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"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...
It caught my eye immediately. A statue on his desk—a bullfight scene. But not what you would expect. This one was strikingly different—here the bull was sitting on the matador holding him down! Talk about the unexpected. A paradigm shift? No, a complete reversal! We...
The International General Council (CGI in its French initials) of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (SSVP) will be held June 13-16 in Paris, France with a series of activities which can be followed live by Ozanam TV (www.ozanam.tv). The following events will take...
A meeting of librarians and archivists of the Vincentian Family will take place in Paris in November 2017. Here is the information: Dear Responsible for Congregations and Movements of the Vincentian Family, visitors, presidents, superiors, archivists and librarians:...
Recently, Ana Maria Escano, our SC coordinator for the Philippines, gave a 2-day seminar at Sacred Heart College in Lucena City, a Daughters of Charity Institution located 4 miles from Manila. The 58 participants of this seminar were the staff of the different...
I BELIEVE in God, the Lord of history who is and who comes; I BELIEVE in Jesus Christ, the Lord of life, who gave Himself for me, for you, for all without exception and who awaits me in the tabernacle; who is delivered as food under the species of bread and wine; who...
“Speaking truth to power….Making our voices heard---" Advocacy: the process of supporting a cause or proposal, pleading or arguing in favor of an idea or policy. Advocacy is active, not passive, and can take many forms. But for Vincentians it means taking the...
It has been 400 years since the days of Folleville and Châtillon. That long period has not weakened the Vincentian charism like the oak at the Berceau. It is as alive as a spring high in the mountains. The Polish artist, Mariola Zajączkowska-Bicho, on a sketch by...
