On December 6, 2020 thousands of members of the Vincentian Family gathered together through the internet for a moment...
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by Lisa McMahon, Niagara University | October 16, 2019 | News | 0 Comments
Vincentian Scholars are part of a four-year scholarship program that forms leaders in the Vincentian tradition—academically, practically, and spiritually.
by Vincentian Family Office | October 14, 2019 | News | 0 Comments
The “Ángel de Amor” [Angel of Love] Foundation received a visit from the Daughters of Charity who live in Guápiles, Pococí, Costa Rica.
by Javier F. Chento | October 13, 2019 | News | 0 Comments
The Famvin Homeless Alliance is gathering information on all Vincentian homelessness ministries and placing them onto an accessible map.
by Javier F. Chento | October 12, 2019 | News | 1 Comment
During the cold nights of Bogotá, you can find groups of six people looking for people sleeping on the streets of the Colombian capital.
by Vincentian Family Office | Dec 12, 2020 | Formation, News, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
On December 6, 2020 thousands of members of the Vincentian Family gathered together through the internet for a moment...
by .famvin | Dec 12, 2020 | News
Bill Rose and his team won an Emmy for “A New Way of Thinking,” a short film on a Vincentian recycling ministry that helped a formerly incarcerated man to transform his life.
by .famvin | Dec 12, 2020 | News
Daughters of Charity in Poland helped nursing home residents who were sick with Covid.
by John Freund, CM | Feb 21, 2014 | Pope, Technology: Issues and Uses
In an unusually informal video made on a smartphone held by a Pentecostal pastor, Pope Francis called on all Christians to set aside their differences, explaining his “longing” for Christian unity. The seven-minute video, which was posted on YouTube, was made during a...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 20, 2014 | News
Today marks the seventh anniversary of the untimely death of an early collaborator in various FamVin projects. Sr. Gail Rieth RSM had just hit her stride in developing formation resources for FamVin when, still in her 50's, she was hit by a perfect storm of health...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 14, 2014 | Church, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Fr Thomas Reese SJ offers an assessment of the UN committee report on the Rights of the Child in his blog. Fr Reese writes: The UN committee report on the Vatican's role in sexual abuse was a missed opportunity. It could have played an important role in improving the...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 12, 2014 | Pope
The success of a kids’ comic book about Pope Francis has prompted its Italian publisher to turn it into an app for the English-speaking world according to a CNS Blog. Called “Pope Francis Comics,” the app offers a kid-friendly mini-bio of the Argentine pontiff and 13...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 12, 2014 | Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
Catholic Sisters from across the country, along with their friends and families are coming to Rockaway, NY for Nun’s Build to rebuild the homes and lives of Sandy survivors. "NUNS BUILD" October 13-18, 2014. On-site skilled site supervisors will teach volunteers how...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 7, 2014 | News
For many in the Vincentian Family conference calls have become an inescapable fact of life. For an insight into what happens all to often …
by John Freund, CM | Feb 6, 2014 | Pope
Pope Francis to Young People: "Think Big! Open Your Hearts" Holy See Releases Pontiff's Message for the 29th World Youth Day Zenit.org writes "The Holy See today published Pope Francis’ message for the 29th World Youth Day (WYD), which will take place on Palm Sunday,...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 4, 2014 | Pope
Christians are called to confront the material, spiritual and moral destitution of “our brothers and sisters, to touch it, to make it our own and to take practical steps to alleviate it,”
by John Freund, CM | Feb 2, 2014 | Pope, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
According to the Catholic News Service Pope Francis has chosen the theme, “He became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich,” for this year’s Lenten message, said a Vatican statement Jan. 31. The theme comes from a verse from St. Paul’s Second Letter to...