The Vincentian Family Office (VFO) shares with you and all our Branches, National Councils the experiences of our...
Year of Vincentian Collaboration
Year of Vincentian Collaboration: Informal Evaluation Survey
As we conclude the Vincentian Family Year of Collaboration, the Vincentian Family Collaboration Commission (VFCC)...
Open reflections in the Year of Vincentian Collaboration (3)
3. Vincentian cooperation in the administration of goods ... In the society and in the streets, there is this implicit...
Vincentian Family: Lebanon
Beginnings August 21, 2013 – Convened by Father Ziad HADDAD CM, Visitor of the Congregation of the Mission in the Middle East, the leaders of the various branches of the Vincentian Family in Lebanon had their first meeting as one Vincentian Family. The meeting took...
Fr. Gregory Gay, C.M.: Message for Pentecost and #famvin400
The Vincentian Family Office shares this video message for Pentecost as we celebrate the year of collaboration and as we prepare for our anniversary as a Vincentian Family. https://youtu.be/LB03HqegriE
Open reflections in the Year of Vincentian Collaboration (2)
2. What it means to be a member of the Family Basing myself on Fr. Eli’s clear ideas, I dare expand the horizon of what, in my humble opinion, could encompass relationships among the members of the Family in this year of Vincentian Collaboration, a year that could...
Vincentian Family Leaders Reflections on Collaboration: Responses to Fr. Gregory Gay, C.M.’s Letter of January 2015
St. Vincent de Paul told us “We should assist the poor in every way and do it both by ourselves and by enlisting the help of others…. to do this is to preach the gospel by words and work” (CCD 12: Conf. #195). The Vincentian family was invited to focus 2015 as the...
Open reflections in the Year of Vincentian Collaboration (1)
1. A timely announcement It was a beautiful and inspiring idea from our Superior General, Fr. Gregory Gay CM, to convene a Year of Vincentian Collaboration. The fact that it coincides with important dates in the Church that are close to each other made the idea even...
Vincentian Family in Ecuador: Connect and Learn
News from the Vincentian Family in Ecuador. Please remember to pray for our brothers and sisters. "The future of humanity is in the hands of those who can give future generations reasons for life and hope" (II Vatican Council). The new Coordinating Team of the...
Brazil: a special charitable work exceptionally Vincentian
In the city of Fortaleza, capital of Province of Ceara (northeast of Brazil), the Refuge Saint John Gabriel Perboyre, was founded in 1999, an organization that was created by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (DC). Sister Dijesu Campos Pinto is currently...
Vincentian Family in India: Connect and Learn!
The Vincentian Family 10th Annual Meeting was held in St Vincent’s Retreat Center, Gopalpur on Sea, on 12th and 13th of March, 2016. There were 43 participants from 9 branches of the Vincentian Family. Bishop Emeritus Thomas Thiruthali, C.M., and Bishop Simon...
Handmaids of Charity (Ancelle della Carità)
The Handmaids of Charity (Ancelle della Carita) were founded in 1840 at Brescia, Italy, by Saint Maria Crocifissa di Rosa (1813-1855, canonized in 1954) for care of the sick, lepers, and elderly. Saint Vincent is considered one of their patrons. Initially the...
