FAMVIN: The International Vincentian Family

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, AUG. 30, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Speaking on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, President George Bush highlighted how Catholic Charities is helping rebuild the lives of hurricane victims who have returned home. During an address given in New Orleans today, the president recounted the story of Samantha George and how Catholic Charities walked [...]

Ghebre-Michael differs in three ways from the other canonised and beatified members the Congregation of the Mission: First, he was African, not European; second, he was not a born Catholic, but an adult convert; and third, he was not actually a member of the community. For the entire study on Blessed Ghebre-Michael and Justin deJacobis [...]

The SVDP has been very active in Jerusalem.Jerusalem Lebanon Photo from Lebanon

92nd National Meeting of the U.S.Council of the Society of St.Vincent dePaul in Indinapolis, IN, August 30 – Sept.2.PDF document

The National Office of the SVDP offers a series of weekly reflections designed for use in meetings during the last quarter of 2006.St. Vincent de Paul never wrote a book about his spiritual teachings. But we find the living voice of the saint in his letters and conferences in which he trained his followers for [...]

Elizabeth Ann Seton – wife, mother, religious, foundress, first American-born saint – was born in New York City, August 28, 1774. She was the daughter of Dr. Richard Bayley and Catherine Charlton Bayley, devout Episcopalians. Vincentian Encyclopedia article Google search