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Interview with Sr. Pauline Thorer, General Superior of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul in Innsbruck
Our devotion must show and prove itself in the midst of our world. We see this as the spiritual legacy of our order founders Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac.
EWTN to feature Elizabeth Seton Children’s Center
EWTN’s “News in Depth” piece coming this fall will feature spokesperson Stephanie and Sisters Dorothy Metz and Carol Barnes
AIC Volunteers in Vietnam Work to Reduce Plastic Waste
To reduce plastic waste and raise awareness about environmental protection, AIC volunteers decided to begin selling rice straws in their local community.
CM General Assembly News, Day 02 #AG2016CM
The delegates all came back for the second day of the assembly. After going through some logistics and the minutes from yesterday, Joe Agostino, the chair of the Preparatory Commission and international coordinator of the Vincentian Family Office, spoke about the...
CM General Assembly News #AG2016CM
On Monday, June 27, the 42nd General Assembly began on the campus of DePaul University in Chicago, the first General Assembly outside of Europe — as well as your scribe’s first. The morning began with mass at the most beautiful church in Chicago — St. Vincent de Paul...
International Advisers of the Vincentian Family Office
The Vincentian Family Office (VFO) presents the new group of International Advisers who will be working to strengthen the National Councils of the Vinentian Family. This meeting occurred Monday January 25th of this year and was held in the House Mary Immaculate, Via...
Social Action Summer Institute
Attention Chicago Vincentian Family! The Archdiocese of Chicago is hosting the 30th annual Social Action Summer Institute (SASI) July 17-21, 2016 at St. Xavier University. The five-day national conference, "Who is my Neighbor? Discipleship in the Year of Mercy"...
Depaul UK Receives Euro Star Volunteers for a Year
Six young people have joined Depaul UK to undertake voluntary work for the homeless for a year – as part of the European Voluntary Service (EVS) scheme. The six volunteers will spend 12 months with Depaul UK, helping the teams in projects. Depaul UK’s Head of...
What have you been up to, .famvin?
The other day someone asked, "What have you been up to?" We've been planning, working, improving, dreaming, creating, conceiving and re-conceiving. We have been working on the "famvin Project." The "famvin Project" is the implementation of the constantly evaluated and...
UN Dedicates Decade for People of African Descent
As a Vincentian Family, we work at addressing the needs of today. After multiple centuries of slavery and colonialism, we are called to respond to the aftereffects upon the human family in our modern world. The UN regularly dedicates a year to an issue which has come...
Vinnies CEO Sleepout
The Vinnies CEO Sleepout will take place in Australia this Thursday, June 23 with over 1500 CEOs participating across 12 different cities. Over 100,000 people experience homelessness in Australia and the Vinnies CEO Sleepout raises funds that support homeless services...
Soup Van Man
"A little bit of help some way can go a long way." Watch the video below and meet Frank, the Soup Van Man, who has volunteered on the Soup Van for St. Vincent de Paul Society in Australia almost every Thursday for 40 years. [youtube...