FAMVIN News

Twice a year, AIC publishes the Training Booklets and the Spiritual Reflexions about specific topics, as well as a Newsletter called AIC-INFO. Although these documents are written for the AIC “Volunteers” (as LCUSA members are called internationally) They are a valuabe resources not only into the aims and principles of the modern day Ladies of [...]

The convent, vacant since 1992, previously was the residence for Dominican Sisters of Sparkill, N.Y., who taught at the parish school. According to the St. Louis Review…”The Daughters of Charity moved in March 13 . The seminary, formerly in Evansville, Ind., is a collaboration of two Daughters of Charity provinces — one with headquarters in [...]

Among the resources found on VinFormation, the formation portion of famvin you can find many short popular pieces. Encountering Christ in the Poor Characteristics of Vincentian Spirituality Our Founders Quotes Related Links Seeing Christ in the Poor Vincentian Virtues and Charism Our Mission in Today’s World Living and Growing as a Vincentian Related FAMVIN Posts:Training [...]

This high level training session  was the first in the history of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul and took place between February 15 and 18th. Eleven international leaders took part: MarieFrançoise Salesiani, Thomas Tan,  Joseph Pandian, Basile Ondigui Fouda, Joseph Makwinja, Pius Ehiagwina, Renato de Lima, Eduardo Marques, Edmund Keane, Albert Zoghbi, Ella Bitar, Erwin Tigla. The CGI [...]

How were these passions connected? “…”after thinking the project over, Vincent reached the conclusion that by doing something for the clergy,something would be done for the poor as well.” VinFormation celebrates January 25: Foundation of the Congregation of the Mission with two new slide presentations. “Vincent de Paul was fired by passion to meet the material and spiritual needs [...]

Australian Peter Reedy CM has launched the website of DePaul House Supervision and Consultation. He offers Individual Supervision Group Supervision Volunteer Training (in collaboration with Transforming Practices Inc.) Accompaniment(with specialisation in Formation for Ministry) He describes himself as having had “the gift of working in parishes in Sydney, Fiji, outback and coastal Central Queensland.  I have also [...]

The course for New Provincial Visitors in Rome has drawn to a close. The group consisted of eighteen participants from Asia, South America, Africa and Europe. Fr Michael Walsh CM Visitor of the Australian Province sent these photo found on the website of the Australian Congregation of the Mission. The week long workshop is presented every two [...]

Sometimes there are so many insights in an article it is hard to write a summary.  Father José María Villar Suarez wrote such an article about the impact of the more than a decade Vincent spent ministering to the parishioners at Clichy. At one level Father José María Villar Suarez draws attention to the fact that [...]

“Saint Louise has been presented to us as a committed woman, a woman of the Church, a spiritual woman, a theologian, etc. We cannot forget, however, that all during her life as a Daughter of Charity she was a formator. She was most passionate about this task and also had outstanding natural abilities in this [...]

The international site  of the Daughters of Charity presents stories of their work in Cnetral Africa. The 6th Inter-Provincial Meeting of the Councils of Eight Provinces of Africa and Madagascar was held from July 8th-18th in the province of Central Africa, Rwanda. At the meeting Mother Evelyne Franc (Superioress General ), Fr.Patrick Griffin (Director General) [...]