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Places of St. Vincent
Fr. Bruce Krause, C.M. prepared these PowerPoint slides as a tour of special places in the life of St. Vincent de Paul. We thought it would be a great resource to share for the 400th Anniversary.
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Jeanne’s Story • Daughters of Charity International Project Services
The Sisters in Madagascar shared Jeanne’s Story – a story about a girl among the children who are mentally disabled and are accommodated at the St. Vincent DePaul Special Education Center in Manakara, Madagascar. Jeanne is a girl removed from her family....![In the Footsteps of Saint Justin](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/10/footsteps-of-saint-justin-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
In the Footsteps of Saint Justin
Young men and women have been walking in the footsteps of Saint Justin de Jacobis, together with native Vincentian priests, brothers and Daughters of Charity in Ethiopia. They are the Vincentian Lay Missionaries of the United States and Ireland. In Bahir Dar, VLM work...![#famvin400 Unseen Changes, Unseen Pain](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/11/unseen-changes-unseen-pain-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
#famvin400 Unseen Changes, Unseen Pain
Alienation makes for a different type of stranger. There are unseen wounds. Reflection and challenge: There are people all around us that hide their suffering: from poverty, from personal loss. Can you draw close to this kind of suffering, or is it too scary? Did you...![A New Secretary General for the UN and UN Day](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/04/vincentian-family-UN-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
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...![Unchain The Word Through Memory](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/02/mckenna-tom-reflections-featured-facebook-1.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Unchain The Word Through Memory
Unchaining The Word Through Memory One short sentence in Paul’s letter to Timothy (2 Tim 2: 10) caught my attention right off, “The word of God is not chained.” Paul himself is in chains, and it’s the contrast here that’s striking him. The Word of God is the opposite...![Going Beyond Rigged Cycles](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/03/treadmill-systemic-change-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Going Beyond Rigged Cycles
VinFormation offers this 67 second video insight into the concept of systemic change as breaking the cycles of poverty.
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Preparing for #famvin400 on Mobile
Are you preparing? In a few short months the 400th anniversary of the Vincentian charism will be upon us. .famvin, vinFormation, We are Vincentians and the Vincentian Family Office are collaborating on bringing you reflections, formation experiences and multimedia...![Guest Asking for Justice and Love](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2015/11/ross-reyes-dizon-sunday-readings-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)