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Annual Report 2021 of the Commission for International Aid and Development
The Commission for International Aid and Development (CIAD) is one of the international solidarity arms of the International General Council.
Sister Gabriella Borgarino (1880-1949)
Pope Francis has recognised the heroic virtues of Sister Gabriella BORGARINO who thus becomes Venerable.
The Vincentian Family in the Philippines is providing emergency shelter kits with your donations
Thanks to the generous donations to the Vincentian Family Philippines Appeal, our brothers and sisters can provide more emergency shelters kits for those who have lost their homes.
New National President for Society of St Vincent de Paul in Ireland
Kieran Stafford from Clonmel in County Tipperary has been elected National President of the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP), the largest charity in Ireland. Mr. Stafford (53), a local businessman and father of two, has been a volunteer with SVP for the past 16...
Bulletin: FamVin Homeless Alliance
In a recent letter to the heads of the Vincentian Family, Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, C.M., writes: "As announced in previous communications, the Vincentian Family Executive Committee is inviting all branches and members of the Vincentian Family to celebrate the 400th...
World Day of the Poor: November 19, 2017
On June 13, Pope Francis officially launched the "World Day of the Poor" which will take place November 19, 2017 and every year thereafter on the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary time. In a National Catholic Reporter article, Vatican correspondent Joshua McElwee shares the...
“Freedom Network”: A New Vincentian Movie to be Released in September
At the end of September, the film "Red de libertad" [Network of Freedom] will be released in Madrid (Spain), based on the story of the Daughter of the Charity Helene Studler. About 800 people attended to see the summary of the film that tells the story of a specific...
We Celebrate Four Hundred Years of the Vincentian Charism
Last Sunday, the Church celebrated the Feast of Pentecost reminding us of the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles. The Holy Spirit filled the Apostles with grace and inspired them to do miraculous things. Some 400 years ago in a small French town Saint...
New Biography of Antoine Frederic Ozanam
The University of Notre Dame Press has just published a biography of Antoine Frederic Ozanam by Raymond Sickinger. He is the chair of the Department of History and Classics at Providence College. This is this first comprehensive biography in English in a long time....
The Vincentian Family at the UN 34th Session of the Human Rights Council
Representatives of the Vincentian Family at the United Nations in Geneva (Daughters of Charity and Society of Saint Vincent de Paul) took part in the 34th session of the Human Rights Council in March 2017. The session focused particularly on the situation in Syria,...
North American Vincentian Family Gathering 2017 #VFG2017
Over 200 members of our Vincentian Family (including a large number of young adult participants!) are gathered in San Antonio, Texas for the 2017 North American Vincentian Family Gathering. Themed, “I was a stranger and you welcomed me…” (Matthew 25:35), brief...
Sisters of Charity Federation of North America Annual Meeting
Sixty-nine leaders of the Sisters of Charity Federation of North America gathered from June 1-5, 2017 in Tarrytown, NY for their annual meeting. They represented two provinces of the Daughters of Charity and eleven congregations of Sisters of Charity in the United...