by Javier F. Chento | Apr 18, 2016 | News, Pope
This weekend, Pope Francis visited the refugee camp in Lesbos (Greece). With him were the leaders of the Orthodox Church, Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, and Jerome II, Archbishop of Athens. The news has not gone unnoticed in the European media, even if many...
by Javier F. Chento | Apr 18, 2016 | Disasters and Responses, News
As we all know, an earthquake of 7.8 degrees on the Richter scale devastated this Saturday night much of Ecuador’s land, and has caused a still unpredictable tragedy. More than 400 people have died, 2,500+ have been wounded, and a number of people in the country...
by Lynn L'Heureux | Apr 18, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Vincentian Special Bond – Vincentians Moving Forward – Vincentian Spiritual Growth – God Speaks to Us Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast – Tuesday, April 19, 2016 Vincentian Special Bond – Vincentians are blessings in our troubled world where it seems not...
by Emile Ghali, c.m. | Apr 18, 2016 | News
Fr. Alexis Cerquera Trujillo shares the logo he prepared for the 400 years of the Vincentian charism with us. Explanation of the logo: It is built from a basic figure: the circle … (the world, history, life, etc. …) This circle is formed by different lines...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Apr 18, 2016 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
The Handmaids of Charity (Ancelle della Carita) were founded in 1840 at Brescia, Italy, by Saint Maria Crocifissa di Rosa (1813-1855, canonized in 1954) for care of the sick, lepers, and elderly. Saint Vincent is considered one of their patrons. Initially the...
