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Vincentian Marian Youth April 2013

New of the Vincentian Marian Youth Association throughout the World. LEBANON: The group has sent us a list of activities that were carried out during the first quarter.  This included a formation plan for those young men and women who are at the first stage and the intermediate stage of the VMY.  They are preparing for [...]

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Niagara U. students donating “left-over” items

It’s part of an annual end of school year  ritual. It’s no secret that students sometimes leave usable items in their wake as the hustle to summer vacation begins. A Niagara University committee is now coordinating an effort to put those items to good use. A win-win situation! Members of the Vincentian Mission Certificate program [...]

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Students from 3 Vincentian Universities Gather

First-Ever Vincentian Student Consortium Convenes At Niagara University Given the distance between them, it’s not too often that students attending the three Vincentian universities in North America have an opportunity to convene and talk about the issues of poverty, social justice and human rights. Yet such a meeting took place April 12-14, as the Institute [...]

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Finding the Picassos in SVdP’s Kids

Bruce Marion is a local artists who is coming to St. Vincent de Paul on Saturday, April 13th. He’ll be working with a group of kids to develop two abstract paintings. The paintings will be auctioned off at this year’s Golf-Fore-Charity event that is happening on Monday, April 29th. “Ever since I was a kid, [...]

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JMV Bulletin Debember 2012

The December issue of the International Bulletin of Vincentian Marian Youth is now available. Sample the issue with this delightful introductory essay  … “In my stocking ” It is in effect a theological reflection on childhood memories and customs. It is almost impossible to speak about the Nativity without speaking about my childhood. I was [...]

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Guns are not parents only concerns

What parents need to know about Facebook security changes for their children… and themselves. Mashable writes…”Facebook changed its privacy settings on Wednesday and it’s important to know what the new changes mean for users, especially your digitally-connected children. You might notice that now a few of your privacy settings are housed under one area called [...]

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New High School Vincent dePaul Conference

Cardinal Mooney High School becomes a new High School SVDP Conference At the beginning of this school year, the students at Cardinal Mooney High School were invited to join the St. Vincent de Paul Society. This new organization in the school will help the student grow spiritually as well as give service to their community. The [...]

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Matching grant for Vincentian youth to WYD

An anonymous donor has come forward with a challenge grant of $6000.00 for a group of  17 young adults attending  the Vincentian Gathering in Brazil before World Youth Day this coming July. Donations received between November 12th and the end of the year will be applied towards the goal of matching the $6000.00 contribution. The [...]

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Power and challenge of silence in the Vincentian Family

“One of the challenges for young people today is silence. In the Vincentian Family and in the Vincentian Marian Youth we have an extraordinary example of how to live and practice silence — Saint Catherine Laboure. Silence is different than being quiet (for example, being quiet because we are angry … at such times being [...]

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VMY Bulletin October

The October Bulletin of Vincentian Marian Youth is now available on line in English at their international website where it can be read online or downloaded. The article entitled the Power of Silence is a reflection on  silence as “one of the challenges for young people today.” It also includes a feature reflection on the Rosary and [...]

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