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DC Spearhead Work With People Who Have Disabilities
by Beth | Mar 29, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
According to the Limerick Post the Daughters of Charity are spearheading work with people who have disabilities.Treating people with disability with dignity A BOOKLET aimed at supporting staff who work with people with an intellectual disability was recently launched...
More Coverage of Daughter of Charity in House of Commons
by Beth | Mar 29, 2005 | Vincentian Family
Additional coverage about the Daughter of Charity, Medhin Tesfaye, who testified before the House of Lords.The site of the Daughters of Charity in Great Britain, along with Easter Wishes, has further information. Daughters of Charity, Great Britan Make Poverty History...
Social Justice Calendar
by Beth | Mar 29, 2005 | Justice and Peace
The Center for Concern has prepared a calendar featuring dates of interest to those working for justice and peace.It availabe in PDF format on the site of the Center of Concern There is also available a 113-page list of resources which are available on the site.
Daughters of Charity?
by Beth | Mar 28, 2005 | Vincentian Family
Someone sent me this. Might they be Daughters of Charity?Source If you have any information on this you could send it to freundj@stjohns.edu
NY Times Editorial: How to Successfuly Combat Malaria
by Beth | Mar 28, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Combatting malaria made business sense.March 27, 2005 EDITORIAL In 1998, the Australia-based mining company BHP Billiton began building a huge aluminum smelter outside Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. The company knew that malaria plagued the region. It gave all its...
National Vincentian Family Gathering – 4/23-26/05 (Sat.-Tues)
by Beth | Mar 28, 2005 | Vincentian Family
The gathering already has 120 registered participants representing 9 branches of the VIncentian Family.The participants represent more than 20 states from California to New York and Alabama to Michigan. They can accomodate only 20 more participants. More details and...
St. Vincent’s College Gets New President
by Beth | Mar 27, 2005 | Vincentian Family
BRIDGEPORT — John K. Fisher, the second president of St. Vincent's College, will be formally inaugurated at a ceremony to be held April 9 at the University of Bridgeport's Mertens Theater. Fisher, previously president of Norwalk State Technical College and dean of...
SCN President Named to National Bishop’s Advisory Board
by Beth | Mar 26, 2005 | Vincentian Family
SCN President Shalini D’Souza has been appointed by the LCWR Executive Committee as representative to the Bishops’ National Advisory Committee. The Council’s purpose is to foster dialogue and collaboration within the Church and larger society. Sister Shalini will...
200th Anniversary of Elizabeth Ann Seton’s First Eucharist
by Beth | Mar 26, 2005 | Vincentian Family
At last God is mine and I am His! Now let all go its round—I have received Him! (Words of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton after her First Communion as a Catholic, March 25, 1805)You are invited to join in a celebration of the 200th Anniversary of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton’s...
PREVENTABLE Causes Kill 10 MILLION CHILDREN Annually
by Beth | Mar 26, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
More than 10 million youngsters under the age of five die each year from a variety of preventable causes, the World Health Organization says. More than 40% of the deaths occur in southern and western Africa, based on mortality rates from 2000 to 2003, with pneumonia,...