Vincentian Family

UN Environment Program (UNEP) and FBOs Link to Protect Earth

by Margaret O'Dwyer | August 30, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments

By Margaret O’Dwyer, DC, with information from UN Environment Programme (UNEP) You may wonder how the work of the United Nations intersects with faith-based organizations (FBOs). Yes, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) engage in considerable advocacy at the UN. ...

International Day of Charity: September 5

by Margaret O'Dwyer | August 23, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments

For the Vincentian Family, charity is a constant focus. Charity also is key to the United Nations, whose humanitarian work takes place internationally on a daily basis. But did you further know that the United Nations designates a particular day to highlight...

Michelle Bachelet Appointed New UN Human Rights Chief

by Natalie Boone | August 16, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments

For my submission this week, I am reporting very good recent news from the UN. After a vote on Friday by the United Nations General Assembly in New York, former two-time President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, hailed a “pioneer” by the UN Secretary-General, has...

International Day of Indigenous Peoples

by Guillermo Campuzano | August 9, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments

The 5000 indigenous peoples scattered throughout the earth (90 countries), with their thousand-year-old cultures and languages (7000), are a permanent memory to humanity that nature is still waiting, it cries out, for our ecological conversion. This is the...

The Vincentian Family Homeless Alliance Volunteer Ambassadors Come Together for the First Time

by Javier F. Chento | Aug 4, 2019 | News, Vincentian Family

The Famvin Homeless Alliance volunteer ambassadors gathered for the first time in July in Paris.

Human Trafficking Addressed in Multiple Ways at the UN Recently

by Margaret O'Dwyer | Aug 1, 2019 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.

The issue of human trafficking has been front and center at the UN recently, with commemoration of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons on Tuesday, July 30

Results of the First International Vincentian Song Festival in Spanish

by Vincentian Family Office | Jul 31, 2019 | Vincentian Family

A team of ten professional musicians and Vincentians have selected 18 songs for a CD “Followers of Jesus Christ, servants of the poor.”

“The Hail Mary: Prayer of Angels, Saints and Sinners”

by John Freund, CM | Nov 15, 2014 | Association of the Miraculous Medal, Vincentian Family

Reflecting on the theme “The Hail Mary: Prayer of Angels, Saints and Sinners” Rev. Michael Whalen, CM, will preach the Solemn Novena in preparation for the Feast of the Miraculous Medal. Bishop Raymond Chappeto will be the Principal Celebrant and Homilist at our Feast Day Mass on Wednesday, November 26, 2014, at 10:00 AM

Vincentian weekly reflections and Sunday bulletin inserts

by John Freund, CM | Nov 14, 2014 | Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family

Looking for something to nourish you Vincentian soul? The 2015 Vincentian Reflections and Vincentian Bulletin Announcements are now posted on the National Website www.svdpusa.org.

Formation rooted in a theology of Mission

by John Freund, CM | Nov 14, 2014 | Vincentian Family

From August 25-29, the formation session on “the theology of the mission” (promoted by CLAPVI) took place in Fazendo de Engenho/Caraça (Brazil). Forty-seven persons participated: twenty-nine priests, three deacons, one brother, seven seminarians in their first year of studies and seven Daughters of Charity.

Haiti Initiative Seeks Board Members with Business Knowledge

by John Freund, CM | Nov 14, 2014 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative

Haiti Initiative Seeks Board Members with Business Knowledge – The Initiative would like to expand its Board of Directors by asking people with business experience to help evaluate such business opportunities and operations.

More “Mini-Vinnies” … the next generation

by John Freund, CM | Nov 13, 2014 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family

More "Mini-Vinnies" ... the next generation - On the heels of the post earlier today about the Junior Ladies of Charity heritage trip comes this story about the commissioning of the Mini-Vinnie group in Naples, Florida.. On Friday November 7, St. Ann SVdP Mini...

Junior Ladies of Charity Connect With Their Heritage

by John Freund, CM | Nov 13, 2014 | Daughters of Charity, International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, Vincentian Family

Junior Ladies of Charity Connect With Their Heritage The Junior Ladies of Charity from Buffalo and New York City who met in a mini-assembly on Oct. 24-25, concluded their visit to the Albany area by visiting the Daughters of Charity retirement facility, St. Louise...