FAMVIN: The International Vincentian Family

Michael Thio, former International Vice-President of the Society of St. Vincent dePaul, has been elected to succeed Jose Ramon Torremocha. He was formerly the Managing Director of BT (British Telecom) South East Asia and now serves in the capacity as Senior Consultant. This marks the first time a non-European has held the Presendiency.

The international site fo the SSVDP has published a photo album of the SSVDP President to Haiti Apil 2010

“Our website will change on April 6! The new address is www.ssvpglobal.org , although the previous www.ozanet.org continues to work for some time. We hope you like the new website and that like this our aim to serve the Society and the Vincentian world in the best possible way by providing quick, clear and interesting [...]

The International website of the SVDP boasts two reports from the recent meeting of the Youth Committee in Paris. Conclusion of Paris Meeting. Timetable.

In its November international  Bulletin the Society fo St. Vincent de Paul reports on a special fund for disaster victims in Brazil, its “Mobility Project” and the 16th edition of Confeder@tioNews #16

Speaking at Central Council of Hong Kong on Sept. 28.,  Jose Ramon Diaz-Torremocha observed that though “there is always poverty among us,” loneliness has emerged as a new form of social poverty. He also said “many poor people” in mainland China are “waiting for us to help them in the name of Jesus.” Thanks to Tim Williams for [...]