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Keep the Fire Burning to Be Pilgrims of Hope: Reflection #7
The Vincentian Family reflects on urgent initiatives: opening our eyes to reality through a Gospel lens, truly integrating young people into leadership and decision-making, and strengthening advocacy amid the UN crisis, defending the poor in the face of global instability.
Famvin – Continental Gatherings: Our Pilgrimage Together!
This gathering in Lima is the first of several continental encounters that will mark our path in the coming months: in June, in Nairobi for the first gathering of the Vincentian Family in Africa and Madagascar; in October, in Indonesia for the first gathering of FAMVIN in the Asia-Pacific region; and finally, in April 2027, in Rome for the first gathering of the European FAMVIN.
Global Recreation of Structures in the Service of the Mission
At Easter, the Vincentian Family is called to live resurrection through renewed mission and flexible, mission-centered structures. By strengthening councils, formation, communication, and youth engagement, and placing the poor at the center, the Family ensures its charism is shared, collaborative, and responsive worldwide.
Keep the Fire Burning to Be Pilgrims of Hope: Reflection #6
The Vincentian charism today calls for adapting ministry to new forms of poverty through creativity and collaboration. Organized charity seeks systemic change that transforms structures and promotes dignity. It is a long process requiring communal discernment and celebrating each step forward.
The Vincentian Family as an Essential Reservoir of the Charism in the Fifth Centenary
As Lent ends and the Fifth Centenary begins, the Vincentian Family is called to renew its shared charism through prayer, collaboration, and synodal leadership. Embracing diversity across branches, engaging youth, and fostering systemic change, it seeks to incarnate the Spirit’s guidance in creative, prophetic service to the poor worldwide.
Three Pauses for Peace: A Vincentian Invitation on the Feast of St. Joseph
On March 19, the Feast of St. Joseph, the Vincentian Family around the world is invited to participate in a simple yet deeply meaningful initiative: a united day of prayer for global peace.
Keep the Fire Burning to Be Pilgrims of Hope: Reflection #5
Vincent de Paul’s faith is trust in God expressed through concrete service to the poor. Faith and works are inseparable: to evangelize is to meet both spiritual and material needs with love. Prayer and action, lived in community, foster an organized, transformative charity rooted in human dignity.
Announcing the Winners of the “Saints Alive Today!” International Contest
The Vincentian Family would like to thank all those who supported our efforts in the “Saints Alive Today!” International Contest of Young Vincentian Storytellers which involved participants creatively showcasing how Vincentian Saints or Blessed are still relevant today.
A Charismatic Family Called to Follow: Culture of Vocations and the Transformation of Mission
Entering Lent, the Vincentian Family is invited to embrace its identity and mission with courage and trust in the Spirit. A “culture of vocations” calls all members—lay, consecrated, and young—to shared discernment, collaboration, and service to the poor, renewing structures and leadership to keep the charism alive, inclusive, and responsive today.
Vincentian Family Stations of the Cross
This Vincentian Family Stations of the Cross invites participants to journey alongside the neighbors who are “Jesus in our midst” and reflect on the ways that unjust policies continue to condemn so many of them to suffering and even death.
Reflections from the Vincentian Family Office
The Vincentian Family Office shares an update as it begins a new season of renewal. After a global listening process, it is developing a strategic plan to deepen communion, strengthen mission, and serve the poor. New reflections and continental gatherings will foster unity, collaboration, and renewed commitment.
Lenten Letter 2026 from Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, to the Vincentian Family
After the Jubilee of Hope, Lent invites the Vincentian Family to renew its mission: to continue Jesus’ work among the poor with humility. The centenary calls us to live the charism as a gift, avoiding pride, and to serve with active charity, trusting in God’s fidelity.