by Vincentian Family Office | Jan 30, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family
On Saturday, December 17, 2016, Fr. Joe Agostino, CM met with the leaders of the Vincentian Family in Slovakia. This meeting was preceded (and prepared for) by a two day Vincentian Family Collaborative Action Program (VFCAP) for 40 members of the Vincentian Family....
by Famvin Media Resources | Jan 29, 2017 | Daughters of Charity, Formation
On February 1 we commemorate the Daughters of Charity Martyrs of Angers, Blessed Odile Baumgarten and Blessed Marie-Anne Vaillot. At the ceremony in Rome on 19 February 1984 Pope John Paul II beatified ninety-nine persons who died for the faith in Angers. In his...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jan 29, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
In January of last year, I met with a young woman in a cafe in northern New Jersey. She is Alexis Fuentes, a former Missionary Cenacle Volunteer, and I spoke with her about her connection to the Vincentian Family and a bit of her life as she was living it. She’s...
by Elizabeth Astridge | Jan 28, 2017 | News, Sisters of Charity
Each month, the Sisters of Charity Federation will be posting images from Charity Federation archives that demonstrate how these congregations “Welcome the Stranger Among Us,” the theme of the 400th anniversary of Vincentian charism. This first month, the...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 28, 2017 | Reflections, Vincentian Family
As everyone knows the United States of America is in the midst of a major transition in leadership and a vision of leadership itself. I could not help but reflect on the major transition of leadership and the vision of leadership reflected in SVDP CEO Dave Barringer’s...
by Elizabeth Astridge | Jan 28, 2017 | Church, News, Pope
In our Vincentian Family Commissions meetings last week in Rome, one of the topics raised and discussed on more than one occasion was communications. Questions discussed were how are we communicating across commissions, how we are communicating with the Vincentian...
by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Jan 27, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
“That the principal end of the Association be knowledge of oneself and contempt for the things of the world, practiced by the resolution to serve the Parishes, in submission and obedience to the Pastors, while renouncing all benefices and honors. In the design of...
by Famvin Media Resources | Jan 27, 2017 | Daughters of Charity, Formation
On January 28, 1840, the Blessed Virgin appeared to Sr. Justine Bisqueyburu, of the Daughters of Charity in Paris. This began a series of visits which culminated in a special gift of Mary: The Green Scapular. This is described in the presentation below. Download as...
by Elizabeth Astridge | Jan 27, 2017 | Formation, News, Reflections, Sisters of Charity
We are always on mission. We are always trying to live, be and do what being a Sister of Charity is all about. Because this is who we are. In our good days and our bad days, we are sisters of Charity. – Sr. Jane Iannucelli, SC President Enjoy the video and...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jan 26, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family
The young leaders are here! Meet Remberth Alonso Falla Zuloeta, of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Perú. He’s been a local conference leader, a national formator, and now is a member of the team of the Vincentian Family Collaborative Action Program,...
