FAMVIN: The International Vincentian Family

Renato de Lima writes,”Please, take a look at our video on YOU TUBE about the first part of the trips to the International Territorial Vice-presidency region’s countries http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMRE6Oa5TWM). It has only 5 minutes. Please, inform your Conferences and Councils about this subject. The music is from Diego Torres (Argentina).”

July 4, marks the Feast Day of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, a young member of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul early in twentieth century Italy. He visited the sick, the poor, the displaced, making home visits at least one a week, always fed by his love Christ, whom he saw and received both through [...]

Salamanca (Spain), June 2009 “We decided that the best way to organise the next meeting of Young Vincentians, within the framework of WYD 2011, is as follows:

The new Vincentian House in Sydney will replace a much smaller one that in the past few months has been turning away a staggering 10 times as many families as it can take.  ”Alarmingly, we are also seeing families becoming homeless who were previously in the private housing market… This is new and unfamiliar territory [...]

220 Australian CEO’s raise more than 1/2 million dollars, up from a mere  $40,000 last year,  on behalf of the homeless by sleeping out in Sydney’s Luna Park on June 18.  St Vincent de Paul Society organizers  expressed sincere thanks to partners, sponsors and especially to the CEO Sleepout Ambassadors and the 220 CEOs who [...]

National Council of the SSVDP does not have a Headquarter for the meetings and they even do not have resources for the payment of the registration of their Statutes. In order to obtain resources for the continuity of their activities, the National Council of Paraguay wants to sell thirteen of their paintings (masterpieces); pictures are attached. [...]

The St Vincent de Paul Society New South Walves launched its report, Known Territory: A Study of Marginalisation and Homelessness in Katoomba. According to the note on the Australian CM site the Known Territory report gives a voice to those who often have none. “ The press release issued on June 10 can be read through the [...]

SYDNEY:  The 130 CEOs and business leaders taking part in the St Vincent de Paul Society’s CEO Sleepout . They have already raise one dollar for each homless person in Australia. Thanks to Tim WIlliams for notice of this.

In a Press release on May 29,  it was announced that Dominic Lagana has been appointed the new State President of the St Vincent de Paul Society in SA. He replaces John D’Souza whose five year term has been completed.

St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland spokeswoman, Julie McDonald, says that the the organisation, which has just launched its Winter Appeal, is facing unprecedented demand for emergency accommodation and help. Whole families had been put out into the street for the first time in recent memory, Ms McDonald told The Brisbane Times. And because the [...]

A single winter night when chief executives sleep rough in support of homeless people is the St Vincent de Paul Society’s second-largest fund-raiser in Australia.

The Australian Society of St. Vincent dePaul has revamped its website according to the Australian CM website.

Fr Richard Benson CM from the United States is currently visiting Australia by invitation of the St Vincent de Paul Society, according to the Australian CM site. He will give workshops, talks and retreats for the St Vincent de Paul Society in Sydney, Canberra and Galong in New South Wales, and in Cairns, [...]

SINCE I DID NOT VERIFY THIS I WAS TAKEN IN! SEE SNOPES.COM FOR MORE ACCURATE INFORMATION. (jbf)
Any child (ages 12 and under) can receive a FREE pair of eyeglasses from Target Stores according to the SVDP in Bethpage, NY. Offer ends April 29, 2009.

“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 [...]