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Meeting of Young Sisters (Province of Mozambique)
The General Meeting of the Daughters of Charity (Young Sisters) was held in Maputo at their Provincial House in Matola on 9-18 January 2023. This was attended by 12 young Sisters and began at 08:15 pm in the conference hall, with the presence of the Sister responsible for young Sisters. Several facilitators animated various themes: […]
Mending Blessing
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 sorrow, […]
Blessing of the International Vincentian Marian Youth Offices
The new offices of the International Vincentian Marian Youth (VMY) and National Councils were blessed on 18 December 2022 by Father Gregorio Bañaga, CM, the new Vicar-General of the Congregation of the Mission. Both offices are situated in the Marian Center which stands significantly beside the parish of St. Vincent de Paul, one of the […]
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 presence of the Daughters of Charity in the countries of the […]
Session of newly designated Visitatrixes
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 from the Provinces of Cameroon, Congo, Madagascar, Nigeria, […]
The President of the Republic and his wife honor Sr. André
Death of Sister André, the world’s oldest person Published on 18 January 2023 The oldest person in the world, Cévennes’ Sister André, has died at the age of 118. During a life marked by 18 presidents of the Republic and two world wars, she had become, for the French, a symbol of continuity and resistance, […]
Path of prophecy and hope
“The Assemblies’ theme drew the Company into a process of opening.” (I.A.D. – Gate 1). With this in mind, 32 Daughters of Charity met in Ecuador from 28 September to 6 October to reflect and deepen the understanding of the management of goods in the context of Latin America. The Visitatrixes, Provincial Treasurers and Economic […]
Our planet is still in the emergency room
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 emissions, transforming energy systems and avoiding a climate catastrophe. “Humanity has a choice: cooperate or […]
“Casa Encuentro,” Ward, South Carolina
It has been a little over a year since three Daughters of Charity (Srs. Consuelo, Migdalia, and Paula) and one Vincentian priest of the Eastern Province (Fr. Orlando Cardona) arrived in South Carolina, to begin a new mission for immigrants. Saluda County is a sparsely populated area (44 people and 21 housing units per square […]
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