Javier F. Chento
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SSVP President General Will Be Visiting the City of Oporto (Portugal)
On October 12, 13 and 14, brother Renato Lima de Oliveira, 16th President General of the SSVP, will be on an official visit to the Central Council of Oporto, Portugal. Renato will be accompanied by the national president, sister Alda Couceiro, and the president of the...
The Vatican Disseminates the Synthesis of the Meeting of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life
On June 19th, the Annual meeting of the Dicastery with the general moderators of the lay associations, the ecclesial movements and of the new communities was held in the Palazzo San Calisto. During this meeting, the nearly 50 ecclesial groups convened reflected on the...
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The Colors of Charity [Video]
The Congregation of the Mission, on its YouTube Channel, has recently published a video about "the Vincentian charism narrated through art," which we invite you to see. It is narrated in Italian, but it has subtitles in English: https://youtu.be/SYSw4knnGAE
Appointment in Rome: October 20
The Vincentian Family, during the “Finding Vince 400” film Festival, is organizing an event with the Synod of Bishops entitled “When Charity Calls you,” at the Auditorium Conciliazione in Rome, on Saturday, October 20 at 6:00 PM. It is an opportunity to use the...
Opening of New Training Center for Young Mothers in Kinshasa
On July 6, 2018, the Sister Mary Bernard (DC) Training Center opened in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo for the care of adolescent mothers. Sister Germaine Baibika, DC has been instrumental in the development of this center as she worked on the project...
World Youth Days and Gathering of the Vincentian Youth – Panama 2019
In January 2019, Panama will host the next World Youth Days and, as usual, the previous days for the young of the Vincentian Family, the “Gathering of the Vincentian Youth,” which are aimed at preparing our young people to live, from the charisma, this celebration of...
“Finding Vince 400” Symposium Schedule
The countdown begins for "Finding Vince 400" (FV400), the International Film Festival and contest dedicated to Saint Vincent de Paul, to tell the globalization of charity, which will be inaugurated on October 18 at the Centro Marianopoli in Castel Gandolfo (Rome)....
VFCAP and SC Seminar in Indonesia, Day 4 (and last)
September 14, Indonesia – Each country does its best to embark on systemic change projects in favor of the less privileged and so for the first part of the last day for the joint VFCAP – SC Seminar, we gave the floor to our host – Indonesia - who shared with us two of...
“If Anyone Wants to be First, he Must Make Himself Last of All and Servant of All”
This Sunday, September 23, the Gospel at Holy Mass contains exactly the motto of the current Board of the International Council General of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. The biblical passage is from St Mark 9, 30-37 “They came to Capernaum and when he was in...
Father Tomaž Mavrič, CM Visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo
During this month of September, so special for the whole Vincentian Family, Fr. Tomaž Mavrič has visited the Vincentian communities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where he has been pleasantly surprised by their witness of life and the strength of the...