USA TODAY has a report on the effort to reduce or eliminate human trafficking on the occasion of the SuperBowl. The hordes of people flocking to this year's Super Bowl might be an attractive target for human traffickers looking to make new clients Thousands of fans...
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Homeless Action Week – model for others?
Poverty & Homelessness Action Week has been running each year since 2008. It brings together two special Sundays which have been marked in UK churches for many years: Homelessness Sunday and Poverty Action Sunday. See their suggestions for action each day of this...
Formation Friday – Essential Readings
For those new to Vincentian Spirituality, or those simply looking to review our basic elements VinFormation offers the following Essential Reading Vincentian Spirituality Seeing Christ in the Poor Vincentian Virtues and Charism Vincentian Mission in Today’s World...
Vincent de Paul Society – Prime Minister’s Award
St Vincent de Paul Society wins Prime Minister’s "Big Society Award" The Prime Minister of Britain has recognized the contribution that the Society of St. Vincent de Paul has been making to care for people in need in England and Wales by granting the Big Society...
Internet as Gift of God – Pope Francis
“The internet, in particular, offers immense possibilities for encounter and solidarity. This is something truly good, a gift from God.”
Mary, Women, Vincentian Family Today
Aidan Rooney CM offers some powerful insights and challenges regarding Mary, Women and the Vincentian Family Today. "Mary will lead us (the Vincentian Family) to the poor Christ". Father is from New York City and is serving in El Alto, Bolivia, as part of the...
Holy Hangout – Daughters of Charity missionaries
Learn from the Daughters of Charity who have served in the mission fields of a variety of countries. They now have an abbreviated form a full Google Chat of January 17th in which they share their experiences, challenges and how God has grown them to serve people,...
Fr. Pat Griffin, CM steps down
Fr. Patrick Griffin to step down as Director-General of the Daughters of Charity Fr. G. Gregory Gay, C.M. Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission and the Daughters of Charity, announced that, due to health concerns, Fr. Patrick J. Griffin, C.M....
Vincentian Contributions – New Evangelization
Vincentian Contributions to the New Evangelization by: Celestino Fernández, CM Presented during the Formation Sessions for the leaders of the Vincentian Family (Paris, January 18th, 2014) Evangelization, the task of all Christians Some clarifications with regard to...
Vincent and Louise on varieties of martyrdom
FamVin is happy to present this translation into English of an article on martyrdom by Corpus Juan Delgado, CM. It looks at the concept of martyrdom as it appears in the writings of Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac. The concept is examined from the...