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SVDP “Our Faith in Action” TV Show on EWTN
Be sure to check out a brand-new episode of “Our Faith in Action: Today’s Society of St. Vincent de Paul” on EWTN on Friday, July 14 at 6:30 p.m. Eastern/3:30 p.m. Pacific. New episodes of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul’s TV show “Our Faith in Action: Today’s...
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AIC: Celebrate on August 23
Dear friends, The beginning of this year was very rich for AIC, in March our International Assembly in Châtillon brought together more than 370 volunteers from 40 countries. Several national associations have...
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Being Grateful • A Weekly Reflection with Louise
Students have finished the course 2016-2017 in Spain, and holidays are starting; it maybe be a good occasion to stop to thank God, the community and all, for the favors that have made us during this course. Saint Louise may serve as an example. “Your grapes are...
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AIC International Assembly – Chatillon 2017
Our pilgrimage began in Notre Dame Cathedral on March 8, 2017 – International Women’s Day – at a Mass attended by 1,000 AIC France and other nationalities. It was the first of several encounters with the Heart of St Vincent in our presence. Later on, after the vin...
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The Holy Trinity, the Group Standard • A Weekly Reflection with Louise
At 59, Saint Louise had the illusion and energy to send Daughters of Charity to the distant Hennebont, in French Brittany. She was afraid that, by living so far from Paris, the community would relax and disappear. In this letter thery are told that only if they live...
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VFHI: Collaboration in Haiti
On May 24, 2017, more than a year and a half of dreaming and planning among members of the Vincentian Family came to fruition with the arrival of Frs. Frank Conkle, S.T. and Jaime Serrano, S.T. to Haiti. It was the most recent step in collaborative efforts among the...
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Javier F. Chento, New International Coordinator of .famvin
For two years Fr. Aidan Rooney, C.M., has been the international coordinator of the Vincentian commission dedicated to providing information and training materials to the entire Vincentian Family in the world (.famvin), and has brilliantly carried out the stage of...
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Protect Health Care for Poor and Vulnerable People!
June 27, 2017 My Dear Vincentians, At the earliest possible moment, I urge you to either e-mail or call your US Senator to urge him or her to not support the just released Senate legislation which would decimate health care coverage for the poor and vulnerable – the...
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On Love of God
One of the contemporaries of St. Vincent who influenced him on his journey of conversion was St. Francis de Sales. The two famous books of St. Francis de Sales, namely, “Love of God” and “Introduction to Devout Life,” played an important role in his spiritual growth....
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For the Feast of Saint Peter, Apostle • A Weekly Reflection with Louise
Saint Louise de Marillac wrote to St. Vincent: "If your Charity heard Our Lord say what He seems to me to have said to you, in the person of Saint Peter, I hope it was that He wanted to build this Company on your Charity" (L. 199). She encouraged the Daughters of...