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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, [...]

I was recently sent a link to Cybermissions.org. When I saw sections on Cybercafes as vehicles for evangelization of unreached people I quickly realized I had much to learn. But my eyes popped when I discovered a page of links. to articles covering various topics in cybermissions with the aim of equipping one to delve into a cross-cultural online ministry.

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 [...]

FamvinPolska hosts a YouTube video of the work of the Vincentian Missioners in Kazakhstan complete with local music. Related FAMVIN Posts:Reflections on Madame de Gondi and the founding of the CMCM National Vocation Committee meets in Manchester, CTPrayer request for oldest living VincentianHoly Week on the fringes of a Garbage Dump (Manila)Why the Superior General [...]

The Cook Islands Mission of the Daughters of Charity experienced a rare transition, Wednesday, January 13, 2010 when they changed from leadership by the Australian Province to that of the US Province of the West. Full story Cook Islands Jan 2010 – pdf Related FAMVIN Posts:Louise de Marillac: From Leading Lady to ProtagonistTexas Bishop lauds [...]

From Australian CM site – From Jan 11-16, representatives of the Asia-Oceania regions of the St Vincent de Paul Society visited 5 schools some 150 km from Meizhou, met with students, and donated 5 computers and printers to 5 different schools on behalf of the St Vincent de Paul Society in Ireland. Related FAMVIN Posts:No [...]

I am S. Kathleen Natwin and I am one of the Councilors of the Albany Province of the Daughters of Charity. We have a Province in Haiti (see famvin story) … we have been asking our Sisters to direct donations to the Province in Haiti. An easier way of doing this is to direct donations [...]

Fr. Aidan Rooney CM shares reflections on the impact of a Lebanese Vincentian who spent 11 years in the international mission El Alto, Bolivia. Related FAMVIN Posts:No Related FAMVIN Posts