by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 28, 2010 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Lay Missionaries
“Having met at the retreat house of the Daughters of Charity “Los Pinos”, Bogotá, Colombia, the Third International Assembly of MISEVI was carried out, with representations from Colombia, Venezuela, USA, Italy, Brazil, Spain, El Salvador, Costa Rica,...
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...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 27, 2010 | Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
In the wake of the earthquake in HaitÃ, the Vincentian Family and the people with whom they serve and and live are enduring another trial: this time in Chile. We have not heard much, but we have the following news through the C.M. province’s Facebook presence,...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 7, 2010 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Lay Missionaries
As part of their assembly doings, the official representatives to the Third Assembly have elected a new coordinating council. The new officers are Maria Rosa Mormesso de Castro, Presidenta (Brasil), Claudia Patricia Lugo Moreno (Colombia), MarÃa Jesús Cuena (España),...