By Margaret O’Dwyer, DC, with information from the United Nations God knows how many areas of the world are desperate...
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Vincentian Role Models for a Systemic Change Approach
We have been asked to devote some energy and study to knowing more about our heritage and role models. As I reflected on this it occurred to me that this might be an occasion to informally reflect on our heritage as agents of systemic change.
VFCAP and SC Seminar in Indonesia, Day 3
September 13, Indonesia – Day 3 for the joint VFCAP – SC Seminar continued the discussion of Module 3. Fr. Joe...
Joy Ever New – Joy Ever Shared
A Joy Ever New - A Joy Which Is Shared. Sr. Ellen LaCapria, DC continues her weekly visual prayer reflection.As we continue to bask in the glow of the Easter Resurrection our response to the risen Christ is a resounding Alleluia! Pope Frances shares that he never...
New SVDP International VP for Youth
From an interview on the international site of the SVDP... According to you, what are the main objectives of the Youth Commission? A - Attract more young men to see Jesus in our Vincentian Apostolate; R - To help our young members Rediscover their faith, rediscover...
Ozanam’s tactical vision and a consumerist society
The counter-cultural, action-proven spirituality of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul from Famvin: the Worldwide Vincentian Family On the occasion of the April 23 anniversary of the foundation of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, VinFormation offers this...
Vincent de Paul and women in ministry
Almost 400 years ago (1617) St. Vincent de Paul pioneered in facilitating and organizing women for ministry. That the International Association of Charities or AIC (1617) has more than 250,000 "volunteers" 52 countries is a tribute not only to his vision but his...
Mary Rose McPhee, DC giant in health and spirituality
Sister Mary Rose McPhee, a towering presence in Austin’s health care and spirituality circles, died Monday in Evansville, Ind., surrounded by the sisters she had gone to live with when she left Central Texas in late 2004. McPhee was 95 and had been in failing health....
A creative relay – Vincentian Love crosses Canada
The Journey Home – A story of Vincentian Love across Canada Let us put our Faith into Acton (National Theme SSVP Canada for 2013-2014) (Lynn L’Heureux Calgary) “I would like to embrace the whole world in a network of Charity” (Blessed Frederic Ozanam) In February...
Doing theology from the Margins?
With Pope Francis urging us to go to the margins have you ever wondered what it is like to "do theology from the margins"? The Philippine Province of the Congregation has a school of theology dedicated to doing just that. St. Vincent School of Theology "An institute...
October Beatification in Bayonne NJ
Sister Miriam Teresa, a Sister of Charity - New Jersey, will be Beatified on October 4th, 2014 in Sacred Heart Basilica in Newark. The Charity Federation website posts notice of a Day of Reflection - “Venerable Sister Miriam Teresa SC: Her Life, Spirituality and...
Pope Francis prays the Way of the Cross
Every year, the pope asks a person or group of people to write the meditations that are read aloud during the nighttime torch-lit Good Friday ceremony, which he presides over. For 2014, Pope Francis picked Italian Archbishop Giancarlo Maria Bregantini of...
