Catch the energy! No doubt there will be some official documents reporting on the recently completed meeting of the leaders of the Vincentian Family in Rome. Thanks to Father Aidan Rooney, CM, Pamela Mantuhac (Philippines)and Denise El-Khoury (Lebanon) the following gallery gives us a chance to catch the energy that went into those documents. See if you can recognize a certain CM who assures people his feet are not cold since he works in the Altiplano of Bolivia.
To see other instances of the Vincentian Family in action visit the posts tagged “Celebrate“, “Connect and Learn“, “Serve“, the three themes of the Vincentian Year of Collaboration.
We all know how collaboration is rooted in our charism as a Vincentian Family, especially in the example of the lives of our Founders. We also know that we will most effectively serve those who live in poverty only as we collaborate with them and one another in this ministry.
We are offering three objectives to guide the events for this year.
1. Celebrate:– a letter to the Vincentian Family which will be published soon will include suggestions for celebrations, on the two Feasts of Pentecost and around Vincentian Family feast days. There will be no international gatherings. The celebrations will take place on the local and regional levels.
We also plan to include under this objective the creation of a world-wide Day of Prayer on Sunday, Sept 27, 2015. The Vincentian Family will be invited to post their photos and prayers on the Vincentian Collaboration Facebook page as well as in Famvin.org.
2. Connect and Learn: we also plan to collect and share stories of collaboration in ministry posting them on Facebook and on Famvin.org. Vincentian Family Collaboration Commission members will also invite specific groups to post their work.
We will take this opportunity to learn more about each other, highlighting weekly a different branch of the Vincentian Family.
3. Serve: A special presentation by Eli Chavez dos Santos, CM on collaboration will be posted. Family members will be invited to share their own stories of collaboration in ministry.
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