by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Apr 28, 2016 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Sr. Catherine Prendergast writes, “I thought I would take the approach of adding the voice of a young person to our sharing.” So here’s Michael O’Driscoll… This slideshow requires JavaScript. When you pass through the gates of that Iconic...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 23, 2016 | News, Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Sr. Teresa Kotturan, (second from right) U.N. representative of the Sisters of Charity Federation attended the Paris climate change meetings, held Nov. 30 to Dec. 12. It is with great joy that what she witnessed will now be signed in a ceremony at the United Nations....
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Apr 21, 2016 | Church, News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
“Here in 2016 we talk a good game on anti-trafficking and slavery. Now is the time for action,” The Holy See delivered some powerful messages about ending human trafficking and slavery, April 7, says Sr. Margaret O’Dwyer, DC, during a multi-panel discussion at...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Apr 14, 2016 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
“The world’s leaders are invited to the Paris Agreement Signing Ceremony of the 21st Conference of parties (COP21) at the United Nations on April 22, 2016,” says Sister Teresa Kotturan, Sisters of Charity Federation representative to the U.N. The...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Apr 7, 2016 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N., Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
Guillermo Campuzano, CM, the Congregation of the Mission’s representative to the United Nations, writes… The Vincentian Family at the United Nations is part of a coalition of NGOs called the Working Group on Mining. This coalition prepared, after much...
by Margaret O'Dwyer | Mar 31, 2016 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Sr. Margaret O’Dwyer, DC writes from the UN: Voices from the grassroots were perhaps the most powerful during recent UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) sessions because they spoke of social and economic realities experienced by everyday people. About 4,000 to...
