by John Freund, CM | Feb 15, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Sister Margaret Beaudette, SC, has received final approval for two sculptures she created for the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in Metuchen. The 5′ 2″ sculptures of St. Francis of Assisi and Pope John Paul II , who established the New Jersey diocese,...
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 | Jan 17, 2012 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
New life from old…CBC News reports that the  147 year old  Sisters of Charity’s convent, Motherhouse, Saint Vincent Chapel in Saint John, New Brunswick is soon to be demolished. But over the weekend, about 30 volunteers with Habitat for Humanity worked to...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 9, 2012 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Two  Sisters of Charity of Nazareth  India have been invited to attend the UN General Assembly next month. One of them, Sr Anjana Kunnath, has found a successful herbal cure for malaria in Artemisia, a family of plants and herbs that includes tarragon and wormwood. “I...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 18, 2011 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Sr. Carol De Angelo, SC, offers a way of praying the Rosary from the perspective of caring for the gifts of creation. Caring for Ourselves, Each Other and All God’s Creation: Praying the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary: A nnunciation – as we pray this mystery (and...
