The question is: Have we embraced these differences? Or have we ignored or tried to mould the “other” in our midst into something more familiar? In addressing the idea that we live in the conscious presence of difference, Cecile Meijer, RSCJ reminds us that: “The...
A new page in history opens: the erection of a new Province of the Daughters of Charity in Italy. On November 29, 2021, the Province of San Vincenzo Italia was erected. This event, which is the union of the Provinces of Sardinia and San Vincenzo Italia, was...
The chapel in the Provincial House in Warsaw Beginning Advent this year in Poland, the Congregation of the Mission and the 3 Provinces of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul will start a nine-year NOVENA in honor of the IMMACULATE MARY, Our Lady of the...
“NEW WINE INTO NEW WINESKINS" These words of Jesus, recorded by the Evangelist Matthew (9,17), are the Spirit’s light that guided, animated and nourished the journey made by the Daughters of Charity of the two Provinces towards the creation of the new Province, España...
In an age of extremism, ethical tensions, civilizational clashes, and the use of religion to justify unspeakable terror, humanity finds itself once again in the red zone. Observing what is happening around us, in both the body politics and the economic zones,...
On June 27, 2021 a group of young people from Łomża, Warsaw and Przasnysz, Poland visited with great joy the Provincial House of the Daughters of Charity in Warsaw. Sister Katarzyna, Seminary Directress and Sister Anna, Seminary Sister welcomed the young people with a...
The six countries of the Near East Province are rooted in the Bible: "Cyrus, king of Persia [present-day IRAN], is charged with building a house for the Lord in Jerusalem". "Yet a little while and [LEBANON] will turn into an orchard… delivered from gloom and darkness,...
(Part 2) When we reflect and ‘own’ the dialogue of Mary with Elizabeth and the mutual sharing between the two women, a new energy filled with possibilities begins to emerge. Mary’s border crossing journey and concern for the welfare of Elizabeth extended far beyond...
St. Catherine Labouré Every evening in her cell, Costanza, sitting on her bunk bed and avoiding all noise, writes a short account of her life as a prisoner on a paper and sends her diary to her mother every week, hoping that she will understand how much she loves the...
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