FAMVIN: The International Vincentian Family

The Congregation of the Mission and the Daughters of Charity have opened up a joint website for their advocacy efforts via their NGO status at the UN. For Vincentian Family efforts at the UN see also the  NGO of the Sisters of Charity Federation,  the AIC-NGO (aka Ladies of Charity in the US). The SVDP [...]

Sister Germaine , representing the Company of the Daughters of Charity at the United Nations , shares the news  from the UN. More than 3,000 events were held in more than 120 countries as part of the campaign “Stand Up, Take Action, and End Poverty Now”. Governments were urged to keep the promises they made [...]

It includes a report of the March 31-April 2nd program designed for the Sisters of Charity Federation leadership which included elements of our Vincentian charism and how it is integrated into the work of the Vincentian family at the UN. PDF june-2009.  

In light of the upcoming United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development the Sisters of Charity Federation, Office of the NGO Representative Sr. Caroljean Wille, SC requests letters be written to President Obama.

184 Social Justice Organizations From 29 Countries sent a letter to President Obama… “request that you work to rapidly re-regulate the food and energy commodities futures markets to remove excessive speculation that has so clearly increased price volatility in thelast few years. By doing this, you will help to create a more stable and effective [...]

“Dear President Obama” begins two new Charities Federation Action Alerts from Caroljean Wille, NGO representative at the United Nations for the Charities Federation (pictured at the right)  Normally the Alerts for the US and Canada are the same. In this case, however, there were reasons for distributing two different one in light of different national [...]

Revised website of the Congregation of the Mission at the United Natios is now available. “Together with other humanitarian and religious NGOs, Vincentians work for the realization of a more just society where people can live lives free from fear and want. In this, the Congregation of the Mission finds itself in harmony with the [...]

The December newsletter-december-2008 of the activities of the NGO office of the Sisters of Charity Federarion is now available in pdf. format.

The October_newsletter of the Sisters of Charity Federation NGO representatives at the UN is now available. In 1996 the Federation made the decision to apply for Non-Governmental Organization affiliation with the Department of Public Information at the United Nations. Because the congregations in the Federation serve in countries around the world, Sisters have firsthand knowledge [...]