How did Vincent, Louise, and our respective founders embody reconciliation?
Vincentian Family
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.
March 18 at 10:30 EDT – UN NGO Event “Strengthening Institutions to Prevent the Trafficking of Children and Adolescents”
by MaryAnn Dantuono | March 14, 2024 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments
Please join the NGO Working Group to End Homelessness for the Commission on the Status of Women virtual parallel event on Monday, March 18, 2024, at 10:30 AM (EDT).
Interview with Fr. Mike Barth, General Custodian of the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity
by Vincentian Family Office | Dec 14, 2020 | News, Vincentian Family
Our founder, Thomas Judge, called us to go to the “tangled portion of the vineyard” – to places where other do not want to go or where it is difficult to serve.
The Cost of “Preferential Option for the Poor”
by John Freund, CM | Dec 4, 2020 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections, Vincentian Family
Forty years ago, four women gave their lives as part of their preferential option for the poor. Read their own words. It should take just about 40 seconds.
Sixty Vincentians martyred during Spanish Civil War are beatified
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Nov 12, 2017 | Church, News, Vincentian Family
This past Saturday Saturday 60 members of the Vincentian Family who were martyred during the Spanish Civil War were beatified at a Mass in Madrid, a “celebration of hope, faith and forgiveness.” “The grace experienced by these martyrs is impossible to understand...
Students Share Time with Vincentian Family U.N. Representatives
by Ed Keane, SSVP | Nov 9, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Wednesday, November 1 was All Saint Day, and I found myself sitting in a meeting room at The Church Center at United Nations Headquarters in New York with a group of approximately 35 college students from Saint John’s University. Included as part of the group were a...
Ten Takeaways From 2017 Sustainable Development in Africa Report
by Margaret O'Dwyer | Nov 2, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
A new report released in New York recently reveals Africa’s progress towards achieving goals articulated in both the UN’s 2030 Agenda and Africa’s own Agenda 63. The first report to simultaneously track both agendas, it is titled, “2017 Report on Sustainable...
Celebration of the 400th Anniversary of the Charism of St. Vincent de Paul in Montreal (Canada)
by Vincentian Family Office | Oct 30, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family
On Saturday, September 23, 2017 at the parish of La Nativité de la Sainte Vierge in Montreal, Canada, we had the privilege of celebrating the 400th anniversary of the Vincentian Charism. Archbishop Msgr. L’Épine presided at the celebration with 20 priests of the...
The 400th Symposium as was lived by the Congregation of the Brothers CMM
by Javier F. Chento | Oct 28, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family
A symposium of the Vincentian Family took place in Rome from 12 to 15 October. The theme was: ‘welcoming the stranger’. Thousands of delegates from the many branches of the Vincentian Family gathered from all over the world to celebrate the anniversary year ‘400 Years...
Conference at St. John’s University Focusing on Homelessness
by Natalie Boone | Oct 26, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
On Saturday, October 21, 2017, a conference was held at St. John’s University, entitled A Focus on the Common Good: Homelessness and the Need for Systemic Change. Organized by the Vincentian Center for Church and Society, it was the tenth biennial Vincentian Chair of...
Symposium 2017 • Testimonies from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and people involved in the earthquake in Italy
by Javier F. Chento | Oct 23, 2017 | Disasters and Responses, Formation, News, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
Antonio Gianfico, National President of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, presented testimonies during the papal audience at the Symposium of the Vincentian Family, the 14th of October, the work of solidarity that the Vincentians had don in favor of those affected...
Vincent truly believed in partnership in the church
by John Freund, CM | Oct 21, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
Vincent truly believed in partnership in the church and that is why he listened, learned and trusted the instincts and wisdom of Louise. Together they imagined and gave birth to a movement that has inspired us all.
Aida Baladi: testimony of a Vincentian at Symposium 2017
by Javier F. Chento | Oct 21, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Marian Youth
We invite you to reflect upon the witness of Aida Baladi, president of the Vincentian Marian Youth of Syria, during the audience with Pope Francis, at the recent Vincentian Family Symposium in Rome, on October 14th. In the name of the Father, the Son and the...