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Australian Bishops Speak Out – 2005 Social Justice Sunday Statement
The Australian Catholic Bishops’ 2005 SOCIAL JUSTICE SUNDAY STATEMENT has been released complete with preaching notes and study aids.We have a light. It shines for our lives, but it also attracts others who are in need. We cannot know who will come, when, or why, but...
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Offer More Aid to Katrina Victims
St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica and its parent company, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health Systems (SCLHS), have been working with the Mississippi Nursing Board and the Department of Health and Human Services to respond to the need for nurses and other...
New Google Search Engine for Blogs and the Vincentian Family Presence
Google has just unveiled a specialized search engine that focuses on blogs. Searches on the Vincentian Family turn up some very interesting results.Some sample searches for our presence what has been called the "blogosphere"... Daughters of Charity Congregation of the...
CM Artist’s Work Help Defuse Neighborhood Tensions
Brother Mark Elder, CM is playing a role in defusing tensions in a changing neighborhood.The Star Times (Chicago) headlines... Uptown Pural Captures soul of Arglye Street. "The project has helped defuse tension in a changing neighborhood where visions of the future...
Daughters of Charity Win Asturias Award for Concord
This year's Spanish Prince of Asturias Award for Concord has been given to the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul. The decision was announced in the city of Oviedo by the jury for the prize which honours outstanding achievement in many areas including the...
Summer 2005 Issue of NUNTIA of the Congregation of the Mission
The June-July-August issue of the International newsletter of the Congregation of the Mission is now availoable online.NUNTIA As usual it contains report from the General Curia, the various members of the Curia as well as various bits of information from around the...
Vincent dePaul Society Rule is Clearer and More Adaptable.
The new Society Rule has been produced as a combined Rule for Australia, divided into three parts. Parts one and two cover the Rules and Statutes of the International Confederation of the St Vincent de Paul Society, while part three covers the internal Articles and...
25th Anniversary of Canonization of Elizabeth Ann Seton
In 1975, Pope Paul VI declared Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton the first U.S.-born saint.Collected Writings of Elizabeth Ann Seton Vincedntian Encyclopedia article. Homily Paul VI
Srs. of Charity – Leavenworth Aids Katrina Victims
St. Vincent Healthcare Billings, Montana is donating medical supplies, pharmaceuticals and nutritional supplements, which will be trucked to the Gulf region. St. Vincent has also established a relief fund, to which the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth donated $10,000...
New Visitatrix for Australian DC Province
MARSFIELD NSW, September 11, 2005: On Sunday September 11 at St Catherine's Chapel, Marsfield, during the celebration of the Eucharist, Sr Pauline Flynn DC was installed as the new Visitatrix of the Australian Province of the Daughters of Charity, replacing Sr Celine...
