Dr. Mustafa Gökçek, professor of history at Niagara University, and his two sons took the opportunity to go on a service mission to Africa.
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The Pope Video • Missionary Disciples
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Missionary Disciples.
Vincentian Family Coalition at the United Nations Honored at St. John’s University Convocation
The Vincentian Family Coalition at the UN in New York was honored at the Vincentian Convocation at St. John’s University with the International Medal.
Difficult words about mercy
As religious communities struggle to make sense of violence and killings at home and abroad, clergy members deliver difficult words about mercy and ‘the holiness of all.’ Many famvin visitors, especially among the Ladies of Charity USA, recognize Fr. Richard Gielow,...
DoCat: the Catechism of the Catholic Social Teaching, for Youth
A new book and mobile app, DoCat —the Catechism of the Catholic social teaching, especially aimed at young people— was introduced on Tuesday July 26 in Krakow, at the beginning of the World Youth Day. The Cardinal Tagle introduced the book saying that "the Pope wants...
WYD: a Welcome Ceremony with a Vincentian taste!
Yesterday, hundreds of thousands of young people warmly received Pope Francis to the World Youth Day, in a ceremony that took place in Błonia, a huge park located in the city center of Krakow; Pope Francis put aside the "popemobile" and preferred to take the public...
See the Lord Eyecare Ministry Helps 200 People
See the Lord, a nonprofit group “based on Catholic principles that seeks to serve the underprivileged," provided free eye care and glasses to about 200 people in May at the Give Me a Chance offices in Ogden, Utah. Among those receiving the care were Linda Tobías and...
Vincentian Youth at WYD2016: A Gallery
Rain can't stop them!
Daughters of Charity – Witnesses to Slaying of Priest
The BBC website has an interview with one of the Daughters of Charity who was a witness to the slaying of a priest. The men arrived during morning mass in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, a working-class town near Rouen, northwest of Paris, where the 85-year-old parish...
A Day to Hear the Call #VYD2016 #EJV2016 #WDM2016 #EIJV2016
It was a day dedicated to hearing the call. At Morning Mass -- livestreamed by .famvin's Tomasz Zielinski on Facebook famvinEurope-- Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, C.M., Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission and of the Company of the Daughters of Charity (and...
Restorative Justice Symposium
The Vincentian Family has joined together to present a Restorative Justice Symposium on September 3, 2016 from 8:30 am - 4:00 pm at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 350 High Street, in Columbus, Ohio. The purpose of this symposium is to introduce both Catholics and...
#VYD2016 #EJV2016 #FAMVIN2016 Gracias/Thanks/Merci Karl!
Parade of Nations • el Desfile de las Naciones • la Parade des Nations
