Fr. Joseph Agostino, CM, director of the Vincentian Family Office in Philadelphia (USA), visited Bro. Rene Stockman, Superior General of the the Brothers of Charity, and Venance Kapita, member of the Vincentian Family Retreat Task Force.
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Chronicle of the 43rd General Assembly of the Congregation of the Mission, July 11
After the excursion to Assisi yesterday (Sunday) and after celebrating the Eucharist this morning, the delegates...
A Place of Love and Care in Botswana
Mr. O was frightened. If he agreed to the surgery, he would lose his right foot and leg and possibly his livelihood, growing tomatoes in his beloved garden.
Sister Nirmala and the Fight for a TB free India
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
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
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
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
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
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
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: 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
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...
