by John Freund, CM | Aug 5, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
For the last forty years, the “Daughters of Charity” have been looking after children from the poorest families in Addis Ababa. Church in Need describes these modern day ministers to lepers and outcast families. There is a churchyard near the school of the Daughters...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 25, 2012 | Vincentian Family
The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth website contains the following article that illustrates how knitting can be a sign of God’s love and concern. Rosemarie Kirwin, SCN, recently shared one of her gifts in responding to a letter sent to the Sisters of Charity of...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 31, 2012 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The time was 1990, when little was known about HIV/AIDS . Sr. Maureen Skelly, a Sister of Charity – Halifax, was a spiritual director on the staff of Mount Manresa, the Jesuit retreat house on Staten Island. Even though many wrongly feared that they would catch...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 22, 2011 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
At least for 25,000 enrolled in the collaborative project involving the Daughters of Charity and the Community of Sant’Egidio. The program has a 98% success rate in preventing transmission of HIV/AIDS virus during pregnancy, birht or breast feeding. In the last five...
