Have you ever wanted to find ice-breakers for Vincentian Family gatherings? VinFormation offers some “Ice breakers that can be used as an effective way of kicking off a meeting or formation session. Get things off to a great start by scheduling an interactive, fun...
John Freund, CM
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John Freund is a Vincentian priest with a passion for promoting collaboration among the many people inspired by Saints Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac and who welcomes your engagement. Share your ideas and experiences!
Wide-ranging interview with Father Gregory Gay CM
In a very wide-ranging interview with Father Gregory Gay, CM with RADIO VICENTINA (yes, there is a Vincentian radio station in Chile!) he describes some of the things he has learned from his eleven years are Superior General, his hopes for the Vincentian Family and...
Baffled – Pat Griffin
“Baffled” - Pat Griffin continues his series "Considering Consecrated Life" You know how it is when you have a birthday party for a child. The room can overflow with balloons bobbing up from the chairs, streamers hanging from the ceiling, colorful centerpieces...
Superior General’s message to MISEVI Assembly
Francisco Berbegal reports on the Message of the Superior General to the National Assembly of MISEVI (Spain). Father Gay Father Gregory focused in his message to MISEVI on two themes: the shared mission and the internationalization of the mission... This past...
News from the Ladies of Charity – Servicette June
The Ladies of Charity - June Servicette is brim full with news of a vibrant and growing organization. Excerpt from Mary Ann Dantuono's President's Message from the Ladies of Charity... “We can’t see someone suffering without suffering along with him, or see someone...
The Journey of and to the Poor – Kenya
Experience a different way to travel to Kenya with the Congregation of the Mission in this multimedia story rooted in the work of a local liturgical artist– an integration of text, audio, and photography. Be sure your sound volume is turned on to fully experience the...
CEO sleepout: ‘Show me another initiative that has raised R25m’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr9wwZ_AIck It’s a cold Thursday night on June 18 2015. We are out on Gwen Street, in Sandton, Johannesburg, where more than 20 chief executives have left their cushy beds and warm homes for a cause - the 702 CEO sleepout. The 702 Sun...
Vocation Vacation By S. Janet Gildea
Vocation Vacation By S. Janet Gildea - Summertime … and the livin’ is easy … fish are jumpin’… and the cotton is high …” So begins the latest issue of E-Voc, the electronic newsletter from the Vocation Team of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati for single women...
“Laudato Si” through the eyes of a Daughter of Charity
Remembering those who are poor: …looking at “Laudato Si” through the eyes of a Daughter of Charity Reflections from the international site of the Daughters of Charity... Pope Francis’ recently issued encyclical contains much for a Daughter of Charity and those who...
July 4: Feast of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
July 4: Feast of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati again and again made the choice to devote his life to the poor and indigent despite his aristocratic upbringing. In 1918 Pier Giorgio joined the Saint Vincent de Paul Society. By that time, he...
