Vincentian Family
Vincentian Prayer Images: A Profile In Courage
by John Freund, CM | August 11, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments
The time a Daughter of Charity, Sr. Rosalie Rendu, stopped the fighting in the streets of Paris during the French Revolution.
Please Don’t Tell Anyone
by John Freund, CM | August 7, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 3 Comments
Why did Jesus tell them not to tell anyone? Was it possible he realized that at that point, they would jump to wrong conclusions?
2020: A Year of “Firsts” at the UN
by Jim Claffey | August 6, 2020 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 2 Comments
In June of this year, after two years of non-stop deliberations and networking, the United Nations officially adopted a resolution on homelessness.
Vincentian Prayer Images: Long-term Solutions Worth It
by John Freund, CM | August 4, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 1 Comment
Long-term solutions take time… but are worth working for!
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Perpetual Profession in Kigoma (Tanzania)
by Vincentian Family Office | Feb 21, 2021 | News, Vincentian Family
Seven Brothers made their perpetual profession of vows as members of the Congregation of the Brothers of Charity in Kigoma, Tanzania.
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This Lent – Where’re Ya Going?
by John Freund, CM | Feb 19, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
At the beginning of Lent, we have an opportunity to think about where we are heading on the journey of our life. In his Lenten letter, Pope Francis reminds us that Lent is a journey to Easter.
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The Vincentian Family Fully Supports the Canonization of Blessed Frédéric Ozanam
by Vincentian Family Office | Feb 13, 2021 | News, Vincentian Family
On December 2nd, 2020, the Vincentian Family Executive Committee (VFEC) approved a motion fully endorsing the cause of canonization of Bl. Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam.
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...
“Your Pain is my Pain”
by Guillermo Campuzano | Jan 25, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
“Your pain is my Pain” - SVDP Religions and the URGENT Humanitarian and Environmental Action Once Vincent said in talking to the poor, “Your pain is my own pain.” The suffering of hundreds of millions of human beings today is extreme due to...
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
by Teresa Kotturan, SCN | Jan 18, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Promotion of human rights was not a focus point for the representatives of the countries who gathered in 1945 in San Francisco to found the United Nations. But the horrors and brutality of the Second World War had convinced them of the need to include protection of...
Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Vincentian Family 2018
by Javier F. Chento | Jan 16, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family
On Tuesday, January 16, the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Vincentian Family began. The meeting is taking place in Philadelphia (United States) at the headquarters of the Vincentian Family Office, located on the grounds of St. Vincent Seminary in...