Daughters of Charity from 7 to 10 years vocation will take part in the International Vincentian Spiritual Renewal Session at the Mother House of the Company of the Daughters of Charity, 140 Rue du Bac, Paris from August 31 to September 29, 2023. The atmosphere is...
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Annual meeting of the international website Team
The annual meeting of the Sisters, members of the international website team, was held at the Mother House of the Daughters of Charity in Paris from 27 – 31 July 2023. The members, representing the 6 languages used in the web, came from as far as Asia, Africa and...
The Lumière of Pentecost: 400 years of light for the Company and the world
On 4 June 1623, day of Pentecost, Louise de Marillac, tormented by doubts and pains for a long time, entered the Church of Saint Nicolas-des-Champs in Paris. A young wife with a child and a sick husband, she prayed for her future. Something extraordinary happened...
Life is a road, a journey of many stages
Sisters responsible for the Postulancy and the Seminary Directresses of the Company were called to undertake together an extraordinary journey, from 17 April to 4 May. Travelling means packing our bags, selecting what is really important to take along and leaving...
<strong>Installation of the new Director General of the Daughters of Charity at the Mother House</strong>
The Eucharist, celebrated after Lauds, was presided by Father Tomaž Mavrič, concelebrated by Father Bernard Schoepfer, Father José Antonio González Prieto and Father Fréderic Pellefigue, Visitor of the French Province. In his homily, Father Bernard took up the angel’s...
Sister Françoise Petit and Father Tomaž Mavrič meet Pope Francis
Saturday 21st of January 2023, I had the joy, together with Father Tomaž Mavrič, of being received by Pope Francis. It was an intense, simple and very fraternal meeting. We spoke about the situation in the Congo, the Sisters’ commitment to refugees and the...
<strong>Session of newly designated Visitatrixes</strong>
It is 22 January 2023, Paris is welcoming us with intense cold, but at 140 Rue du Bac there is warmth and light. Twenty Visitatrixes from all over the world, designated from 2020 onwards, have been gathered by the Superioress General for a formation meeting. They are...
Pastoral Service of the Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. Session opening the Pastoral Year – 01 October 2022
THE WELCOME Many people from different parts of the world come to the Chapel of the Miraculous Medal. Listening to them, we understand that their expectations are diverse... Difficult situations, at the time of the pandemic, led us to a reorientation towards what is...
News of the Session: Drinking from the Source
The Vincentian month is over! It was a bit sad to part from each other after the encounters, the liturgies celebrated, the moments of joyful and lively fraternal life, and the visit to so many places dear to our Company which called to mind that everything was...
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