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Seton Retreat Center in Emmitsburg is closing
As a result of a study, the Daughters of Charity in Emmitsburg, Maryland, have made the decision to discontinue the operation of the Seton Retreat and Conference Center, located on the grounds of the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, as of September 30,...
News from the international Curia of the Congregation of the Mission
Our ongoing formation session was directed by Father Luigi Mezzadri with the theme The Women Who Helped to Build the Holiness of Saint Vincent. At our quarterly meeting Rome 2-7 March we hosted the Vincentian Solidarity Office team, the three Visitors of the western...
Havana Times lauds Daughters of Charity work with lepers
“The persons hospitalized today in El Rincon Sanatorium and marvelously cared for by the Daughters of Charity, who are very dedicated nuns, are no longer lepers, they have been cured; the problem is that they have lesions and are handicapped and they have been...
Update on an atheist’s challenge to Frederick Ozanam
Stung by criticism of an atheist about the Church's absence in the lives of the poor Frederick began a life-long journey of responding to that charge. The following post from Atheist Nexus provides something of a an update on current day perceptions of atheists in the...
Seeds of Hope – “It can change your life!”
That is the opinion of Sr. Margaret Fitzpatrick, SC in this weeks installment in the Lent for Systemic Change series. She is a Sister of Charity and President of St. Thomas Aquinas College in New York. She points out how the book can be used in various settings as a...
New configuration of three US provinces of the CM
The news is out – we have a new Provincial-Elect, even before we have the new province! Our congratulations and prayers go out to Fr. Perry Henry for whom we all know this news is a life-altering event, and our thanks to Perry for saying yes! Over the last few...
The City that Ended Hunger
A city in Brazil recruited local farmers to help do something U.S. cities have yet to do: end hunger. The story of Brazil's fourth largest city Belo Horizonte, a city of 2.5 million people, once had 11 % of its population living in absolute poverty, and almost 20 % of...
Using Facebook to raise $10,000 – Young Vinnies (Australia)
"Young Vinnies" from the University of Sydney ended up raising over $10,000 in what was possibly one of the largest cross-campus appeals ever conducted! You should all be extremely proud! If you are interested in getting involved with more volunteering, join up to...
Systemic Change – Turning a city around
The keynote speakers at the North American Vincentian Family Gathering April 16-19, Allison Boisvert and Eddie Friel present insights into different but deeply inter-related dimensions of “systemic change†- the personal and structural. This week we feature Eddie...
Brothers of Charity interreligious dialogue
Interreligious Dialogue: An Initiative of the Brothers of Charity Rome. This dialogue seeks to identify ways of interreligious cooperation between Muslims and Christians in India and all over the world to prevent and/or intervene in the growing tension and possible...
