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House of Charity in New Orleans
by John Freund, CM | Feb 26, 2010 | Collaboration, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
What do 27 air mattresses, 19 young adults, 11 Sisters/Daughters of Charity, five and one-half bathrooms, 15 lbs of mashed potatoes, one parish food bank and clothing closet and three families moving back home have in common?
Sr. Evelyne Franc reflects on vivist to Haiti
by John Freund, CM | Feb 25, 2010 | Collaboration, Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
"With God’s blessing, for five days we had the privilege, to share the present reality of life with our Sisters of Haiti, in the heart of a people profoundly marked by suffering. Some reflections and video on the visit of Sr. Evelyne Franc, Superioress General of the...
Adamson University urges “Systemic Change”
by John Freund, CM | Feb 25, 2010 | Collaboration, Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
Adamson University President Fr. Gregg Banaga has urged all Vincentian missionaries and their collaborators across the country to hold a similar forum seminar aimed at promoting the “Systemic Change Initiative” in their works of serving the poor. Photo Gallery[gallery...
Australian DC website back online
by John Freund, CM | Feb 24, 2010 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
So reports the Australian CM website with an explanation of hiatus of a few weeks on the Daughters of Charity site due to the relocation of the person in charge.
JUSTICE is not about JUST US
by John Freund, CM | Feb 23, 2010 | Daughters of Charity, Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
The title of Sr. Sharon Horace's blog certainly offers food for thought. It focuses on Justice Resources, activities with Catholic Student Center Justice Group at University of Brownsville, TX, and reflections on living the Christian life.
Haiti death toll could reach 300,000
by John Freund, CM | Feb 23, 2010 | Collaboration, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
So writes Haitian President Rene Preval according to Reuters release.
Chopin – perhaps most famous Vincentian parishioner
by John Freund, CM | Feb 22, 2010 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
Chopin (b. 1810) and his family were Holy Cross parishioners for all the time they lived in Warsaw. Holy Cross church and parish is the first Vincentian foundation in Poland (1653). In 1827 they moved to Krasinski Palace which is next to Holy Cross church. Frederic’s...
SVDP Charitable Pharmacy Provides $5M in Medication
by John Freund, CM | Feb 22, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
The St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP) Charitable Pharmacy in Cincinnati, Ohio, announced last week that it surpassed $5.1 million dollars worth of medication dispensed to help people in need since it opened in September 2006 [1]. The Charitable Pharmacy is the only pharmacy...
MISEVI Assembly 2010 || Chronicles
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 21, 2010 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Lay Missionaries
All the daily chronicles of the MISEVI Assembly in Bogotá (February 5, 6, & 7, 2010) are now available on the MISEVI International website. "I think MISEVI INTERNATIONAL is growing up;" says the writer. "... we already know each other and we are keen to work and...
Vincentians transforming Lent – Next steps in Haiti
by John Freund, CM | Feb 21, 2010 | Collaboration, Featured, Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
"Building new life out of fragility" is one of the themes of the Superior General's Lenten letter. What can Vincentians do? No one can doubt the fragility of life in Haiti. But followers of Vincent and Louise ask what are the next steps, "long term solutions"? Here...