By Precious Muskini, beneficiary of the Urban Clinic in Mongú Zambia. Thanks to the sponsorship from “The Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word,”...
Our Stories
Believing in herself: A Visitation House Story
Where is a woman to go when she has been beaten down by life's circumstances, doesn't even believe in herself as a valuable person, as a good...
From being a slave to being a Saint: the story of Josephine Bakhita
She was kidnapped when she was nine years old; she was sold as a slave and taken to the city of El Obeid, in Sudan. Her back was a canvas where...
Sister Story Highlight: Sr. Maria del Carmen Monroy
Carmelita, as we call her, is a very significant woman for many Peruvian Sisters and the people of Peru. Her testimony - in these lines - delves...
Not slaves, but brothers
It is incredible that human trafficking continues to be an invisible tragedy, in spite of the obvious consequences: every year between 700 thousand...
Living Laudato Si: Chimbote de pie
Selene Mitchell, our Incarnate Word Missionary in Peru, lives Laudato Si by supporting the efforts of the local coalition 'Chimbote de Pie'. This is...
CCVI congregational leader, Teresa Maya, reflects on diversity and charism
By Jennifer Brinker, St. Louis Review. Sister Teresa Maya of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word remembers watching the news in Ferguson...
Love in times of crisis
By Sister Adriana Calzada V. I have had a hard time trying to write this reflection. It is very complicated to write about love; it seems almost...
Compassion unites us across faiths
By Martha A. Kirk. In the early hours of the morning on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, a fire destroyed the Islamic Center Mosque, a place of prayer for...
CCVI Sisters and Ministries Participate in Sex Trafficking Awareness Day
By Jennifer Reyes Lay, Congregational Office of JPIC Assitant. In 2016 the MO State Legislature voted to officially make January a month of Human...
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