FAMVIN News

Port-au-Prince, Haiti—As the rainy season began in this Caribbean nation of nearly 10 million people, heads of the Vincentian family branches in Haiti gathered for a work session March 16, 2012 to refine their approach to breaking the cycle of poverty. The Rev. Joseph Agostino, C.M., Vincentian family coordinator for the Haiti Project, traveled from [...]

The Western Province Assembly was held this week at Nazareth. The Delegates today elected the new Leadership Team. The team will take office June 1, 2012. Elected today: Provincial – Adeline Fehribach, SCN Vice-Provincial – Rhoda Kay Glunk, SCN Vice-Provincial – Tonya Severin, SCN http://www.scnfamily.org/news/index.php?id=1669353953513572330 Related FAMVIN Posts:Vincentian Academy 80 YearsKnitting creates sign of God’s [...]

Vincentian Universities collaborate in preparing future generations of leaders in Vincentian higher education. “If we look at the statistics, we just won’t have the Congregation of the Mission in place as presidents forever. As leaders within their institutions, we hope VMI participants will serve as role models who can effectively pass down the history, tradition [...]

Over twenty leaders representing some 20 Vincentian Family organizations gathered as a Vincentian Family Leadership group in North America for the first time. This gathering represents a milestone in the awareness of how widespread and effective the charism of Vincent, Louise, Frederic, and Elizabeth has become in North America. The primary focus of this intial [...]

So writes … the National Catholic Reporter of Joe Flannigan who handed over leadership of the SVDP USA to Sheila Gilbert, the first woman to lead the Society in the US. Some highlights from the article… “Joe’s faith leads him to reflect on what’s the right thing to do for the right reasons — the [...]

The team has quite varied experiences in ministry. Members of the St. Louise de Marillac province of the USA, there are three sisters with education and formation experience, one sister in healthcare administration and one in clinical healthcare with a focus on geriatric health, one in youth work/Vincentian Family and two social workers, both with [...]

Six Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth are beginning new terms as officers of the religious community that has 287 sisters in 10 states and Peru. New officers of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth: front, left to right, Sister Maureen Hall, community director, and Sister Peg Johnson, secretary; middle, left to right, Sister Jean Anne [...]

DePaul University offers a  self-guided retreat on Socially Responsible Leadership and the Leadership Legacy of Vincent de Paul . The retreat features quotes by Vincent de Paul and personal reflections written by members of the Vincentian community with concrete examples ofliving the legacy of Vincent today. Questions for personal reflection and journaling are provided, as [...]

“Formerly known as “The William and Mary Pat Gannon Hay Vincent de Paul Leadership Project,” we changed the name to “Vincent on Leadership: The Hay Project.”  The change in name, proposed by Bill Hay, “puts Vincent first,” while acknowledging that the Hay’s initial generous donation of $1 million to DePaul University provided the resources necessary [...]