by John Freund, CM | Dec 6, 2014 | Disasters and Responses, Vincentian Family
HAGUPIT Typhoon Hagupit is now a super-typhoon and most predict that it will make land-fall over the very same areas hard-hit by Yolanda. The CNN resident meteorologist has just characterized it as the strongest of super-typhoon this year. The following is a list of...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 11, 2014 | Disasters and Responses, News
SVDPUSA Disaster Services Division Disaster Prevention Protocols for  Ebola and other Contagious Diseases What should my Council and Conference (or any member or branch of the Vincentian Family) do to protect our staff and volunteers? (Information contained below is...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 19, 2014 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Floods Threaten Villages & SCN Ministries in Western Nepal The district of Surkhet where Sisters work in ministry, was the hardest hit by the rains. Eighteen people were killed and 36 others went missing on Friday when flash floods triggered by incessant rains for...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 30, 2014 | Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
P. Jorge Luis RodrÃguez B, C.M. of the Vincentian Family Office in Rome makes this plea on behalf of the Valparaiso Victims in Chile Valparaiso plea PDF To the members of the Vincentian Family Dear brothers and sisters in Saint Vincent, As you may have seen on the...
by John Freund, CM | May 27, 2014 | Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
What if you could not celebrate Easter even as late as the week of the Ascension? This is the situation faced by people from the local community St. Justin de Jacobis  and the Parish of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in the section of Valparaiso,  Chile known as Cerro...