In this edition, and future ones, let’s explore the meaning of the SDGs, the Sustainable Development Goals, known as the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda for the People and the Planet.
Vincentian Family
Vincentian Family in Central America
by Edgardo Fuentes | April 25, 2024 | News, Vincentian Family | 2 Comments
The Central America Region is one of the 6 regions that make up the Vincentian Family in Latin America and the Caribbean (FAVILA).
Happiness
by Jim Claffey, CM | April 18, 2024 | Formation, News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 1 Comment
The annual World Happiness Report is out. But a lot of people won’t be happy.
Reviving and Refreshing the WORLD SOCIAL SUMMIT
by MaryAnn Dantuono, AIC, NGO Representative to the UN | April 4, 2024 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments
The Vincentian Family has an opportunity for increased activity and engagement with the UN’s Working Group to End Homelessness. You are invited to join with your prayers and stories of your good works.
Commission for Social Development
by Michelle Loisel, DC | March 21, 2024 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments
The climate crisis is intensifying and it’s touching every part of our lives. Global efforts to address climate change are more urgent than ever.
Repairers of a House Divided
by John Freund, CM | Jan 22, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
Repairers of a House Divided offers Catholics and indeed all Christians timely reflections and 7 biblical habits for Catholics to remedy a torn country.
CIF course especially designed for the Vincentian Family in 2021
by Andrés Motto, CM | Jan 18, 2021 | News, Vincentian Family
Dear brothers and sisters, each year I send you a list the activities of the CIF for next year. We anticipate that by...
Successes, Expectations, Needs, Challenges and Difficulties of Collaboration in Africa
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 10, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
The Vincentian Family is on the move in Africa and Madagascar. In 2009, we were making plans. What follows is an excerpt from "Collaboration in the Vincentian Family: Needs, Expectations, Models," A paper presented by Michael Ngoka, C.M., at the Session for the...
Saint John’s Interns Boost UN Advocacy Through Social Media
by Margaret O'Dwyer | Feb 8, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Interns enhance our work at the UN in immeasurable ways. One is their savvy with technology, which constantly either speeds advocacy efforts or provides a creative twist to it. Using Prezi instead of power point for a presentation. Spreading the word...
A Vincentian Version of the Super Bowl?
by John Freund, CM | Feb 3, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family
Ultimately our mission as followers of Christ the Evangelizer of the poor is to help our brothers and sisters across the finish line of awareness that we are brothers and sisters because we are sons and daughters of God.
WYD 2019: International Meeting of the Vincentian Youth will be Held in the City of San Carlos (Panama)
by Thiago Tibúrcio | Feb 2, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family
The International Meeting of the Vincentian Youth (IMVY), January 18-21, 2019, will be held in the city of San Carlos, located about two hours by land from Panama City. The information was confirmed by members of the organizing committee of the event. The event brings...
Vincentian Homeless Alliance Calls to End Unsheltered Homelessness
by Mary Ann Dantuono | Feb 1, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Vincentian Homeless Alliance calls upon the nations of the world to end unsheltered homelessness at UN Commission on Social Development “One of the most powerful images of global poverty is homeless people living on the streets of our major towns and cities” stated...
The State of Systemic Change in the Vincentian Family
by John Freund, CM | Jan 31, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
What is the “state of systemic change” in the Vincentian Family?
Advocacy: Collaboration is Essential
by Mary Ann Dantuono | Jan 30, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
AIC International is a ECOSOC recognized Catholic NGO at the UN. At the UN in New York, for nearly two decades we have fought the feminization of poverty with a small group of volunteer representatives. For anyone who has engaged in this work, it is obvious that one...
The Vincentians at the UN on January 29th and 31st
by Javier F. Chento | Jan 28, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
In the framework of the fifty-sixth session of the Commission for Social Development, entitled “Strategies for eradicating poverty to achieve sustainable development for all,” which will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from January 29 to...
The Vincentian Question – What Must be Done?
by John Freund, CM | Jan 27, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
One of St. Vincent’s benefactors turned to Vincent de Paul and asked: “what must be done?” Often referred to as the "Vincentian Question," this question has shaped the Vincentian mission ever since. I was reminded of this when a read some commentary on the Women’s...