FAMVIN: The International Vincentian Family

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 [...]

The leader of Bountiful, Utah’s chapter of the Ladies of Charity says that last summer’s convention increased her commitment to the mission. …at a meal, members were divided into groups according to the poverty statistics of the United States today, and received meals accordingly. Read more.

“In this talk, I propose to work through three themes: first, the relevance of the Ladies of Charity as St. Vincent’s first foundation; second, the relevance of the Ladies of Charity as a foundation in the United States and the move toward international status; and third, some suggestions about the relevance of the Ladies of [...]