On Monday, November 8, 2021, the Daughters of Charity, gathered in their General Assembly elected Sister Françoise Petit as Superior General, for a period of six years.
![Sister Françoise Petit, DC … New Superior General of the Company of the Daughters of Charity](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2021/11/francoise-petit.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
by .famvin | October 10, 2020 | Church, Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Women in Leadership Roles in the Church.
by Jim Claffey | October 8, 2020 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 4 Comments
A number of years ago, my sister, a critical care nurse, wrote a piece for a local newspaper about care for homebound patients called “Who’s the Boss”
by Vincentian Family Office | October 5, 2020 | News, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments
The Vincentian Indigenous Confraternity, during their second virtual meeting, decided to establish a team that would take responsibility for our external communication.
by Vincentian Homeless Alliance | October 4, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
Over the past two years, the Vincentian Family’s annual theme has focused on forced displacement and street homelessness. For 2020, we are focusing on slum dwellers.
by Celestino Fernández CM | Nov 11, 2021 | Daughters of Charity, News
On Monday, November 8, 2021, the Daughters of Charity, gathered in their General Assembly elected Sister Françoise Petit as Superior General, for a period of six years.
by Vincentian Family Office | Nov 8, 2021 | Formation, News, Vincentian Family
As every year, I send you the activities of the CIF for the next year 2022. Within the CIF we work to spread Vincentian ethics and spirituality.
by Vincentian Family Office | Nov 8, 2021 | News
During my last pastoral visit to the village of La Sabana I had the opportunity to share with them and learn about an interesting experience.
by Vincentian Family Office | Oct 31, 2016 | News, Vincentian Family
On Monday, April 25, members of the Commission for the Promotion of Systemic Change and the Vincentian Family Collaboration Commission met in Bayside, New York. Their purpose was to share with one another the work of their Commissions and to seek ways in which they...
by Elizabeth Astridge | Oct 29, 2016 | News
Hanging drywall? Installing floors? These are no easy tasks but that doesn't scare away nearly 100 nuns and members of Catholic communities across the country from rebuilding houses in New Orleans. Nuns Build 2016, an effort done in conjunction with the St. Bernard...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 29, 2016 | Church, News
Is the digital revolution creating monsters? How are values being transmitted in a digital age?
by Javier F. Chento | Oct 28, 2016 | Daughters of Charity, News
The Sisters in Madagascar shared Jeanne's Story - a story about a girl among the children who are mentally disabled and are accommodated at the St. Vincent DePaul Special Education Center in Manakara, Madagascar. Jeanne is a girl removed from her family. In fact, we...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Oct 27, 2016 | News, Vincentian Lay Missionaries
Young men and women have been walking in the footsteps of Saint Justin de Jacobis, together with native Vincentian priests, brothers and Daughters of Charity in Ethiopia. They are the Vincentian Lay Missionaries of the United States and Ireland. In Bahir Dar, VLM work...
by Natalie Boone | Oct 27, 2016 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
A New Leader for the UN: Selection of a new Secretary General on October 13 and UN Day: October 24 We, the Vincentian Family at the UN and our respective NGOs, are a small part of the bigger picture of the continuing work of the United Nations. Currently there are...
by Elizabeth Astridge | Oct 25, 2016 | News, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Ireland wanted to draw attention to the housing and homeless crisis and lack of social housing in Ireland. They also want to see "real progress on the targets for 2016 set out in 'Rebuilding Ireland,’ the Government Action Plan...
by Vincentian Family Office | Oct 24, 2016 | News
The Vincentian Family Collaboration Commission met in Philadelphia from September 24-27, 2016. The first two days of meetings were spent in a discussion of the Vincentian Family Collaborative Action Program (VFCAP). The modules were revisited after over two years of...
by Sr. Julie Cutter | Oct 22, 2016 | News, Vincentian Family
Twenty one leaders of the Vincentian Family in North America gathered in New Orleans October 14-15 for their annual Leadership meeting. The goals for this gathering of presidents/elected leadership/provincials/directors were to: Continue to develop and deepen...