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Children and the Media: Papal Message for World Communication Day
VATICAN CITY, JAN. 24, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Here is the message Benedict XVI wrote on the occasion of World Communications Day 2007, which will be observed May 20 with the theme: "Children and the Media: a Challenge for Education." 1. The theme of the Forty-first World...
Daughter of Charity Awarded Gold Medal By Spanish Labor Ministry
Jesus Caldera, Spanish Minister for Labour and Social Security, presented the Golden Medal Merit Award to Daughter of Charity, Sister Carmen Velasco Ramos, for her work in the Health Service. The ceremony was attended by her co-workers from the clinic as well as...
Relationship Between St. Francis de Sales and St. Vincent
Vincent de Paul came into contact with Francis de Sales in Paris in 1618 or 1619. Though Francis de Sales lived only another four years, his own spirituality and virtue, as well as his writings, especially An Introduction to the Devout Life, and Treatise on the Love...
Anniversary of the Foundation of the Congregation of the Missions
January 25 marks the 390th anniversary of the foundation of the Congregation of the Mission. But, in fact, according to José-María Román, C.M., on that day in 1617 he did not found anything. He simply discovered his vocation, that is, the way by which, in the future,...
Daughters of Charity Gain Special Consultative Status as UN NGO
According to the UN website the Daughters of Charity were recommended for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the UN.For more background on the signifance of this visit the Wikipedia article on Consultative Status From the UN website...
Daughter of Charity Named Saginawian of the Year
SAGINAW, Mich. -- Sister Mary Ruth Rault DC has won hearts on both sides of the bars at the Saginaw County Jail. Rault, 75, retired in the fall after serving 14 years as a jail chaplain. Her work with inmates changed lives and earned her a place as a Saginawian of the...
Good Things Came To SVDP Tent City For Homeless
It was particularly distressing for St. Vincent de Paul. Finding ourselves at the center of the "housing-for-the-homeless" crisis - as well as in violation of the city's land-use codes and the recipient of taunts and jeers on Jan. 12 from those we help 365 days a year...
SVDP Building Geodesic Dome To House Homless
Gainesville's first geodesic dome home will double as an outreach center for the homeless for half normal cost. Rod Rodriguez, the president of the St. Vincent de Paul Catholic outreach organization that is responsible for the home, looked at many different house...
More On The History of the Congregation of the Mission
Fr. Tim WIlliams of Australia is continuing his work on the biographies of the The Superiors General of the Congregation of the MissionJanuary 22, 2007 MARSFIELD, January 22, 2007: A short article on Fr Edmond Jolly CM, third Superior General of the Congregation of...
On the Anniversary of the Founding of the Congregation of the Mission
There are two articles in our Constitutions that are key for a better understanding of our spirit...Source In addition to this please note that "In 2005 the Congregation consisted of 3,419 incorporated members: 31 bishops, 3,096 priests, 168 brothers, and 52 students...
