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Second Meeting of the Vincentian Indigenous Confraternity
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.
Slum Dwelling: Annual Theme 2020
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.
Relive the Gen Verde Concert which was held on the feast of Saint Vincent de Paul
by Javier F. Chento | October 3, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
More than 10,000 people were present at the online concert of the group, Gen Verde on September 27, the feast of Saint Vincent de Paul.
Bl. Frédéric Ozanam’s Canonization Process Takes a Step Forward
by Vincentian Family Office | October 3, 2020 | News, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 1 Comment
On September 24th, the Feast of Our Lady of Ransom, the local phase (where a local diocese directs the process) of the inquiry on the alleged miracle ascribed to Bl. Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam was concluded after conducting a thorough 11-month investigation.
International Formation Center in Paris (CIF): Activities for the Year 2022
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.
Pigs, Social Economy and Systemic Change in Honduras
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.
This Priest Died of COVID-19. His Congregants Got Vaccinated in his Honor
by Vincentian Family Office | Nov 7, 2021 | News
The member of the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity arrived in 2018 to serve at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe and immediately endeared himself to locals.
Vincentian Family Collaboration Commission Meeting
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...
Meeting of Vincentian Family Leadership in North America
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...
Nutrition – Vital to Effective HIV/AIDS Treatment
by Javier F. Chento | Oct 21, 2016 | Disasters and Responses, News
For AIDS patients in sub-Saharan Africa there is a vicious cycle of immune deficiency, onset of infectious diseases and co-infections, and malnutrition. The result is increased illness, suffering and even death. The DREAM Center (treating HIV/AIDS patients) in remote...
Vincentian Family in Ukraine: Connecting the Global and the Local Levels
by Guillermo Campuzano | Oct 20, 2016 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
The Vincentian Family in Ukraine Connecting the Global and the Local levels – Advocacy at the UN I was invited last week to visit the works of the Vincentian Family in Ukraine. This was a wonderfully busy week that brought me to experience firsthand the effective...
Housing for Homeless Students in Eugene, Oregon
by Elizabeth Astridge | Oct 18, 2016 | News
St. Vincent de Paul Society in Eugene, Oregon is taking steps to alleviate the growing number of homeless students in the city. In a report from KVAL in Eugene, Oregon: Monday night, the Eugene City Council approved the St. Vincent de Paul Society’s application to...
Daughters of Charity Visit Places Ransacked by Hurricane Matthew in Haiti
by Tomasz Zieliński | Oct 16, 2016 | Disasters and Responses, News
Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti with enormously destructive power once again bringing another disaster and misery to the land which is not yet fully rebuilt from earlier natural disasters. The international website of the Daughters of Charity has published report from of...
Niagara Student Spends her Summer Volunteering at School in Haiti #IamVincent
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Oct 16, 2016 | News
The poorest of the poor in Haiti have dreams too, and Brianna Smith was there to support them. Smith, 20, a parishioner at St. Joseph’s Church in Camillus and a senior at Niagara University, spent seven weeks of her vacation this summer teaching at a summer camp in...
National Convention for Popular Mission • Philippines
by Fr. Geowen Porcincula, CM | Oct 15, 2016 | News
Popular Mission Ministry of the Congregation of the Mission will hold its 7th National Convention from October 26 to 29, 2016 with the theme: “… He has sent me to preach the good news to the poor” (Lk 4:18) at Caritas Christi Prayer and Renewal Center, Naga City,...
Report: Devastation of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti
by Javier F. Chento | Oct 14, 2016 | Disasters and Responses, News
We have received a report on the devastation of Hurricane Mathew in Haiti, written by Sister Zelinda Caversan, Daughter of Charity and director of the Vincentian School "John Paul II," in the capital of the country, Port au Prince. According to Sister Zelinda, the...