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In a beautifully  written and produced  6 minute video, St. Vincent de Paul, A Person of the 17th Century, a Person for the 21st Century, Rev. Edward Udovic, C.M. Sr. Executive for University Mission at DePaul University, reads his short essay on the life of Vincent de Paul, and explores why his mission still matters today. The [...]

“When Christine Jones (’09C) first came to St. John’s University as a wide-eyed freshman from Oregon, she had never heard of the Vincentian Charism. Six years later, it has come to define her life in an incredible way.” Thus begins an article on the St. John’s University website tracing that journey from university campus, the [...]

The Law School’s Child Advocacy Clinic and St. John’s Campus Ministry are sponsoring an experiential poverty awareness event, 100 Hours of Poverty.  The basic idea is simple: Can you live for 100 hours on a foodstamp budget?  That’s $6.48 a day or $27.49 for the whole 100 hours.  The point is not to go hungry, but rather to [...]

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 [...]

Aidan Rooney writes:…I want to introduce you to Nur Gorayeb, the first Bolivian Ozanam scholar at St. John’s University. The Ozanam Scholars Program is among the notable accomplishments of St. John’s under its current president, Father Donald J. Harrington, C.M. Nur has just graduated from Highlands International School in La Paz, where she lives with [...]

For the second straight year, St. John’s has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement. In related developments St. John’s celebrated the graduation of the first classes in the Advantage Academy and Ozanam Scholars [...]

“Integrating the Love of God and Neighbor”: The Vincentians and American Higher Education A Catholic Church Historian muses,  ”Today the two largest Catholic universities in the United States are St. John’s, founded in Brooklyn in 1870, and DePaul, founded in Chicago in 1898. The two schools between them have nearly fifty thousand students. Their alumni [...]

“Integrating the Love of God and Neighbor”: The Vincentians and American Higher Education A Catholic Church Historian muses,  ”Today the two largest Catholic universities in the United States are St. John’s, founded in Brooklyn in 1870, and DePaul, founded in Chicago in 1898. The two schools between them have nearly fifty thousand students. Their alumni [...]

St. John’s was a top “campus reducer” with a 12.2% overall reduction in energy. This earned 4th place in National College Contest to Save Energy. Held from November 1 – 19, the Campus Conservation Nationals 2010 engaged colleges and universities in an effort to slash energy and water use at their campuses. Related FAMVIN Posts:St. Vincent de Paul, [...]

One participant described it as the “Vincentian Family’s best kept secret”. The “Globe” initiative from St. John’s University in NY,  a Vincentian university, trains students  in micro-finance techniques. The recently concluded “Training the Trainers“  workshop focusing on systemic change presented a series of “Trailblazer” workshops illustrating how the Vincentian Family is already moving toward systemic [...]