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Confraternity of Vincentian Teachers in Latin America
As explained on the FAMVIN website: “The Vincentian Family is composed of many groups of Christians who, following in...
St. John’s Bread & Life’s Religious Sisters Bring Power and Faith to Ending Hunger
Anyone who visits St. John’s Bread & Life can tell it’s a well-oiled machine. But what you can’t tell by just looking – is the machine is powered by nuns.
Collaborating on Mobile
SSVP in Brazil launches a Vincentian mobile app This is the age of apps! At .famvin we've been encouraging you to think of using apps for your news of the Vincentian Family. We've even created a mobile app for you. Now, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Brazil has...
Caring Touch for Homeless and Marginalized Persons
VinFormation features a video from the Daughters of Charity archives about “Seeing Christ in the Poor” through the ministry of massage therapy for homeless persons.Here are some other examples of this ministry. There is a very interesting site called...
Vincentian universities and “Laudato Si”
Three Vincentian universities continue to move ahead on climate issues. DePaul's Sustainability Efforts Aim To Produce Eco-Friendly Entrepreneurs For DePaul University, sustainability innovation goes hand in hand with one of the school's major strengths:...
Miraculous Medal Associations celebrate Feast of the Assumption
Beginning August 7, at 8:00 a.m. CT, we will honor our Blessed Mother here at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal with a very special Assumption Novena of Masses. On each of these nine days we will celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in...
VFG Denver registration moving to capacity
VFG Denver registration moving to capacity - We just received good news that there are already 120 people registered for the Denver Meeting of the Vincentian Family. Potentially this presents a somewhat pleasant problem. The capacity of the meeting room is 200. So to...
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth on “Laudato Si”
The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth have spoken out on Laudato Si. In a July 2 article that just came to our attention, the Leavenworth Diocesan paper ran an article "Local Catholics weigh in on ‘Laudato Sí’" Jessica Langdon (jessica.langdon@theleaven.org) wrote...
Where in the World are Vincentians? – Try Oceania
Where in the world are Vincentians? - Try Oceania - In this case Vincentians refers to the Congregation of the Mission rather than the Society of St. Vincent dePaul. For information about what they are doing visit their website http://vincentians.org.au/ or try their...
SSVP Alive and Well in Scotland
SVDP alive and well in Scotland - Take 2000 members in 300 Conferences (groups), 28 schools and 3 universities. That makes SSVP Scotland! These members, who range from 8 years old (in Mini Vinnnies groups in primary schools) to around 80 years old in parish...
Solving Poverty: A Revolutionary Approach
Systemic change has many names. This article "The Rise of Antipoverty Relational Work" uses terminology, "relational work", not familiar to most in the Vincentian Family, to describe nonprofits revolutionary change in approach to solutions to poverty. Whatever the...
