by John Freund, CM | May 23, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
As we approach Memorial Day a Pennsylvania newspaper salutes the Daughters of Charity who served as nurses during the Civil War. “When the Daughters of Charity awakened June 27, 1863, the pastoral grounds of their Emmitsburg, Md,. property had become a Union...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 3, 2012 | Vincentian Family
“The Unionists would all go to hell, and the secessionists to heaven.” That was the message Catherine Bockman heard when she attended Mass on May 27, 1862, at St. Vincent’s, near the French market in St. Louis’s Soulard neighborhood. She had come to pray for the... by John Freund, CM | Nov 1, 2011 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
“The country had only 600 trained nurses at the start of the Civil War. All were Catholic nuns. This is one of the best-kept secrets in our nation’s history,” Civil War chaplain Father William Barnaby Faherty once said. Battlefield Angels: The Daughters of...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 12, 2011 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Catholic Nuns at War, so writes by SISTER JULIE inA nun’s life blog. http://anunslife.org/2011/10/11/catholic-nuns-at-war/ A nun cares for a wounded soldier in this detail from a larger Civil War-era print featuring the field ministry of Holy Cross Father P.P.... by John Freund, CM | Jul 17, 2011 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
“Enligthened Charity is a lost history important to the identity of professional American nurses.” writes the Vincentian History Researchers Network quoting the publisher. “Enlightened Charity documents the pioneering work of American Sisters of...
