This past January 2nd through 9th marked the third successful yearly visit to the House of Charity for young adults under the sponsorship of the Company of Charity Formation Personnel (CCFP). The CCFP Sisters have brought groups to New Orleans since January of 2006 and it was the CCFP who initiated the dream which would Read more »
Life Experience and Faith Sharing Association (LEFSA) is a unique city-wide program that creates faith communities with homeless persons in shelters, drop-in centers, a drug rehabilitation program and an HIV/AIDS residence. It fills a critical void for those in New York City’s shelter system who are offered a cot and perhaps a meal, without the Read more »
Joseph Agostino, C.M., Vincentian Family Coordinator for the Haiti Project shared the following update on the Haitian systemic change project: As of January 31, 2012, the Vincentian Family has raised over $520,000 (including matching grants) that will be used to reach out to Haitians living on the margins of society. About 350 new families will Read more »
The Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati have nine Charity Family books available for sale. Download this PDF for a synopsis of each book and ordering information. Click here to view and download.
Sister Angie Martz, SCIC recently received a certificate of honour from the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace. Based in Saint John, New Brunswick, the Sister of Charity of the Immaculate Conception was recognized for her commitment to social justice and efforts “to improve living conditions for the poorest of the poor in the Read more »
Each year the SCNs offer a vacation week for Sisters at Camp Maria Retreat Center on Breton Bay in Southern Maryland, which is one of their ministries. The dates they have scheduled for vacation week for 2012 are July 3–10. The Sisters of Charity-Nazareth invite all Sisters of the Federation to join them. Click here Read more »
Click to download registration form. The Vincentian Family at the United Nations (the Daughters of Charity, the Sisters of Charity Federation and the Congregation of the Mission) is co-sponsoring a UN Orientation for their members from April 18-20, 2012. The orientation will provide participants with an overview of the UN system, the work of the Read more »
March 2012 The Millennium Consumption Goals and Rio+20 The Millennium Consumption Goals (MCGs) idea was proposed by Professor Munasinghe of Sri Lanka in January 2011 at the United Nations in New York. According to Professor Munasinghe, “MCGs could help make our development path more sustainable, by focusing on the 1.4 billion people in the richest Read more »
Living the Days of Lent 2012, edited by Ellen Dauwer, SC, and Mary McCormick, SC, is a pocket-sized book of short meditations for each day of the season of Lent, with illustrations and detachable pages that can be posted for convenient reflection reminders. It is available on Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com, and many other sites. The Read more »
Download/read: A Chance to Address My “Bucket List” In the summer of 2010, the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill at the generalate in Chicago initiated a program to bring together sisters from both the United States and Korean provinces for an Interprovincial Experience of Charism and Mission. Five sisters from each province are invited to Read more »
