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"A Christian on the way out is not the one who travels the world without direction and without sense, he knows where he is going, is a life delivered." We started the day around the altar of the Lord, in community, next to the Daughters of Charity of the provincial...
A few months ago, Pope Francis filmed a message that is worthwhile to meditate upon and may bring to life all of us who are followers of Saint Vincent de Paul. In it he speaks of matters that are very close to our charism: providing a welcome, the need we have of each...
The road to the encounter with the foreigner begins in the south of Spain: to the outskirts of Seville, 5 hectares which receive an amalgam of hard histories but hopeful hearts. At the El Pino center they welcome underage immigrants to help them become part of the...
A group of Spanish Vincentians experiences one of the worst realities of poverty and lack of solidarity in our world today: immigration from the south to the rich countries of the north. This is the diary of this journey -- the calvary of so many -- who even go so...
London, July 16, 2017 Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Vincentian Family, On June 28, the European Parliament hosted a celebration to mark the 400th Anniversary of the birth of the Vincentian charism. One of the speakers at this event was a Daughter of Charity from...
We all want to know what is happening in the Vincentian Family all over the world! .famvin is here to inform you about the different initiatives that our Family is undertaking all over the world...and it is very easy to make known what you and your companions are...
“Those on top, like politicians and church leaders, talk a lot about peace, but not about justice, because speaking of peace sounds good to others on top and to the naïve on the bottom, but to speak of justice sounds bad to those on top because it opens the eyes of...
"I was a stranger and you welcomed me": this is the motto that guides us Vincentians during this year in which we celebrate the 400th anniversary of the charism. The story that we are now introducing became viral only a month ago: a boy from a secondary school in the...
On Monday, June 19, Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission and the Daughters of Charity, as well as President of the Executive Committee of the Vincentian Family, had a meeting with Pope Francis, in a private audience at the Vatican....
At the end of September, the film "Red de libertad" [Network of Freedom] will be released in Madrid (Spain), based on the story of the Daughter of the Charity Helene Studler. About 800 people attended to see the summary of the film that tells the story of a specific...
