At about 7:30 in the morning, Daughter of Charity Sr. Maureen Houlihan drives over to Seton Harvest farm, pulls on a pair thick, rubber boots and carries feed over to her chickens. Technically, they aren’t her chickens — they belong to the community owned[continue reading]
When Sister Julia Huiskamp, D.C. arrived from Chicago 30 years ago in June, she wanted to work with children and families in East St. Louis, and the best way to do that was to offer a service to the families.[continue reading]
For two weeks in late June, in an area of south Bexar County, Texas, about 40 children gather at the sports field and playground areas at El Carmen Catholic Church for a day camp and wellness experience that brought lots[continue reading]
Leaders of the United Nations say the global body’s ambitious agenda to eliminate global poverty and other ills is off to a good start but are reiterating the need for common efforts involving governments, non-governmental groups, business and others —[continue reading]
As the seconds ticked away, the timekeeper cast her eyes across a student lounge on the Notre Dame campus and announced it was time for the speed daters to change partners. So April Adalim, 24, got up and moved to[continue reading]
Mount St. Mary’s University and the Daughters of Charity have launched a new joint endeavor in Emmitsburg, Maryland–the Seton Dubois Initiative. Named for their Emmitsburg founders (Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton and Father John DuBois, S.S.) the Seton Dubois Initiative aspires[continue reading]
The following article was originally published in the Brownsville Herald. Seven students graduated from the Proyecto Juan Diego Child Development program on May 26. Proyecto Juan Diego, a sponsored work of the Daughters of Charity Province of St. Louise in[continue reading]
Following many years of service to the needy in St. Louis, Mo., the volunteers of the Daughters of Charity’s Vincentian Mission Corps Program will begin to serve in Philadelphia, Penn., this coming fall of 2016. Philadelphia Vincentian Mission Corps Assistant Director,[continue reading]
The following article was originally published in the Missouri Catholic Conference Messenger Online. View entire story here. Sometimes the most extraordinary stories are the most ordinary moments. A father spends a Sunday afternoon with his son; they watch football, root[continue reading]