The COVID- 19 pandemic has exasperated the existing inequalities and very specially the condition of homeless people in urban areas.
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Vincentian Family in Central America
by Edgardo Fuentes | April 25, 2024 | News, Vincentian Family | 3 Comments
The Central America Region is one of the 6 regions that make up the Vincentian Family in Latin America and the Caribbean (FAVILA).
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.
Vincentian Prayer Images: Ordinary People Serving From the Midst of Our Lives
by John Freund, CM | May 5, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
Vincent would remind us today that we walk in that tradition today as ordinary people bringing Good News in the midst of our daily lives.
Documents from the Gathering of the Vincentian Family in Rome: January 2020
by Vincentian Family Office | May 4, 2020 | News, Vincentian Family
The gathering of the Vincentian family in Rome, Italy this past January produced many documents that we now make available to you.
The Future of Charity – January
by John Freund, CM | Jan 27, 2016 | News, Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
As January draws to a close some might be interested learning what is on the minds of the bloggers of the Future of Charity and the "younger, newer vowed members or women in formation with religious congregations from the Sisters of Charity Federation. " The Greatest...
Vincentian Family International and National Leaders Gathering
by John Freund, CM | Jan 26, 2016 | Vincentian Family
Rome, Italy – January 22-24. The first biennial Gathering of the Vincentian Family International and National Leaders’ Gathering kicked off with a Getting-to-Know activity. Seventy-two participants coming from 31 countries representing 19 branches of the Family...
Catch the energy of the Vincentian Family in Action
by John Freund, CM | Jan 24, 2016 | Collaboration, News, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
Catch the energy! No doubt there will be some official documents reporting on the recently completed meeting of the leaders of the Vincentian Family in Rome. Thanks to Father Aidan Rooney, CM, Pamela Mantuhac (Philippines)and Denise El-Khoury (Lebanon) the following...
Vincentian Family Leaders in Rome
by John Freund, CM | Jan 23, 2016 | Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
https://youtu.be/kLvDIoqWJ7I Vincentian Family Leaders - How many can you recognize? Hint - Start with the Superior General in the middle of the back row. How about Sr. Kathleen Appler, leader of the Daughters of Charity? Leaders of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul,...
VFG2016: Vincentian Family Executive Committee Meets
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jan 23, 2016 | Vincentian Family
The Vincentian Family Executive Committee (VFEC) met at the Casa Maria Immacolata in Rome, Italy on January 22, 2016. After the Welcome Remarks of the Superior General, Fr. Gregory Gay, CM, the meeting started with Fr. Joe Agostino, CM, Vincentian Family Office (VFO)...
Participants as greatest resource for CIF formation program
by John Freund, CM | Jan 10, 2016 | News, Vincentian Family
Sr. Valentyna Riabushko, Congregation of the Charity Sisters of St. Vincent, Greek Catholic rite, describes the participants as greatest resource for CIF formation program.The significant aspect about this year's program was that for the first time ever it was open to...
International Vincentian Family Leaders to Meet in Rome
by Vincentian Family Office | Jan 3, 2016 | Announcements, News, Vincentian Family
Philadelphia, PA - The newly established Vincentian Family Office in Philadelphia, Pa., USA, announces that international Vincentian Family leaders will meet in Rome during January 2016: The annual meeting of the Vincentian Family Executive Committee (VFEC), composed...
Vincentian Family at the U.N.: Forced Labor
by John Freund, CM | Dec 31, 2015 | Justice and Peace, News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
When Vincentians think of forced labor, the image may come to mind of our Co-Founder relieving a debilitated galley slave in the 1947 movie, “Monsieur Vincent.” Centuries later, the plight of forced laborers calls us not only to come to their aid, but also to end...
Fr Gregory Gay – Christmas greetings from Vatican Square
by John Freund, CM | Dec 20, 2015 | News, Vincentian Family
Fr. Gregory Gay CM, Superior General, sends his Christmas greetings from Vatican Square in this brief video.