As a part of the Women, War, and Peace II series, PBS featured Sister Denise LaRock and her work with migrants. Sister Denise LaRock is a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul and has been working in San[continue reading]
The Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul of the United States of America are moved to speak out on behalf of those suffering along our borders and in detention centers. We raise our voices in union with the[continue reading]
When Sister Walburga Gehring was chosen to head up the first Catholic hospital on the North Side of Chicago, the beginning could hardly have been less auspicious. Sister Walburga was sent from a hospital established by the Daughters of Charity[continue reading]
A growing number of Americans are open to increases in legal immigration, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. The survey found that few Americans believe undocumented immigrants take jobs that U.S. citizens want, and most do not believe[continue reading]
A shareholder resolution on the health and climate impacts of coal use filed at Duke Energy by shareholder advocacy group As You Sow and Daughters of Charity, Province of St. Louise received the support of 41% of Duke shareholders. This[continue reading]
When Daughter of Charity Sr. Mary Bader looks out over the Washington, D.C., skyline from across the Potomac River in Virginia, what draws her attention are not the national monuments or U.S. Capitol building — symbols of national power and[continue reading]
When thousands of women converge on the United Nations today, March 11, they will have a singular focus: exploring the ways the world can move forward in promoting social protections that help women and their families live more dignified lives.[continue reading]
In marking the International Women’s Day today, the council said they were grateful of the support provided by Sister Margaret. She is fondly remembered as the lady who patiently taught the inmates to read and write at the Arorangi Prison.[continue reading]
The United Nations is no stranger to the issues of poverty, women’s rights, climate change, the nuclear arms race and other pressing challenges. But the global body has yet to tackle head-on one social problem visible on the streets of[continue reading]
(Elizabeth Seton High School – an all-girls Catholic school in Bladensburg, Maryland, sponsored by the Daughters of Charity – is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2019, and in an interview with the Catholic Standard, Sister Ellen Marie Hagar, a Daughter[continue reading]