FAMVIN News

The International SVDP lists its collaborations with the Vincentian Family by continent. They hope this compilation will encourage others to seek opportunities for collaboration. They also ask the list be updated. (See below for a list of collaboration in Systemic Change in North America) AFRICA  ETHIOPIA : SSVP working with Daughters of Charity and the Congregation [...]

Homeless Action Week in Great Britain provides an example of systemic change and ecumenical collaboration in addressing homelessness. Daily posts of resources on its website Breaking Barriers draw attention to the issues of homelessness. Our world is filled with barriers between people. Barriers that prevent us from understanding one another. They are created by unfair [...]

The Saint Olaf Ladies of Charity (LOC) in Bountiful and the Our Lady of Lourdes Ladies of Charity in Salt Lake City distributed 102 backpacks donated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) Centerville Humanitarian Service Room. Each of the backpacks contained three notebooks, pencils, colored pencils, a pencil sharpener, a ruler and [...]

Fr Gregory Gay offered a two-fold challenge to the annual meeting of Vincentians in Partnership: “First, give yourselves over to this modern day parable called Vincentians in Partnership. While you form various groups and communities, you are part of a wonderful, mysterious, difficult, graced-filled “living parable”. Let this parable that is Vincentians in Partnership take [...]

According to the Sisters of Charity Federation website the New York Sisters of Charity are collaborating with parishioners of the Diocese of Spokane in their their long-standing support of the Mayan Indians in the Highlands of Guatemala. For further details see the Diocese of Spokane website. Thinking about collaboration or twinning… Many branches of the family [...]

The Sisters of Charity Federation met at the Marriott in Charleston May 12-16. The theme this year was “Weaving the Vision,” and each community brought a representative weaving and talked about their charism. The diverse congregations take time at each gathering to talk about who they are and grow to know one another better. The Federation’s next meeting [...]

FAMVIN is proud to present two newly translated articles of renowned scholar, Elisabeth Charpy, DC. These articles offer fresh insights into Louise’s relationship with Vincent as well as her relationship with first priests of the Congregation of the Mission. The image of Louise is much different from that of Louise as presented in many circles in the [...]

It is so easy. Click, click. Point. Tag. Retweet. “Click-activism“! Just a few motions with my index finger and I am changing the world.Press that “like” button. Join that Facebook group. In a fraction of a second, I am saving the environment from the industrial complex. I’m providing clean water to a thirsty world. I [...]

PARIS: Under the heading of “Every Council on Internet”,  the website of the General Council of the St Vincent de Paul Society has a message indicating that the Comission  for International Communications is encouraging each Council of the Society throughout the world to set up its own individual Website in order to further the work [...]

Gayle Johnson, President-elect Ladies of Charity USA, reflects on the US-Canada Meeting – Systemic Change, November 2010 Revisiting the “Ten seeds of Systemic Change” in the life of St. Vincent in Belleville was a source of inspiration and motivation to continue to move the Ladies of Charity forward in our journey of systemic change.  The [...]