by John Freund, CM | Jun 2, 2013 | Disasters and Responses, Vincentian Family
To help restore their lives after a local disaster, individuals and families count on the Domestic Disaster Fund from the National COuncil of the U.S. Society of St. VIncent de Paul. To help survivors of the Oklahoma tornadoes, click here, check “Domestic...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 2, 2013 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Hundreds of Sisters of Charity of Nazareth  from all over the world are at Nazareth, Kentucky this week and next for the Congregation’s General Assembly. In her opening remarks Sister Mary Elizabeth, President, said, “The very circumstances in which this...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 2, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Daughters of Charity Provincial Archives announces that  for next week they will begin a series of daily posts answering the following questions about their habit the origins of the Sisters’ traditional attire, how the look of the cornette changed over time, why...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 1, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The international website of the Daughters of Charity celebrates the Sacred Heart this month. (The image of Louise’s devotion to the Sacred Heart is taken from an altar piece in a Vincentian Parish in Bratislava courtesy of the Vincentian Image Archive at...
by John Freund, CM | May 31, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The international site of the Daughters of Charity writes of a Gold Medal awarded to the Daughters of Charity in Guadalajara, Spain for their two centuries of social work. The Gold Medal of the Province of Guadalajara was given to the Daughters of Charity of Saint...
by John Freund, CM | May 30, 2013 | Vincentian Family
Shepherding the migration of close to 30 sites in some 6 languages under the umbrella of VinFormation is no easy task and I would like to publicly thank Beth Nicol for doing exactly that. Yes, FamVin is much more than just a news site. If you haven’t explored...