The Colorado Vincentian Volunteers (CVV) Executive Director (ED) helps guide a process of companionship with those who live in poverty and are marginalized, working together in mutual relationship with CVV staff and in accountability to the CVV Board of Directors.
The Second International Conference of the FamVin Homeless Alliance took place in Sevilla (June 7-9). During that time the participants reflected on the reality of refugees, displaced and abused individuals.
The much awaited 50th national pilgrimage of the members of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul to the Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida (Brazil) took place between the days of July 8-10.
Gathered together as a Confraternity, we spoke about the different ways in which we must accept the commitment to proclaim Good News and to do that from the perspective of the reality of abandonment, social exclusion and/or the peripheries.
In the afternoon, many families set out to celebrate, in a caravan of cars, another anniversary of the message of love and hope who always characterized Saint Vincent de Paul.
The Vincentian Indigenous Confraternity, during their second virtual meeting, decided to establish a team that would take responsibility for our external communication.
On September 24th, the Feast of Our Lady of Ransom, the local phase (where a local diocese directs the process) of the inquiry on the alleged miracle ascribed to Bl. Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam was concluded after conducting a thorough 11-month investigation.
We are very carefully moving out of a situation of quarantine and there is now talk about returning to a “new normal.”
On the occasion of the feast of Saint Vincent de Paul, Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, published a message in which he shared reflections on the challenges for charitable activity especially during this time of the pandemic that has spread throughout the world.
Last Thursday, September 10, the third meeting of the Confraternity of Translators took place at 3:00 p.m. Lima – Peru time. We were glad to see that new members from different countries and therefore different languages joining in each meeting, which will allow us to bring the good news to more people around the world.
This year, Our Lady visited everyone virtually, using different social media and networks.
One in Hope: Gen Verde in Concert on September 27, 2020 at 3 PM EDT live on YouTube (https://youtu.be/WyMHyK-L-TU). An event promoted and organized with the Vincentian Family, inspired by the life and work of St. Vincent de Paul. The first step of a great project.
