Javier F. Chento
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Towards the Peripheries of Life (4): the Plastic Sea (Almería)
Mountains, Plastic, Sea. We start the day heading to El Ejido, where we are welcomed by the CEPAIM Association. We divided ourselves into three groups to explore the plastic sea that surrounds the area. We are guided by Abdelaziz, a Moroccan who has been in Spain for...
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Mary, “a Sign of Hope and Comfort for Your People”
On August 15th, the Catholic Church celebrates a great Marian Feast: the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On this occasion, we of the Company of the Daughters of Charity would like to offer you a meditation, suitable for communal or personal use, on this dogma...
![Towards the Peripheries of Life (3): CIE Algeciras – Tarifa and Proyecto Alma](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/08/preiferias3_fb.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Towards the Peripheries of Life (3): CIE Algeciras – Tarifa and Proyecto Alma
We start the day with Eucharist with the community of Centro Contigo, then we head towards El Saladillo (Algeciras). Once there we divided into three groups and visited the CIEs of Tarifa and Algeciras, and the Alma Project. Route 1: CIES When we arrive at the Island...
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The Pope Video – August 2017 – For Artists
The arts and nature express the beauty of creation and bring joy to the soul. Let us join the Pope in praying for artists, so that with their creativity, they continue showing us the greatness of God. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0BzXOfBTwc The Pope Video is a...
![Towards the peripheries of life (2): “Centro Contigo”. Proyect “Cerca del Hogar” (Línea de la Concepción)](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/08/hacia-las-periferias-2_fb.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Towards the peripheries of life (2): “Centro Contigo”. Proyect “Cerca del Hogar” (Línea de la Concepción)
"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...
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Pope Francis: Why the only Future Worth Building Includes Everyone
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...
![Towards the peripheries of life (1): El Pino Centre. Project Esperanza (Seville)](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/08/hacia-las-periferias-1_fb.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Towards the peripheries of life (1): El Pino Centre. Project Esperanza (Seville)
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...
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Towards the Peripheries of Life (Introduction): The Road Begins
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...
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Announcement of the Famvin Homeless Alliance
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...
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Send Us News!
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...