Since 2017, the Daughters of Charity, in conjunction with the Vincentian Family, have been strongly committed to the United Nations to give voice to homeless people, who are often invisible in public policies and absent from major international decisions. This fight...
Praying our goodbyes is part and parcel of the missionary activities of the Company of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. Just as the concept of “coming and going” is for us dating back to the period of the Lumiere of Mademoiselle le Gras in 1624. We do...
Blessed Easter Season to each of you! It is certainly a busy time around the UN, as more and more work is moving back to in-person format, and we are all learning how to do hybrid meetings. In Februarythe Commission on Social Development, at their annual...
O my friend, take heart. The work of repair is aching in its slowness and beautiful in the inches by which it will arrive. Do not pray to be patient but to persist. Ask for the endurance that helps us learn to breathe in the midst of fear, to love in the presence of...
At the opening of the Climate Implementation Summit at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the UN Secretary General António Guterres called for a historic pact between developed and developing countries to combine capacities, and pivot the world towards reducing carbon...
As a human family, more and more we see diversity and multiculturalism everywhere. How do we learn to dialogue and respect the dignity of differences? The Visitation of Mary and Elizabeth invites us to foster openness to different ways of thinking, speaking, and...
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...
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,...
(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...
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