FAMVIN: The International Vincentian Family

View this engaging new video invitation to World Youth Day Madrid 2011

After re-electing Yasmine Cajuste to a second term as President of  the Vincentian Marian Youth (VMY)  the General Assembly elected  a new International council. The four members representing the 4 continents of Africa, Americas, Asia and Europe are: Argelys del Rosario VEGA REYES (Panama), Ghislain Auguste ATEMEZING (Cameroon), Karmen KUNC (Slovenia), Anh Thu NGUYEN THI [...]

Yasmine Cajuste, Coordinator for Vincentian Youth Gathering 2011, invites all to the Vincentian Youth Gathering (August 12-15, 2011) which  will take place before the celebration of World Youth Day in Madrid (August 16-21, 2011) and provides a pre-registration form.

The Vincentian Marian Youth English site has a brief report on their international Council Meeting. It also includes a photo gallery.

Nazarath Sister Rena Fernandes, who works for the rehabilitation of children who live with their mothers in a jail in Gaya in Bihar, recently created a milestone. The Charity of Nazarath nun enrolled three children from the Central jail in Gaya to Nazareth Vidya Niketan Middle School, Chatra town in Jharkhand.

A home established by the Daughters of Charity and recently returned to the diocese for lack of manpower has been taken over by the Brothers of Charity. Our hope is to align these two institutes and provide a good service in the care and relief of street children, in which charity and professionalism go hand [...]