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Successes, Expectations, Needs, Challenges and Difficulties of Collaboration in Africa
The Vincentian Family is on the move in Africa and Madagascar. In 2009, we were making plans. What follows is an excerpt from “Collaboration in the Vincentian Family: Needs, Expectations, Models,” A paper presented by Michael Ngoka, C.M., at the Session...![Vincentians Are About Belonging… And Tension](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2018/02/be-bridge-to-belonging-FB-1080x675.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Vincentians Are About Belonging… And Tension
Heeding the call to conversion that translates into being servants of hospitality and communion and belonging brings with it tension. But this tension is part and parcel of the Gospel challenge to wake up to belonging. Let’s be the bridge to belonging.
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Lenten Letter 2018 from Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, to the Vincentian Family
In the Lenten letter of this year, Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, 24th successor of St. Vincent, invites us to reflect on the Virgin Mary in the Vincentian tradition, as one of the pillars in the spirituality of St. Vincent of Paul. You can read it below. At the end of the...![The International Vincentian Youth Encounter Will Host 1,000 Participants](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2018/02/201802logo-EIJV-2019-1080x675.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)