by vf-editor | 2024/01/28 | "13 Stories"
In the middle of the sea, a father and a four-year-old girl huddle together on a small boat that won’t stop letting water in. A father who doesn’t give up even though his world, his family, and the doctors seem to have abandoned him to his fate: Kadija, the...
by vf-editor | 2021/10/20 | 13 Houses Campaign, English, News
Hadeeja can finally smile. And she does it while holding the “13 Houses” Campaign plaque in front of her new house with her three sons and her daughter. For this widow and mother of four living in Mtindu, Tanzania, the Campaign has represented a chance for a new...
by vf-editor | 2020/04/07 | 13 Houses Campaign, covid19, English, News
In order to help the people during the current crisis, the Vincentian Sisters of Untermarchtal have initiated a prayer network that enables them to be present to people in a new way. They want to assure people that they are not alone. Yes, as church services are...
by vf-editor | 2020/03/04 | English, News
For several years now, a new branch of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy of St Vincent de Paul in Untermarchtal has been in development in Ethiopia through the engagement of Bishop Leonardus Dobbelaar – a Vincentian from the Netherlands. Today, the 12...
by vf-editor | 2020/02/04 | English, News
In 1960, four Sisters of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy of St Vincent de Paul in Untermarchtal set out to serve Christ through their neighbours in the southwest of Tanzania, in line with their spiritual calling. The spark of Vincentian spirituality spread to...
