providing a better life for families living in two leper...
by annaread | Nov 7, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Climbing rents in Juneau Alaska has contributed to a growing problem of homelessness. Now a housing advocate will work in a position managed by the St Vincent de Paul Society. Stan Marston says his is a “one stop shop” that “will prevent...
by annaread | Nov 7, 2007 | Evangelization, Vincentian Family
Sister Mary Janet McGilley, a Sister of Charity of Leavenworth who served Saint Mary College as its president for 25 years, was inducted Saturday into the Mid-America Education Hall of Fame. The first woman to serve as president of the college, Sister McGilley died in...