Welcome to the Sisters of St. Martha of Prince Edward Island, a new congregation that just joined the Sisters of Charity Federation! Watch this minute and a half video where Sister Rosemary MacDonald, the Congregation Leader of the Sisters of Saint Martha from...
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Summary of Workshops Held at the North American Vincentian Family Gathering
Twenty-two branches of the Vincentian Family and four universities sent representatives to the North American Vincentian Family Gathering from June 9-11 to explore the 400th Anniversary theme of Welcoming the...
Your Health: A Sacred Matter
A member of the Vincentian Family, Lady of Charity Marilyn Martone and her daughter Michelle are featured in a new PBS documentary called, "Your Health: A Sacred Matter." Michelle is a person with disabilities who suffered a traumatic brain injury after being hit by a...
400th Anniversary Prayer in Four Languages
“Lord, revive within the Vincentian Family the flame of the Charism, that flame which has animated our missionary life for 400 years.” Here is the 400th-anniversary prayer if you have not seen it yet. The prayer is available in four languages: English, Portuguese,...
Homeless Youth Will Soon Have a Place to Call Home
Depaul USA purchases Arsenal Street Buildings; Will Create St. Lazare House for Youth June 2, 2017 St. Louis, MO – June 2, 2017: Community stakeholders gathered at 2912 Arsenal Street on June 14, 2017, at 11:00 am to celebrate Depaul...
New National President for Society of St Vincent de Paul in Ireland
Kieran Stafford from Clonmel in County Tipperary has been elected National President of the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP), the largest charity in Ireland. Mr. Stafford (53), a local businessman and father of two, has been a volunteer with SVP for the past 16...
World Day of the Poor: November 19, 2017
On June 13, Pope Francis officially launched the "World Day of the Poor" which will take place November 19, 2017 and every year thereafter on the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary time. In a National Catholic Reporter article, Vatican correspondent Joshua McElwee shares the...
New Biography of Antoine Frederic Ozanam
The University of Notre Dame Press has just published a biography of Antoine Frederic Ozanam by Raymond Sickinger. He is the chair of the Department of History and Classics at Providence College. This is this first comprehensive biography in English in a long time....
North American Vincentian Family Gathering 2017 #VFG2017
Over 200 members of our Vincentian Family (including a large number of young adult participants!) are gathered in San Antonio, Texas for the 2017 North American Vincentian Family Gathering. Themed, “I was a stranger and you welcomed me…” (Matthew 25:35), brief...
Sisters of Charity Federation of North America Annual Meeting
Sixty-nine leaders of the Sisters of Charity Federation of North America gathered from June 1-5, 2017 in Tarrytown, NY for their annual meeting. They represented two provinces of the Daughters of Charity and eleven congregations of Sisters of Charity in the United...