Vincentian Family
Negotiations Towards Global Compact on Refugees Near Conclusion
by Margaret O'Dwyer | June 14, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments
Internal Change
by Frank Hernandez-Morales | June 7, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments
IX Pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Sniatyn (Ukraine), on the 10th Anniversary of the Beatification of Sr. Marta Wiecka, DC
by Vincentian Family Office | June 4, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments
On May 26-27, 2018, the Vincentian Family in Ukraine made the ninth pilgrimage to the sanctuary of Sniatyn. In the cemetery of that town, the remains of Blessed Sister Marta Wiecka, Daughter of Charity, are venerated.
New Youth Task Force Meets in Philadelphia
by Joseph Agostino, CM | June 2, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments
The new Youth Task Force of the Vincentian Family identified four key components of their mission, around which they began to create a shared language: direct service/relationship with those living in poverty; inspired by and appreciative of the love of God; universally inclusive; and charity and justice.
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Encounter of the Vincentian Family in Brazil
by Damasus Dobat CMM | Jul 9, 2019 | News, Vincentian Family
From June 20 to 23, 45 people from various branches of the Vincentian Family in Brazil gathered in São Paulo.
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Bringing a Touch of Cork Sparkle to the United Nations
by Michelle Fitzgerald | Jul 4, 2019 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
I have been delighted to integrate my experience as a secondary school teacher based on the North side of Cork City, into the NGO work at the UN.
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A Convention to Eliminate Violence and Harassment in the World of Work and the Future of Work
by Teresa Kotturan, SCN | Jun 27, 2019 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Information about the Centenary Conference of ILO in Geneva which adopted a Convention Concerning the Elimination of Violence and Harassment in the World of Work.
Tech savvy at 90
by John Freund, CM | Oct 23, 2014 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Sister Mary Vincentia Maronick demonstrates that she’s tech savvy on her 90th birthday
‘Street sabbatical’ opens eyes of Delaware priest
by John Freund, CM | Oct 22, 2014 | Vincentian Family
A man without a home helped him map out his sabbatical, a man without a home showed him the face of compassion, and a man without a home suggested all of us — all of us — are beggars.
Another amazing Daughter of Charity – Bridget Harley
by John Freund, CM | Oct 22, 2014 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
When she died in 2010 Australia took note of another amazing Daughter of Charity – Bridget Harley. The Spirit led her to join the Daughters of Charity in Sydney in 1943. In 1966 she responded to what would be her life-time commitment to educate disadvantaged children took her to Ethiopia where she spent thirty-eight years. By the time Sister Bridget left Ethiopia in 2005, aged 86, she had set up more than 150 early childhood development centres.
The Ladies of Charity and Social Justice
by John Freund, CM | Oct 22, 2014 | International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, Justice and Peace, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
Followers of Vincent know how he spoke to power on behalf of the poor. As one of the 16 sponsoring organizations (along with the Society of St. VIncent dePaul) the Ladies of Charity will be speaking out for Social Justice at the 2015 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington, February -7-10.
Sisters of Charity of Immaculate Conception celebrate 160 years
by John Freund, CM | Oct 21, 2014 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Sisters of Charity of Immaculate Conception celebrate 160 years
Good Shepherd – Harden Not Your Hearts -Jesus Knocking at Our Door
by Lynn L'Heureux | Oct 20, 2014 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
Good Shepherd – Harden Not Your Hearts -Jesus Knocking at Our Door Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast – Tuesday October 21, 2014
East Coast Vincentian Family Collaborators meet
by John Freund, CM | Oct 20, 2014 | Vincentian Family
In a tradition that antedates the national meetings of Vincentian Family Collaborators East Coast Vincentian Family Collaborators met October 12 in Mother Boniface Spirituality Center, Philadelphia. One of the long time attendees at these meeting, Lucy Saunders, past...
Mission Sunday – Evangelization – Vincentian Year
by John Freund, CM | Oct 19, 2014 | Evangelization, Vincentian Family
Mission Sunday – Evangelization – Vincentians How fitting these three topics come together today. Mission Sunday 2014 is celebrated on the day that Paul VI was beatified at the closing Mass of the World Synod on the Family and Vincentians have just begun a year dedicated to New Evangelization.
How one city cut 30 million per year from homeless budget
by John Freund, CM | Oct 18, 2014 | Vincentian Family
In 2005, Salt Lake city was spending $40 million to address chronic homelessness. Several years after starting the Housing First program, in 2013, spending was down to $9.6 million. And more importantly, chronic homelessness has dropped 72 percent.