FAMVIN: The International Vincentian Family

AIC has revised its website in a very attractive way and with easier navigation. AIC an independent international association of national member associations. Read more background on terminology relating to AIC and groups such as LCUSA.

Vincentian Chair of Social Justice Lecture “Vincentian Tradition and Systemic Change” presentation of Patricia P. de Nava, Ladies of Charity-International Association of Charities (AIC), Liaison to the Vincentian Family and Vincentian Commission for Promoting Systemic Change January 29, 2009

Patricia de Nava, Liaison from the Association of International Charity (AIC) to the Vincentian Family Conferral received the degree of the Doctor of Humane Letters . Joseph Flannigan, National President Society of St. Vincent DePaul received the St. Vincent de Paul Medal.

Today marks the first ever university-based unit of the the Ladies of Charity USA (LCUSA) affiliation of some 35 administrators, faculty and staff of SJU as members of the LCUSA. See the Vincentian Encyclopedia for more background on the Ladies of Charity and the international group  (AIC) of which it is a member.

The Ladies of Charity USA have unveiled their revised website. It will allow for much more interactivity and frequent updating.

The LCUSA cross, designed and assembled by the Ladies of Charity of Dallas, was a gift to participants from The Ladies of Charity of Texas. It was their way to wish participants a safe journey home to continue the works of St. Vincent.

Listen to the entertaqining and challenging podcast of Vincentian Fr. Richard Gielow’s presentation to the Ladies of Charity at their recent National Assembly. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
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Patricia de Nava, past President of the AIC, presented a talk at the LCUSA Assembly in San Antonio  on  “Systemic Change: A Process to change the unjust situations affecting the poor” The outline of her talk follows.

The annual national assembly of the Ladies of Charity USA (LCUSA) is meeting in San Antonio, Texas on the eve of the arrival of Hurricane Ike. This morning Patricia Nava, past International President of the AIC, shared reflections on  “Women Working Together Against Poverty”

September is one of the busier months in the Vincentian Family Calendar. The Vincentian Encyclopedia has background on these events.
2 – Bl. Louis-Joseph François,  Jean-Henri Gruyer and Pierre-René Rogue, Priests and Martyrs,
7 – Frank Duff founds the Legion of Mary -1921
8 – Death of Frederic Ozanam – 1853
9 – Feast of Blessed Frederic Ozanam
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The Confraternity of Charity (1617) was the first institutional expression of the Vincentian charism and it involved lay leadership for social action. Read Vincent’s own description of the event at the link above.

The “Awareness Project” of the  Ladies of Charity in Austin, Texas highlights poverty in the state of Texas.

Carol Keehan, DC, President of the Catholic Health Association, spoke on “Health Care and the 2008 Presidential Elections: Whose Voice is not at the Table?” at the 24th annual week-long workshop for Catholic Healthcare Administrators sponsored by St. John’s University and St. Vincent’s Medical Center.

The recent New Orleans gathering of the US Vincentian Family is featured in Intermountain Catholic, the newspaper of the Diocese of Salt Lake City. Christine Young, the author, leads a new Ladies of Charity chapter in Salt Lake City (previous famvin article) and attended the gathering. Read her detailed report.

Collaboration fostered by a Vincentian priest, some Daughters of Charity and discovery of a connection with the Sisters of Charity led Kristy Eanes to found a group of Ladies of Charity in Central Arkansas. It began with a request to set up a computer lab and an internet search led to the Ladies of [...]