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Net neutrality affects poor people in a disproportionate and serious manner. As the debate continues, it's good to ponder these aspects of net neutrality and its impact. First, in the United States: By striking down the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s Open...
In less than a month, the Vincentian Family will greet the Virgin with special affection in its invocation of "Miraculous." Surely this month many reflections will be published online, on her history, present, etc. Two weeks ago, we...
To "take a chance" on someone is profoundly Vincentian. Vincent and Louise did it when they said yes to Marguerite Naseau. Vincentian institutions need to focus on the possibilities within each human person. To do this is to say #IamVincent, and allow the person to...
Did you know that Facebook has a best practices section? Constantly, Facebook is updating the "Facebook Media" site with tips, tricks, success stories and best practices. Since many in the Family are starting to use Facebook Live, we feature this fine description of...
To say #IamVincent means to live a life of virtue. Actually, it means to live a life of five essential virtues. Fr. Santiago Azcarate, CM, Religious Advisor to the Saint Vincent de Paul Society in Spain, has written, Virtue can be seen as the crystallization of good...
Karl Michael Hila wants us to evangelize through social media. To that end the SSVP of the Philippines is involved in the national Catholic Social Media Summit. "Join the Catholic Social Media Summit v5 on November 19, 2016 at H2O Hotel Manila. This year's theme is...
Young men and women have been walking in the footsteps of Saint Justin de Jacobis, together with native Vincentian priests, brothers and Daughters of Charity in Ethiopia. They are the Vincentian Lay Missionaries of the United States and Ireland. In Bahir Dar, VLM work...
Alienation makes for a different type of stranger. There are unseen wounds. https://youtu.be/fr1NumLiv54 Reflection and challenge: There are people all around us that hide their suffering: from poverty, from...
Are you preparing? In a few short months the 400th anniversary of the Vincentian charism will be upon us. .famvin, vinFormation, We are Vincentians and the Vincentian Family Office are collaborating on bringing you reflections, formation experiences and multimedia...
In 2009, we did a little thing with young people called "Vincentian Blog Action Day," getting people to publish on the relationship between educational access and poverty reduction. We did it again in 2010 on clean water access. See these articles. On this...
