As the COVID-19 pandemic and other world events continue to ensue, we as Vincentians must keep asking “What can be done.”
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Launch of the New Vincentian Family Website in Ireland
by Claire McKiernan, DC | October 9, 2021 | News | 2 Comments
The launch of the Vincentian Family Website took place on 27th September feast of St. Vincent de Paul 2021.
The Vincentian Family National Council of Ireland
by Famvin Media Resources | October 8, 2021 | News, Vincentian Family | 2 Comments
In this video, Sr. Claire McKiernan, DC gives an overview of the Vincentian Family in Ireland.
Happy Feast Day from the Vincentian Family in Belize
by Famvin Media Resources | October 5, 2021 | Association of the Miraculous Medal, Daughters of Charity, News, Sisters of Charity, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Marian Youth | 0 Comments
Greetings from Belize! Featuring the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Sisters of Charity of Halifax, SSVP, AMM, JMV, and Daughters of Charity.
Niagara University History Professor and Sons Bring Humanitarian Aid to Kenya
by Lisa McMahon, Niagara University | October 3, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
Dr. Mustafa Gökçek, professor of history at Niagara University, and his two sons took the opportunity to go on a service mission to Africa.
Championing the Rights of Street Children in Kenya
by .famvin | Apr 20, 2022 | News
A year-long campaign called “Home First” will raise awareness about the situation of street children, and to confront the causes that can lead children to become homeless in Kenya.
New International Headquarters of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul to be inaugurated on April 23
by .famvin | Apr 20, 2022 | News, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
On April 23rd, at 6 PM in Paris, the new world headquarters of the International Confederation of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul will be officially inaugurated.
Sister Nirmala and the Fight for a TB free India
by Elizabeth Astridge | Jul 24, 2018 | News, Sisters of Charity
Sister Nirmala Mulackal’s work to raise awareness of the devastating health, social, and economic consequences of tuberculosis (TB) and her efforts to end the TB epidemic with the Coalition for Aids and Related Diseases is featured in their latest video. [youtube...
Collaboration Meeting of the Vincentian Family in Enugu, Nigeria
by Vincentian Family Office | Jul 23, 2018 | News
A Nigerian proverb advises, “A single man cannot build a house.” And so, it was appropriate that 52 Vincentian Family members gathered, March 1-4, in Enugu, to “build their house”— to strengthen collaboration among the already vibrant family arms in...
New! Famvin Homeless Alliance Newsletter
by Elizabeth Astridge | Jul 21, 2018 | News
Welcome to the first newsletter of the Famvin Homeless Alliance. This is an exciting moment for our new alliance. We have spent the past year laying the groundwork for this initiative within the global Vincentian movement: a movement inspired by a mission to serve our...
Eight Sisters Make Vows in Mokama, India
by Malini Manjoly, SCN | Jul 21, 2018 | News, Sisters of Charity
The convent chapel in Mokama looked colourful with the summer flowers from Mokama and from the Darjeeling Hills on the special occasion of the First Vows of Monica Tudu, Nitya Toppo, Prema Tudu, Ranjita Baa and Snehlata Murmu and the Final Vows of SCNs Anita Murmu...
Vincentians of Wherever: Stephanie “Cole” Adams
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jul 19, 2018 | News, Reflections
A true Vincentian, she’ll hire people with insight into the immigrant and refugee experience, and have been directly impacted by Buffalo’s systemic poverty.
A Woman President of the UN General Assembly
by Teresa Kotturan, SCN | Jul 19, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces, a poet and politician from Ecuador is the 73rd President of UN General Assembly. She is the fourth women to hold this position in the history of the UN. She dedicated her election to all the women in the world who participated in...
Vincentian Family at the UN in NY
by Mary Ann Dantuono | Jul 17, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Vincentian Family collaborating at the UN has formed the Working Group to End Homelessness (WEGH). We are attending the High Level Political Forum on forming Sustainable and Resilient Communities. Pictured below is Leilani Fahar, Special Rapporteur on adequate...
The Vincentian Family in Europe, Report 3: Belgium and the Netherlands
by Vincentian Family Office | Jul 16, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family
By: Joseph V. Agostino, CM During the months of April and May 2018, I crisscrossed Europe to meet with members of the Vincentian Family, and most especially with the Superiors General of the various congregations which comprise the Branches of the Vincentian Family....
Vincentian Lay Missioners on Fire with the Love of Jesus
by Elizabeth Astridge | Jul 14, 2018 | News
Nearly 15 years ago, a wave of immigrants, mostly from Mexico, moved north from Texas through Oklahoma to Arkansas, where many of them settled. Fr. Tom Stelik, C.M., and the other priests serving at St. Anne Parish in North Little Rock, recognized that the new...