Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul West Central Province
Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul West Central Province
Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul West Central Province
Daughters of Charity stand in solidarity with immigrants. Watch the PBS video which describes the reality of persons living in Mexico, especially the city of Juarez. The Sisters in El Paso, Brownsville, and other border towns stand with them and call for comprehensive immigration reform as well as changed policies to protect those fleeing the violence.
Sex trafficking in Macon, Georgia?...full story You can also watch this video
Learn about slavery in our world today.
The Advocating for Social Justice Committee, with approval of the five US Visitatrixes, has endorsed the Interfaith Platform on Humane Immigration Reform...full story can be found on pg. 6 of June 2009 ASJ Newsletter
World hunger continues to escalate...full story can be found on pg.3 of June 2009 ASJ Newsletter
Learn more about an exhibit highlighting the rich history and contributions of Catholic sisters in the United States...full story
These are some of the social justice issues that motivate us.
Four provinces of the Daughters of Charity in the United States, the Congregation of St. Joseph and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet together sponsor Ascension Health, the nation's largest Catholic health system. Ascension Health continues the history of quality Catholic healthcare of these congregations, especially focused on people living in poverty.
Right now in America more than 37 million Americans are living below the poverty line. The Catholic Campaign for Human Development has created this interactive tour to raise awareness of the plight of the nation's poor and the hard choices they face daily--together we can make a difference.
The Daughters of Charity work locally and nationally with immigrants and to promote comprehensive immigration reform. We believe...
One-hundred eighty four Daughters of Charity, meeting in General Assembly in June, 2009 in Paris, took a position in support of the Network of Religious against Human Trafficking on the occasion of their 2009 Congress held at Rome, June 15-18, 2009.
The Assembly called for concerted action as an international community to address human trafficking. The Superioress General and her Council will make it a priority to study the best means to respond.
Furthermore, the 77 provinces of the Daughters of Charity throughout the world are encouraged to become involved on the local level to respond to human trafficking by...
World hunger continues to escalate. An estimated 963 million persons are hungry and/or malnourished including 36 million persons in the United States. Malnutrition has increased due to insufficient protein in the diet primarily due to cost and decrease in the availability of protein rich foods, especially meat.
As one steps back and reflects on some of the things we take for granted, water would surely be high on the list. Most of us don't think twice about the luxury of taking showers, doing laundry, watering plants, cooking, using the dishwasher, filling the kiddie pool . . . and many of us have become part of the "carry-my-bottled-water-with-me- wherever I go" culture.
Selling water is a multimillion dollar industry. The privatization of water has a ripple effect throughout the world. The production of bottled water uses vital natural resources. Fossil fuels are consumed, the environment is damaged, and electricity is consumed. The packaging and bottles frequently end in landfills, putting greater stress on a limited resource. Water is privatized and becomes expensive. For the price of one bottle of bottled water, 1,000 gallons of tap water can be purchased for home consumption.
Take a minute to think about what you might do to conserve water in your own life, and by cultivating this consciousness, remember the people and places throughout the world that have little or no access to clean water. Consider reducing your use of bottled water to only necessity. Conserve as a means of solidarity with the world's poor.