Let’s leave everything to serve God and our neighbor. St. Vincent de Paul
Vincentian Family
Vincentian Prayer Images: A Question for Vincent
How would Vincent answer a question about feeling hopless or useless during this time of pandemic?
Who’s the Boss
A number of years ago, my sister, a critical care nurse, wrote a piece for a local newspaper about care for homebound patients called “Who’s the Boss”
Truly Welcoming the Stranger
YOUTH MAKING A DIFFERENCE AT THE UNITED NATIONS Youth imbued with the Vincentian spirit have little time for empty rhetoric. Human need calls them to propel values into vibrant action. The Daughters of Charity at the UN find that admirable quality in intern...
New Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
The new Secretary-General took office on January 2, 2017. Given below are excerpts from his speech made after taking oath of office on December 12, 2016. It is his road map for the future and he has already focused on some of these issues. “Fear is driving the...
Revision of the Vincentian Liturgical Calendar
Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM sends us this communication, where he explains last revision of the Vincentian Liturgical Calendar. Rome, 8 March 2017 To all the members of the Congregation of the Mission To all the Daughters of Charity To all...
Evolving Work World Main Theme of UN’s 61st Commission on Status of Women
Greetings from the Vincentian Family Team at United Nations Headquarters in New York! We’re looking forward to the 61st Commission on the Status of Women, which runs here from March 13-24. COMMISSION’S THREE THEMES...
Symposium of the Vincentian Family 2017
March 8, 2017 Dear Members of the Vincentian Family, May the grace and peace of Jesus be always with us! It is with great joy that I invite you to come to Rome on the weekend of October 12 – 15, 2017 for a Vincentian Family Symposium. Our Jubilee theme “Welcome the...
North American Vincentian Family Gathering: Revised Hotel Reservation Number
Please note! There are revised telephone numbers to make reservations for the 2017 North American Vincentian Family Gathering. You may make reservations directly with the hotel by calling: 1-800-729-5713 1-210-366-2424...
UN Looking to Turn the Tide on Ocean Health
To a certain degree, many of us relate to Laudato Si from a land perspective. We ask ourselves, “am I recycling and composting, going solar, watching my use of electricity?” and the like. But Pope Francis, within...
Asia Pacific Visitor’s Conference In Việt Nam
From February 17-25, 2017 at the Durando Institute of philosophy, Da Lat- Vietnam took place the annual meeting of the provincials of the Congregation of the Mission of the Asia Pacific region (Asia Pacific Visitor's Conference, APVC). This is the first time this...
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
February 11 They shall teach the little girls of the villages while they are there. They shall strive to train local girls to replace them at this task during their absence. They shall do all this for the love of God and without any remuneration (SWLM:729 [A.54])....
