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On the frontline of the fight against COVID-19
As the whole world struggles with the Covid-19 pandemic, the call is to creatively respond to emerging needs and, abandoning fear for one’s own life, to help those most in need. Recently, the Mayor of one of the places where the Daughters of Charity are present, asked for help in the Nursing Home run by […]
Jesus Christ
Care for our common home has become urgent yet remains controversial 2015 – LAUDATO SI’ “Laudato Si’ is viewed as a green encyclical, but I would say that, first of all, it is a social encyclical. A real option for the poor is too also an option for creation. We are called to become more […]
Leaving no one behind
“Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house.” Isaiah 58:6-8 Pope Francis turned […]
75th Anniversary of the UNITED NATIONS
Leaving no one behind The Vatican’s interest in the UN goes all the way back to the beginning, since the Holy See had representatives on the ground when the charter for the new planetary body was signed in San Francisco on October 24,1945. Since then, regardless of the disagreements, the Vatican’s relationship with the UN […]
The waste of food
Care for our common home has become urgent yet remains controversial 2015 – LAUDATO SI’ About $1 trillion worth of food is wasted each year, yet 820 million people go hungry and 144 million children experience stunted growth. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) indicates that reversing the food waste trend could provide […]
Saint Vincent in Haiti
On October 18-25 we celebrated another Missionary Week. We surround those who left their homeland for the Mission Ad Gentes with prayers and fond memories! Sr. Weronika, a Polish Sister who belongs to the Caribbean Province and serves the poor people of Haiti, shares with us how her Community honored St. Vincent de Paul, Founder […]
Life in prison during the Lockdown
♦ The Prison Ministry Team tells us what those days of maximum health alert meant for the inmates in prisons. The confinement we lived for weeks because of the pandemic taught us to value situations that daily pass through our lives without giving importance to them. One of them is the freedom of movement: to […]
ABLE, the Musical
Music is a medium that connects everyone. It was in this light that the concept of Able: The Musicalwas conceived. It was a Concert for a Cause with the aim of raising funds for the Our Lady of Victory (OLV) Center where differently-abled persons are housed when they come to the city for hospitalization, surgery, […]
Daughters of Charity, Province of St. Louise Goes Virtual for Assembly
This year, for the first time and because of health concerns and travel restrictions due to COVID-19, the Daughters of Charity Province of St. Louise held an all-virtual Zoom Video Meeting for its Provincial Assembly. Prior to the opening of the Assembly, two new Councillors were installed—Sisters Ellen LaCapria and Sister Denise LaRock. Through the […]
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