The 22nd July is a significant day for the Sisters of Charity because it was on this day in 1858 that our foundress Mary Aikenhead died in Harold’s Cross, Dublin.  The room where she lived the last years of her life and where she died is preserved in the Congregation’s Heritage Centre.
This year the day was marked by two special events :– a Prayer Service and a Mass. 

University of Local Knowledge (ULK) celebrates the skills, talents and local knowledge that exists within the Community of Knowle West (in Bristol) and surrounding areas.  Its aim is to show others the value of knowledge gained through life experience as opposed to academic qualifications.

“The Zambian Government should take seriously the anti-trafficking measures recommended by US State Department Report,” says JCTR.
The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) has urged Government to take seriously the anti- human trafficking measures recommended by the US State Department in its Trafficking in Person’s Report which came out on 14 June, 2010, if Zambia is to make significant improvements in  its response to human trafficking victims.

On Thursday 17th June the Cork local paper 'The Echo' had the following heading "Mayor salutes 140-year history of Marymount". It was to this event that the Sisters of Charity were invited to honour them for their contribution to health care in Cork over the past 140 years.

The 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion (EY2010) is supporting the work of the EU and its Member States to raise awareness of the difficulties faced by vulnerable groups in society.
Those most at risk of poverty include older people, large and single-parent families, children and young people, people with disabilities, immigrants and those from ethnic minorities (including Europe’s 10 to 12 million strong Roma community). Across all of these groups, women are more exposed to poverty and social exclusion than men.