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July 12: Vincentian Family Day of Prayer for a World in Need (Facebook Live)
by Vincentian Family Office | June 24, 2020 | News | 1 Comment
The Executive Committee of the Vincentian Family invites you to join in a moment of prayer on Facebook Live.
MISEVI Missionary in Angola: No One Finishes Their Soup if the Person Next to Them Hasn’t Eaten
by C.T. | June 23, 2020 | News, Vincentian Lay Missionaries | 0 Comments
In Angola, where two out of three people rely on the informal economy for their livelihood, the impact of the coronavirus is not so much medical as it is economic.
Hope in the Face of Racism Series
Vincentians on the Front-line
by Vincentian Family Office | June 22, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
They were caring for those persons who had been infected with the Covid-19 virus, some of whom were in very critical condition.
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Immediate Aid for Haiti
by Vincentian Family Office | Aug 17, 2021 | News, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
The SSVP, together with the Daughters of Charity and the entire Vincentian Family, are supporting their neighbours in Haiti from the outset with aid for basic needs.
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DePaul University Vincentians in Action: Service Immersions
by .famvin | Aug 16, 2021 | News
DePaul University Vincentians in Action are excited to once again have their “service immersions” in person.
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Hidilyn Díaz Breaks Weightlifting World Record and Shows Two Medals: Gold and Miraculous Medals
by Vincentian Family Office | Aug 16, 2021 | News
Just as Usain Bolt did in the previous Olympic Games, Hidilyn, from the Philipines, proudly shows her miraculous medal...
Another new voice from the United Nations
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | May 5, 2016 | News, Reflections, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
In our Vincentian Family office at the UN we are creating opportunities for different members of the family to come and experience the kind of work we do here. One important group target for us is the young members of our family. This year we had already students from...
Welcoming the Stranger initiative of the SVDP
by John Freund, CM | May 4, 2016 | Formation, News, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
Newly Approved SVdP Immigration Position Paper Stresses “Welcoming the Stranger” The new position paper should be of interest to all branches of the Vincentian Family at a number of levels. It represents a comprehensive approach to a very complicated series of issues...
† Archbishop Emeritus of Gdansk Tadeusz Goclowski, C.M. (1931 – 2016)
by Tomasz Zieliński | May 3, 2016 | News
On the Feast of Our Lady the Queen of Poland, May 3, 2016, Archbishop Tadeusz Goclowski CM, former Metropolitan of Gdansk died in the hospital after suffering extensive stroke two weeks earlier. He was Vincentian for 67 years, priest for 60 and bishop for 33.
Missionary Servants Return to Chicago
by Elizabeth Astridge | May 3, 2016 | News
St. James Church in Chicago, Illinois recently welcomed Missionary Servants to take over their pastoral care ministry. Newly appointed pastor Father John Edmunds, S.T., shares his first impressions below: “St. James is a good place for the Missionary Servants. The...
Vincentian Marian Youth Gathering
by Elizabeth Astridge | Apr 30, 2016 | Formation, News, Vincentian Marian Youth
VINCENTIAN MARIAN YOUTH GATHERING, LOS ALTOS HILLS, CALIFORNIA Vincentian Marian Youth-West hosted a National Formation Weekend on March 18-19, 2016 at Seton Provincialate in Los Altos Hills, CA. VMY leaders came from California, Arizona, Alaska and Missouri to spend...
The Vincentian Family and parish renewals in Brazil
by John Freund, CM | Apr 30, 2016 | Church, Collaboration
Parish renewals in Brazil involve the Vincentian Family. "Popular Missions"- in language that dates back to the early days of the Congregation of the Mission - refers to what we would call today parish missions. Eli Chaves Dos Santos, CM, Assistant General, describes...
Niagara University Hosts Social Justice Conference, Announces New Diversity Initiatives
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Apr 29, 2016 | Justice and Peace, News
Since the 1960s, the Western New York region has borne witness to many teachable points of inspiration regarding racial equality and social justice. The most recent occurred April 15-16 at Niagara University during an intergenerational forum, “Fostering Racial and...
Sharing Experience Is Collaboration Too
by Javier F. Chento | Apr 29, 2016 | Collaboration, News
A meeting with extramural (correspondent) students (studying family consulting and catechetics as major) from the Institute of St. Thomas Aquinas and took place in the “God’s Gift” House in Kiev. Volunteers from Vincentian Family, Sisters of Mary of Miraculous Medal,...
Nightstop UK
by Elizabeth Astridge | Apr 29, 2016 | News
Nightstop provides a bed for the night for young people who need it, in a moment of crisis. Providing a safety net to those forced to leave their home, Nightstop places young people in a safe and warm home for the night, provided by a vetted and approved volunteer. It...