FamVin news has just updated the Vincentian Family calendar. It currently contains the major Vincentian Family Feast Days as well as the daily liturgical calendar courtesy of universalis.com. But perhaps of most interest is the fact that you can add your significant Vincentian Family dates in case we missed it and even post notice of [...]
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Holy Hangout – Family edition!
Come hand out with and ask questions of parents and siblings of Daughters of Charity at the next Holy (Google) Hangout Wednesday May 15th at 9pm EST/8pm Central! Send your questions for the parents and siblings of our sisters, and join us that night at www.youtube.com—daughtersofcharityus ! Interact with us by: “Like” us on [...]

Systemic change challenges us to mission
“No one patches an old cloak with a piece of unshrunken cloth… People do not put new wine into old wineskins…” (Mt 9:16-17) “We are Vincentians” has posted an English translation of a fine piece on systemic change as something that challenges us and sends us on mission. I. The reality that challenges us II. [...]

WYD Vincentian Family Catechesis
FAMVIN 2013 is the official source for information and multimedia about the Vincentian Family Gathering in the context of World Youth Day in Rio this summer. The following “Catechesis” are now available for download. 1 “Come and see: how good it is being together as Vincentian Family!” 2 Preparatory Catechesis for the EJV. “Vincentian Spirituality!” 3 SYSTEMIC CHANGE [...]

Vincentian Vocations on Pinterest
There is a new Pinterest board devoted to Vincentian Vocations. It currently has some 33 boards, 763 pins, and 40 followers. It looks like it is time to compile a list of boards devoted to Vincentian Family themes. Let us know if you would like your Vincentian Family Board included in such a list. Click [...]

Systemic change in 67 seconds
Pictures truly are worth 1000 words. VinFormation offers this 67 second video insight into the concept of systemic change as breaking the cycle of poverty.

Vincentian Family on Pinterest
The Vincentian Family presence on on Pinterest keeps growing. There are at least 27 Pinterest boards on the VinFamily Community board at pinterest.com/vinfamily/ These graphics and links cover the gamut: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – January Year of Faith Books Worth Reading – Year of Faith Around Our Family: Vincentian Family Branches Vincentian Formation and Training [...]

Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Vincentian Family
On January 12th, 2013 the Executive Committee of the Vincentian Family met at the Motherhouse of the Daughters of Charity in Paris. The participants included: Laurence de la Brosse of the International Association of Charity (AIC); Father G. Gregory Gay, CM and Father Eli Chaves, CM of the Congregation of the Mission (CM); Sister Evelyn [...]

Vocation call – Gangnam style
You don’t have to understand the Indonesian language to understand this 8 minute video which begins with young Vincentians celebrating “gangnam” style and portraying the Vincentian story. For those not familiar with gangnam suffice it to say there is a video which has broken YouTube’s all time record for most views with over one BILLION [...]

Vincentian Family Health Care Institutions
U.S.-Canada Health Care Institutions Related to Branches of the Vincentian Family Ascension Health (the US’s largest Catholic and nonprofit health system) Daughters of Charity Health System(California) St. Thomas Health Systems (Middle Tennessee) Daughters of Charity Services of Arkansas St. Vincent’s Health System (Alabama) Daughters of Charity Services of New Orleans Seton Family of Hospitals (Texas) Daughters of Charity Services [...]
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