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With the constant march of technology, more and more people are accessing their daily news on their “smartphone.” In addition to the apps on VinFormation, Famvin is happy to announce VinFeed, VinFeedES, and VinFeedPOLSKA: news readers that draw some of the latest news from the Vincentian Family direct to your phone! These apps work on [...]

As the different localities of the Family in Bolivia (FaViBo) prepare to celebrate the feast of St. Vincent, we thought we’d share some links. Here’s a link to our web-site, (all in Spanish, of course) Also, here’s a link to our Facebook page, for those of you who connect that way. Finally, here’s a photo [...]

…for the Vincentian encounter and World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid, Spain! Thousands of young Vincentians from all over the globe will converge on Madrid tomorrow, August 11, to be welcomed by the volunteers who arrived on Monday. They have a very full schedule of events, including catechesis, worship, folklore and just plain fun! See [...]

Fr. Gregory Gay, C.M., Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission and the Daughters of Charity, is just finishing a week-long visit to the Vincentian Family in Bolivia. He spent time with Vincentian family members from rural Mocomoco and Italaque to Cochabamba. While with the confreres in El Alto, he recorded and interview with [...]

vlm-usa.org:Vincentian Lay Missionaries-USA (VLM) is a collaborative effort of the Daughters of Charity USA, lay women and men throughout the United States, and members of the Vincentian Family in Ethiopia and Kenya, to involve young adults in the mission of serving the poor. The VLM program offers an opportunity for young adults, ages 21-35, to [...]

The Advent season always makes me think of what life would be, the world, if we lived out of hope, with a new heart, the things of everday life. Not even having to change much of what we already do, we may only need to look at what God has already created, his magnificent work, [...]

During the past year, the Vincentian Mission in the Diocese of El Alto, Bolivia, has re-focused its energies on a rural sector of the Bolvian Altiplano. Withdrawing from commitments in the city of El Alto itself, the Vincentian Mission is now centered in two sprawling parishes in the Camacho province at the northern end of [...]

“Today, our Mother Earth is wounded and the future of humanity is in danger.” Thus begins the English version of the Peoples’ Agreement from the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth now available online for reading. As you read the often strident words, don’t let your ears be closed [...]

If you are having trouble connecting with the Virtual Vins presentations, or would like to join by cell phone, login at http://vimeo.com and check these links for C. J. Willie’s presentation The Response Panel and Tweet away! Related FAMVIN Posts:The metamorphosis of VirtualVins – Communications hubRewinding the first meeting in cyberspace… and a fast forwardFirst [...]

On eve of Earth Day 2010, Vincentian Priest and missionary Aidan Rooney — currently assigned to the International Vincentian mission in the Altiplano region of Bolivia — is participating in the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth. He writes, “This week, I will be attending La Conferencia Mundial de [...]