Vincentian Family
Vincentian Prayer Images: Extend Your Hand To Guide Me
by John Freund, CM | January 28, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments
Even when I think I see, extend your merciful hand to guide me along the right path.
Summary of the Meeting of the Leaders of the Vincentian Family: Rome 2020
by Javier F. Chento | January 26, 2020 | Formation, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments
“Little Women”, St. Vincent de Paul and Martin Luther King
by John Freund, CM | January 25, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 1 Comment
Can you imagine any connection between the critically acclaimed movie “Little Women”, the Foundation of the Vincentian community, and the celebration of Martin Luther King’s life?
Marcello, One Of The Millions Of Homeless We See Each Day
by Pattie Hughes, Vincentian | January 23, 2020 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 1 Comment
For every Marcello there are many thousands more we haven’t met still sleeping on the streets. We’re advocates for all who are waiting for a place to call home.
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Vincentian Prayer Images: Frederic Ozanam and Concern for Workers
by John Freund, CM | Sep 8, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
The juxtaposition of Labor Day (9/7) and the feast of Blessed Frederic (9/8) can give us much to pray about.
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Vincentian Family Conference: October 9 & 10, 2020
by Dr. Patricia Bombard | Sep 5, 2020 | News, Vincentian Family
Join those willing to rise up to meet the challenges of our times on Friday, October 9 and Saturday, October 10 for a free online conference!
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Vincentian Prayer Images: Charity AND Justice
by John Freund, CM | Sep 1, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
Vincent saw the bigger picture than just that presented by an immediate need!
Advent Message from the Superior General, Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM
by Javier F. Chento | Nov 22, 2016 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family
"The Incarnation, Here and Now": this is the theme proposed by Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, for the time of Advent, in a letter addressed to the entire Vincentian Family, which we have reproduced below. After the text, you will find links to download his letter in several...
Vincentian Office Visit to the Netherlands
by Fr. Joe Agostino, CM | Nov 21, 2016 | News, Vincentian Family
From Monday, October 17 to Saturday, October 22, 2016 I had the privilege to visit with the Vincentian Family in the Netherlands. My experience was wonderfully organized by Marieke van de Ven, Margriet Kok and Hetty Nieuwaard of the Vincent de Paul Center Nederland -...
A Call for Accessibility and Attitude Changes
by Margaret O'Dwyer | Nov 17, 2016 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
A Call for Accessibility and Attitude Changes As International Day of Persons With Disabilities Approaches It seems difficult to find quotes by our founders with regard to persons with disabilities. Perhaps that’s affirmation that our founders focused not on labels,...
A New Interprovincial Community in Ukraine
by Vincentian Family Office | Nov 14, 2016 | News, Vincentian Family
On October 22, a new interprovincial community of Sisters Mary of the Miraculous Medallion in Ukraine was founded in T. Remeta (Perechyn district, Transcarpathia, in Ukraine). New community was created by sisters from the Slovenian and Croatian Provinces. This is an...
Funeral Prayer for Homeless in Ukraine
by VFO Ukraine | Nov 11, 2016 | News, Vincentian Family
"May the angels take your soul, raise it from earth to heaven, may the song of the saved follow it, in the face of the highest God." Today “Volunteer School” (Kyiv) was held in a different format – volunteers, Fathers missionaries, Marian sisters and seminarians...
Paris Agreement on Climate Change and COP 22
by Teresa Kotturan, SCN | Nov 10, 2016 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Paris Agreement on Climate Change and COP 22 – Conference of Parties to UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) In December 2015, 197 countries promised to keep the world safe from the worst effects of climate change at the COP 21 in Paris. The...
Meeting of the Vincentian Family Leaders in Kenya
by Vincentian Family Office | Nov 7, 2016 | News, Vincentian Family
On Sunday morning, October 16, leaders of the Vincentian Family in Kenya gathered at the DePaul Center of the Lazarists (CM's) for a meeting with Fr. Joe Agostino, CM, the coordinator of the international Vincentian Family Office (VFO). The session provided us with an...
Vincentian Family Collaborates to Address Root Causes of Poverty
by Ed Keane | Nov 3, 2016 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
“We should assist the poor in every way and do it both by ourselves and by enlisting the help of others…. To do this is to preach the gospel by words and work.” Vincent de Paul[1] Frederic Ozanam founded the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in collaboration with five...
Joint Vincentian Family Commissions Meeting
by Vincentian Family Office | Oct 31, 2016 | News, Vincentian Family
On Monday, April 25, members of the Commission for the Promotion of Systemic Change and the Vincentian Family Collaboration Commission met in Bayside, New York. Their purpose was to share with one another the work of their Commissions and to seek ways in which they...