On August 23, what will you do to honor the International Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition?
Vincentian Family
Vincentian Prayer Images: A Profile In Courage
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
Why did Jesus tell them not to tell anyone? Was it possible he realized that at that point, they would jump to wrong conclusions?
Vincentian Family Collaborates to Address Root Causes of Poverty
“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
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...
A New Secretary General for the UN and UN Day
A New Leader for the UN: Selection of a new Secretary General on October 13 and UN Day: October 24 We, the Vincentian Family at the UN and our respective NGOs, are a small part of the bigger picture of the continuing work of the United Nations. Currently there are...
Meeting of Vincentian Family Leadership in North America
Twenty one leaders of the Vincentian Family in North America gathered in New Orleans October 14-15 for their annual Leadership meeting. The goals for this gathering of presidents/elected leadership/provincials/directors were to: Continue to develop and deepen...
Vincentian Family in Ukraine: Connecting the Global and the Local Levels
The Vincentian Family in Ukraine Connecting the Global and the Local levels – Advocacy at the UN I was invited last week to visit the works of the Vincentian Family in Ukraine. This was a wonderfully busy week that brought me to experience firsthand the effective...
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty “Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.” - Martin Luther King, Jr. Currently, the...
First Assembly of Vincentian Family – Croatia
The first assembly of Vincentian Family Croatia was held on September 17, 2016 in Novigrad na Dobri. It was held in the Pastoral Centre Vincentinum and was led by the CMs. The Vincentian Family in Croatia comprises of six branches: the Congregation of the Mission,...
UN Joins In Making Girls Count
Girls were among persons “left behind” by society in the time of St. Louise de Marillac. According to “Louise de Marillac: a Committed Woman,” [1] Louise took interest in educating poor country girls while others were unconcerned. Richelieu stated (in his last...
Day of Prayer: The Vincentian Family of Puerto Rico
With the participation of a large group of members of the different branches of the Vincentian Family, on Saturday, September 17, the Vincentian Family of Puerto Rico met in the parish "San Vicente de Paúl" to celebrate a day of prayer. Here are some pictures of the...
