by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 4, 2010 | Congregation of the Mission, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
The Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission, Fr. Gregory Gay, today sent a letter to P. Carlos de la Rivera, Provincial of the CM Province of Chile, expressing their solidarity on the occasion of the tragedy they are experiencing. Here are some excerpts:...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 3, 2010 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
Here’s an eyewitness report from the Seminary in Macúl, posted in Spanish on the CM Chile Facebook Page. “On the morning of Saturday, February 27, we were violently awakened by the strong earthquake (8.8 on the Richter scale) suffered by south-central...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 2, 2010 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
More from the CM Province in Chile through Facebook “Earthquake: Mobilizing to help in assisting our brothers and sisters.” Wednesday at 4:46 pm: 795 dead is the new figure given by the Government. The number of missing is not certain. At least two million...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 28, 2010 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
The editor of the CM Province’s Facebook Page writes, “Let’s try to summarize what happened in Chile, as a result of an earthquake of 8.8 on the Richter scale and the subsequent tsunamis produced in several places. The earthquake affected the regions...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 28, 2010 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
We’ve heard from the Daughters of Charity in Tome and Talcahuano. They are well after the shock. In Tome, the tsunami would have reached Marguerite Nasseau School, but we have no report of damage. In Maule a sister of a Daughter of Charity has been rescued alive...
