FAMVIN: The International Vincentian Family

Each year famvin has gathered resources for celebrating the life of Louise in her feast day. The following is a collection of items from the past year.

Vinformation is happy to present the work of Sister Frances Vista, DC who offers this reflection on the mosaic that is St. Louise’s.

“Vincent and Louise pursued with relentless passion a dream they believed in… a dream that was like a fire that consumed them. They dreamt of giving themselves completely to following Christ by evangelizing and serving the poor of their time. …
“Vincent and Louise, however, were not born with this dream. In fact they had [...]

We send you this communication to inform you that on the web page of the Vincentian Family it is now possible to access a section dedicated to the 350th anniversary of the deaths of Saint Vincent and Saint Louise.  Clicking on the website www.famvin.org you will see a window with the logo of the anniversary.  [...]

The international site of the Daughters of Charity features a letter from Louise herself reflecting on their recently completed General Assembly.

The website of the Vincentian Family dedicated to the 350th anniversary of the deaths of Saint Vincent and Saint Louise is now available with documents and information of events, celebrations and planned initiatives for the occasion of the anniversary. It can be accessed directly at  http://famvin.org/anniversary/ which opens to links for English, Spanish, French, Italian, [...]

The Heritage Commission has chosen to reach each individual member of the Vincentian Family, in preference to sponsoring an international symposium. There will be twelve short reflections (one for each month of the jubilee year) that will be available through the internet, accompanied by guidelines and suggestions for use. This process will rely heavily on [...]

In view of the celebration of the 350th anniversary of the deaths of St. Louise and St. Vincent in 2010, the international leaders of the Vincentian Family named a Projects Committee to develop a specific initiative in favor of the poorest of the poor that would involve all the branches of the Family. They asked [...]

The date of the celebration in Rome at the Basilica of St. Peter is set for Saturday 25 September 2010 at 5:00 pm, to accommodate  the best participation of the pilgrims.  Cardinal Franc Rodi will preside at the concelebrated Eucharist: the Holy Father will send a letter to all the Vincentian Family on the occasion [...]

Sr. Kathryn LaFleur, SP presents an essay on Christological Aspects of Vincentian Leadership: “The Christ of Saint Vincent and Saint Louise“