January 13-19, 2013 marks the annual week-long celebration of the Catholic Church in the United States dedicated to promote vocations to the priesthood, diaconate and consecrated life through prayer and education, and to renew our prayers and support for those who are...
SVDP International – New Spiritual Director
The Central Board of the Society of St. Vincent dePaul is pleased to announce the appointment of Sister Maureen McGuire, DC, as the new Spiritual Advisor to the CGI Board. Sister Maureen belongs to the Daughters of Charity in the Saint Louise-USA Province in...
Vincentian Marian Youth – St. Louis Review
Rich insights into the past, present and future of Vincentian Marian Youth from the St. Louis Review "We were just wanting a youth ministry, something -- with the support of a priest and the laity -- just to help the kids in the area," said the member of St. Vincent...
Saints who were slaves
With more than 12 million trafficked and enslaved people worldwide, the problem is enormous. But you can help. Let's abolish slavery forever. The site is part of the Catholic Relief Services campaign to free modern day slaves. THis is a cause that would have been...
Two new resources for the Year of Faith
The folks at Our Sunday Visitor have found two new resources for the Year of Faith We've found two cool new tools for your Year of Faith. First, from the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization's official Year of Faith web site, a free poster download...
Daughter of Charity – Notre Dame rooter
When TV executives predicted that college football's Bowl Championship Series title game would attract a record number of viewers, maybe they sensed that Sister Catherine Marie McGranary, DC, would be enlisting a pack of her fellow senior sisters to watch. Excerpts...
“We are the Society of St. VIncent dePaul”
We are the Society of ....Friday night pizzas... and Monday morning mercy... second hand stuff turned into second changes... dignity delivered to the needy door... love and laughter... humility, stability, tranquility.... holding out hope and helping with the light...
Bishop – Poverty rates and ‘serious moral failure’
Poverty rates reflect ‘serious moral failure’ writes Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento, California, chair of the U.S. bishop’s anti-poverty program. (Washington Post Guest Voice) "For instance, over 46 million Americans live in poverty. That represents over 10 percent...
Non-Profit novel to benefit Haiti
From the folks at ZAFEN, the Vincentian Family Project in Haiti - A FREE Kindle edition of “BECAUSE WE ARE,” a mystery set in Cite Soleil, Haiti, is available on Amazon today! This is the neighborhood where the Daughters of Charity work....
Vincentian Faith – “head heart and Hands”
Mind, heart, and will—“head, heart and hands”—all play a part in the exercise of our faith according to Father Pat Griffin, CM speaking at the recent Assembly of the Eastern Province of the Congregation of the Mission. "There are many levels to our faith. I have...
Frederic Ozanam opens the door of faith
Vinformation presents the fourth in its monthly series on the Year of Faith In Vincentian Family Perspectives... Frederic Ozanam opens the door to faith "The problem which divides people today is not a political problem, it is a social one. It is a matter of knowing...
Blessed Lindalva DC
VinFormation offers the following feature on the life of Blessed Lindalva, DC. The seven slides can be used either as a personal aid to meditation on or life or as a short presentation in a group context.
Being homeless shouldn’t be fatal
Kevin M. Ryan, President and CEO, Covenant House, writes... This headline immediately filled me with foreboding: "Homeless youth who died included four 17-year-olds." Now what, I thought? What horrible event had stolen away more of the young people we try to save,...
Sisters of Charity Nazareth – Justice Concerns
Week of January 9 Concerns National Migration Week in the U.S.: National Migration Week is January 6 to 12 with the theme of “We are Strangers No Longer: Our Journey of Hope Continues.” This theme commemorates the 10th anniversary of the U.S. and Mexican bishops’...
It’s (Not) The End
It's (Not) The End writes Soon-to-be Sister Amanda, DC... After a year and a half of writing about my formation journey with the Daughters of Charity, I'll be ending this blog. Well, sort of. Actually, I'll be suspending it - "ending" just sounded more dramatic and...
SCN Education for Peace and Nation Building
Vision for Education - Education for Peace and Nation Building Impelled by the Love of Christ, SCN educators form God centered persons of character, compassion and competency, who will contribute to build a just and harmonious society and thus become agents of...
Reading an icon of St. Vincent
Reading the Icon of St. Vincent at Rosati House, Chicago The icon of Vincent likewise celebrates incarnation. There is far less contrast between the divine world and the world of earth than is represented in the annunciation icon; creation is now diffused with the...
Vincentian Family Health Care Institutions
U.S.-Canada Health Care Institutions Related to Branches of the Vincentian Family Ascension Health (the US’s largest Catholic and nonprofit health system) Daughters of Charity Health System(California) St. Thomas Health Systems (Middle Tennessee) Daughters of Charity...
Free quality bible images now on Pinterest
For those not familiar with Free Bible Images on Pinterest a quick visit will do 2 things - introduce one to Pinterest Free Bible Images FreeBibleimages is a web site where anyone can download sets of Bible story images anywhere at any time - absolutely free. "Free...
Blessed Lindalva 1993 martyr
Blessed Lindalva Justo de Oliveira was the first woman to be beatified in Brazil. She was still a young Daughter of Charity, 4 years-vocation, when she was martyred. Her fidelity to her vocation and her love for everyone without preferences were so intense that she...
National Migration Week – Jan. 6-12
National Migration Week 2013 will be held from January 6-12 with a primary theme of “We are Strangers No Longer: Our Journey of Hope Continues.” This year's National Migration Week observance and theme commemorate the 10th anniversary of the historic joint pastoral...
Why join a so-called “dying community”?
Amanda Kern writes, "The question is.....why would a healthy 20-something join a community like this, a community where the average age is in the 70s, a community where she may soon see Sisters she knows and loves forget who she is? Why not join a community where the...
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth speak on India Rape and Murder Case
Roselyn Karakattu, SCN, writes the following: On Jan. 2, I attended a meeting along with Father Philip Manthara, SJ, a few prominent lawyers, members of Mahila Samakhya and with the heads of several women's NGOs and other social activists to make some suggestions to...
Traveling Display – Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center, Little Rock, AR, is the first stop for a traveling banner display of the history of the healing ministry of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. The display was created for the bicentennial of the sisters in Nazareth, KY. The three...
Lazarist (CM) founded first non-Jesuit Church in Beijing
Established in 1723 by the Italian Vincentian missionary Teodorico Pedrini, Xitang was the first non-Jesuit church in Beijing. After Pedrini's death, the church was run by Carmelites, then Augustinians, until it was destroyed in 1811 during a purge of Catholics and...
The U.S. ranks 2nd in child poverty
According to UNICEF, 23.1% of American children under the age of seventeen live in poverty, which makes the United States rank second out of thirty-five economically advanced countries ranked in that category. Romania ranks first, with 25.5% of children living in...
Christmas Cards…. images of friends
Before You Get Rid of Those Christmas Cards…. Susan Stabile writes, "As I was contemplating putting away all of the Christmas ornaments, I was reminded of the opening of Fr. Rolf Tollefson’s sermon on January 1. He shared that he had been spending time the last...
Using film to contemplate Religious Life
Cinema, the Vows, Mission, Communion, Spirituality – using film to contemplate Religious Life As we approach Vocation Awareness week, January 13-19, Sr. Rose Pacatte, respected Catholic film critic writes, "Over the last year or so I prepared these lists for the...
Hurricane Sandy – Disaster, injustice or both
It is a distinction all to familiar for memebers of the Vincentian Family who are often first responders in major disasters. Megan Clark, Moral Theology Professor at St. John's University unpacks what is often felt but not articulated. He own experience of the...
Welfare cuts for political capital? (Australia)
From Australia... with possible echoes in the US MELBOURNE: John Passant, tutor in the School of Political Science and International Relations in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University, comments on the recent welfare cuts by the...
