FAMVIN News

From March 16th-20th, Fracarita International, founded by the “Belgian St. Vincent”, participated in an international conference on inclusive development of persons with disabilities in New Delhi,India. Bro. Jos Mathijssen, coordinator of Fracarita International, contributed with a presentation of inclusion in Belgium. Edel Nair, Regional Coordinator Fracarita India, and Bro. Jos Mathijssen, coordinator Fracarita International, participated in an international conference titled “Global [...]

The Brothers of Charity are a religious congregation founded by the “Belgian St. Vincent”, Peter Joseph Triest in 1807. With Vincent as their patron their mission is to promote a culture of charity wherever people are wounded in their existential capacities. Their special concern is mental health and they do much work through their NGO Global [...]

Founded by Pierre J. Triest, the Vincent de Paul of his native Belgium, the Brothers of Charity through their NGO Global Action Against Poverty invite all members of the Vincentian Family  to join in their petition  for better mental health care worldwide. This digital petition, as well as paper petitions from countries where their NGO is present, will be brought to the attention of policy makers [...]

Brothers of Charity have contributed to the development of the “Care for persons with disabilities”. “Charity in Action, 200 hundred years Brothers of Charity” by René Stockman provides insights. Related FAMVIN Posts:Vincentian Family represented at International conference on inclusionBrothers of Charity and the Vincentian VisionDaughters in Ireland co-host rehabilitation conference with Michigan State U.All in [...]

A home established by the Daughters of Charity and recently returned to the diocese for lack of manpower has been taken over by the Brothers of Charity. Our hope is to align these two institutes and provide a good service in the care and relief of street children, in which charity and professionalism go hand [...]

The Brothers of Charity (founded by the Belgian St. Vincent) have posted their June newsletter-ida-june-20091 They  report on their initiative in interreligious dialogue in identifying cooperation between Muslims and Christians. This issue also features reports from Inidia and other provinces as well as their relationships with the World Bank, the Catholic Medical Mission Board, the [...]

Interreligious Dialogue: An Initiative of the Brothers of Charity Rome. This dialogue seeks to identify ways of interreligious cooperation between Muslims and Christians in India and all over the world to prevent and/or intervene in the growing tension and possible aggression between religious groups. The Brothers were founded by the Belgian Vincent dePaul. Related FAMVIN [...]

The blog of the Brothers of Charity, founded by the Belgian Vincent de Paul,  reports on modern trends in serving those who are poor. The blog site has links to a fine series of short movies on their founder and Vincentian influence. Related FAMVIN Posts:Vincentian Family represented at International conference on inclusionBrothers of Charity and [...]