Vincentian Family
COVID-19 Crisis and Advocacy on Homelessness
The COVID- 19 pandemic has exasperated the existing inequalities and very specially the condition of homeless people in urban areas.
Vincentian Prayer Images: Ordinary People Serving From the Midst of Our Lives
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
The gathering of the Vincentian family in Rome, Italy this past January produced many documents that we now make available to you.
Breaking Burritos, Becoming Whole – September 27 in Denver
Breaking Burritos, Becoming Whole - “I sat with joy yesterday. His name was Abali, a refugee from Cameroon.” Sitting, standing, walking, talking, eating with joy is what happened at the Vincentian Family Gathering in Denver, Colorado, on the feast of St. Vincent de...
Understanding of migration from a global perspective
Guillermo Campuzano, CM, CM representative at the UN offers an understanding of migration from a global perspective and that of the church and Vincentians... In the United Nations we, DCs, Sisters of Charity Federation, CMs, are a part of the NGO Committee on...
Birthing Vincentian Family Organization in Kenya
Birthing a National Organization for the Vincentian Family in Kenya On Sunday, October 5, 2015, the heads of the various branches of the Vincentian Family gathered at St. Vincent de Paul Center in Karen, Kenya to discuss the creation of a coordinating committee for...
Connect and Learn: Sisters of Charity – Zagreb
The history of Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul – Zagreb began in 1845 when six Sisters of Charity from the Austrian Province of Tyrol came to Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. The province had its motherhouse in Zams, and traced its origin to Strassburg. The...
Daughters of Charity , government restrictions, kindness and wisdom
According to a report in the National Catholic Reporter Kindness and wisdom are key to serving poor, overcoming government restrictions in Vietnam. The Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul work closely with the numerous ethnic groups in the Daklak province of...
Ladies of Charity October prayer service
Sr. Carol Schumer, DC, offers an October prayer service for the Ladies of Charity . The season of autumn lends itself to marveling at God’s creation, especially after the most recent encyclical from Pope Francis. She reminds us of this quote from St. Vincent... “… the...
Celebrating Vincent
In this week following the feast of St. Vincent, we're all invited to Connect and Learn, to Serve, and to Celebrate. Don't forget to read all the materials available at http://famvin.org/formation/year-ano-annee/ ; send in your stories and photos of celebrations to...
Serve: VMY Croatia: Rijeka, Kistanje and Split
The VMY group in Croatia began in 2011 in Rijeka, in the convent of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul - Zagreb. It was due to evangelical (Vincentian!) witness and collaboration of the VMY group from Slovenia, who came to Rijeka in November 2011 to help us...
Connect and Learn: Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary
A congregation founded in 1803 by Canon Triest, who was known as "the St. Vincent de Paul of Belgium ", for he was the founder as well of the Brothers of St. John of God , and the Sisters of the Infant Jesus. When curé of Lovendeghem he laid the foundations of this...