See the Chapel of Our Lady of Miraculous Medal, Rue du Bac, Paris through the eyes of the participants of Vincentian Family Collaborative Action Program (VFCAP). Almost 50 people from different continents, countries, Family branches and organizations gathered in Motherhouse of the Congregation of the Mission in Paris with enthusiasm and one concern: how to [...]
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Vincentian collaborators visit rue du Bac
From Thomas Zielinski … Participants of Vincentian Family Collaborative Action Program (VFCAP) gathered in the Chapel of Our Lady of Miraculous Medal, Rue du Bac, Paris on Tuesday Evening, May 21. They came to this special place for time of prayer and contemplation, a spiritual exercise which always helps recognize and build up the Vincentian [...]

Something new is happening … in Paris
Everybody is convinced something very special and very good is happening in Paris these days. Toma Zelinski of Poland reports (with an echo of Pentecost)….Sunday, May 19, 2013 was an opening day of Vincentian Family Collaborative Action Program session. Almost 50 people from different continents, countries, Family branches and organizations gathered in Motherhouse of the [...]

Kickoff of Vincentian Family Collaborative Action Program
You can almost feel the energy in this group as they meet in Paris for a week of exploration and training in what is involved in Vincentian collaborative projects. We expect to post a video of an interview with Fr. Gregory, Superior General. For more background visit Update-on-vincentian-family-collaborative-action/ Related FAMVIN Posts:Rue duBac through the eyes [...]

Vincentian Service and Mission opportunities
Both Vincentian Service Corps – West and Vincentian Mission Corps offer opportunities for a young people to a year of their lives and to be changed in the process.

Vincentian Collaborators planning
Lifting the veil on the group that has been planning the nearly decade long series of Vincentian Family meetings held around the country and even in cyberspace. See them in action as they plan for the 2013 VinFam Gathering: October 25 (3 PM) – Oct. 27 (noon) Regional / local trainings in systemic change using [...]

Got a spare room? Depaul UK
Someone has need of it! Depaul UK launches its Spare Room Campaign in response to the dramatic rise in youth homelessness. The campaign sees Depaul UK team up with local charities across the country to call on the 7.5 million households nationwide who have a spare room to consider making it available to a young [...]

Empower Hatian women!
Today, the Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative launched a campaign to raise funds to support a sewing cooperative in Haiti to employ women who were taught to sew, embroider and create artisanal crafts by the Daughters of Charity. Minimum wage in Haiti is $5/day, but that’s not enough for families to lift themselves from poverty. The [...]

Vincentians – who are we?
Gratefulness. org is inviting people to be “Guardians for Gratefulness” As I read the description of who they are the verbs stood out. I began thinking, “How would a group of Vincentians complete those sentences in the context of being Servants of those who are poor and marginalized?” Guardians for Gratefulness: Who We Are We are [...]

Superior General visits Haiti Initiative
The Very Reverend Gregory G. Gay, C.M., Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission, visited DePaul University in Chicago Feb. 19, as part of an official visitation of the works of the Vincentian priests and brothers in the western United States. He is pictured here with Griselda Garibay, (left) Fiscal/Marketing Manager of the Vincentian [...]
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