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Report from DC Vow Insitute – St. Louis June 26th-July 3
The sisters under ten years vocation and their formation councilors from the five North American provinces, Great Britain and Australia gathered for a Vow Institute entitled "We are More than the Vows." In an atmosphere of simplicity and enthusiasm, the sisters...
Anniversary of Vincent’s first Foundation – Confraternity of Charity
The Confraternity of Charity (8/22/1617) was the first institutional expression of the Vincentian charism and it involved lay leadership for social action. From the confraternities later arose both the Daughters of Charity (1633) and the Ladies of Charity (1635) in...
Mother Seton House Visitor’s Center opens in Baltimore
Without fanfare, a new Mother Seton House Visitors Center has risen in one of Baltimor's most venerable locations. It's tucked between Mother Seton House and the old St. Mary's Seminary Chapel, Paca Street. Baltimore Sun
Celebrating Australian SVDP Youth
The "Vinnies" of South Australia are celebrating the social Justice efforts of young SVDP'ers. The Awards celebrate the Good Works of young adults and school students from around the state (South Australia). These young people have worked in advocacy speaking for...
A counter-intuitive approach to alleviating poverty
In a remote part of Namibia simply giving people a basic monthly income, funded with tax revenues, of 100 Namibia dollars, or about €9 ($13), for each citizen is working systemic change. There are no conditions, and nothing is expected in return. It sounds like a...
Vatican labor practices
When Pope Benedict XVI wrote in his new encyclical that efficiency and profit cannot be the only things motivating an ethical employer, he was speaking for himself as well. The Vatican published the encyclical "Caritas in Veritate" ("Charity in Truth") July 7, the...
Silent witness to the charism
When you think no one sees you, read this moving tribute to the Daughters of Charity who migrate each year to Christ the King Retreat House in Syracuse. The author of this reflective poetry is a long time staff member at the retreat house. (I suspect the same could...
Another approach to the illegal immigration issue
Discussing the topic of immigration reform, Archbishop of San Antonio José H. Gomez is warning that those who break U.S. laws should not expect to escape punishment. However, instead of deportation, he is proposing community service as a "far more constructive...
Daughter of Charity as Holocaust hero
Three years before her death in 1993 Sister Agnes was declared Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem, the Holocaust remembrance authority in Israel, and her name was inscribed in its famous wall alongside others who helped save Jews during Nazi persecution. The...
Vatican webcams
The Vatican site has 7 webcams installed at various points in Rome. It makes it possible to take a virtual tour without leaving your chair. There are, however, a number of other ways to make a virtual visit to places in Rome. The basilica of St Paul's Outside the...
