FAMVIN: The International Vincentian Family

The last 4 years of VINCENTIANA are now available online in three languages (click on graphic). Earlier volumes of this official international journal are also  available. We welcome comments via the “Contact Us” link on this page.

Famvin.org has restructured the way it can be searched and made other improvements. By way of a quick example try the following search for Maloney, one of the most popular writers on matters Vincentian.

In an article which asks, “Where are our saints?”, Sister of Charity Miriam Teresa Demjanovich’s name is mentioned. Read the article and, if you haven’t already done so, take a look at the evolving entry at Vincentian Encyclopedia.

Here are some things to look at and share as his feast day — Sunday — approaches: The Life, Times, and Words of Frederic Ozanam includes a treasury of quotations; the Vincentian Center for Church and Society also hosts what might be the most in depth site on the Web about him

The following article on the “popular misssions” appeared in VINCENTIANA 2/2001, March-April.Vincentiana 2/2001, March-April by Atilano G. Fajardo CM Province of the Philippines If the poor remain without access to information technology, they will be further marginalized and locked into a cycle of poverty. (General Assembly 1998 – Congregation of the Mission) Introduction The dawn [...]

By Richard Devine, C.M. Province of USA-East The C.M. at the UN In his address to the General Assembly in July of 1998, the Superior General, Fr. Robert Maloney, indicated that the Congregation had begun the process of seeking “recognition at the United Nations as an NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) so that we might participate on [...]