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![Pope Francis Appoints Fr. Getahun Fanta Shikune CM as Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte (Ethiopia)](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2024/07/Getahun-Fanta-Shikune-fb.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Pope Francis Appoints Fr. Getahun Fanta Shikune CM as Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte (Ethiopia)
The Vicariate of Nekemte became vacant when Pope Francis appointed Bishop Varghese Thottamkara, CM, the former Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, as the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Balasore in India on May 10, 2023.
![Rhode Island Vincentians Turning Apartments Into Homes](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2024/07/0caaa9e7-d7db-4fec-8116-129c8b786ed5-530PPJOHNSTONFIREFOLO_frame_3195.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Rhode Island Vincentians Turning Apartments Into Homes
The work being done by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Rhode Island this summer is exemplary of the value of long-term assistance to our neighbors in need.
![Meeting of the Confraternity of Indigenous Vincentians in Quito, Ecuador, July 8 to 12](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2024/07/indigenas.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Meeting of the Confraternity of Indigenous Vincentians in Quito, Ecuador, July 8 to 12
Thirty-eight individuals representing the indigenous Vincentian family, we gathered at the Gethsemani Retreat House in Quito, Ecuador (July 8 to 12, 2024) under the theme: The cry of Mother Earth and the journey of the indigenous peoples.
![Vincentian Marian Youth: Inspired by Mary, Committed to the Service of the Needy #famvin2024](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2024/07/famvin-2024-JMV.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Vincentian Marian Youth: Inspired by Mary, Committed to the Service of the Needy #famvin2024
Vincentian Marian Youth (VMY) is an international association of young Catholics, born from the desire of the Virgin Mary, revealed on July 18, 1830, to Saint Catherine Labouré in Paris. Sister Catherine conveyed to Father Jean-Marie Aladel, CM, the mission entrusted...
![Firewood for the Soul: A Change of Heart](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/11/firewood-soul-fb-EN.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Firewood for the Soul: A Change of Heart
A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.
![A Vincentian Minute: Vincentian Women 02](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2024/07/rooney-vincentian-women-featured-2.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Vincentian Minute: Vincentian Women 02
Fr. Rooney continues his series on “Vincentian Women.” This week: Madame de Gondi.
![To Grieve with the Evils of the Poor • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/09/reflexion-ozanam-EN-1.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
To Grieve with the Evils of the Poor • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
[If so are now] the evils, not of a single district, but of several districts of Paris; not only in Paris but in Lyon, in Rouan, and in all the manufacturing cities of the North, [...] imagine what winter will bring, when the hardness of the station suspends the...
![July 19, 1813: First Vows of the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s in Emmitsburg, Maryland, USA](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2024/07/seton-and-sisters-of-charity-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
July 19, 1813: First Vows of the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s in Emmitsburg, Maryland, USA
On July 19, 1813, vows were pronounced for the first time by Elizabeth Ann Seton and 17 other Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s who adapted the vow formula of the French Daughters of Charity.
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![New Issue of Famvin Newsletter Is Now Available!](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/12/famvin-newsletter-issue-2-thumbnals-featured-copy.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
New Issue of Famvin Newsletter Is Now Available!
The Famvin Communications Commission has released the second issue of the bulletin “FamVin News”. Click and discover It! ☝️
![Now Available: Biographies and Liturgical Prayers for the Saints and Blesseds of the Vincentian Family](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/12/sts-bl-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Now Available: Biographies and Liturgical Prayers for the Saints and Blesseds of the Vincentian Family
A workgroup made up of members of the Vincentian Family has been working in recent years on preparing a document that includes all the saints and blesseds of the Vincentian Family, offering a brief biography of each of them, and another document that offers the specific prayers for the Eucharist of each one of them.
Special: Conflict in Ukraine
![Delivery of food, water purifiers and generators to Ukraine](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/04/Immagine-WhatsApp-2023-04-01-ore-09.45.47-e1680566718297.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Delivery of food, water purifiers and generators to Ukraine
Mykolaiv: the water treatment plant built with funds from the Italian National Federation of the St. Vincent de Paul Society was inaugurated and work has begun on a second plant.
![Terni, Italy: Inauguration of an informational panel (an artistic work) on peace: “Free to dream, free to grow”](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/03/terni-bacheca-pace.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Terni, Italy: Inauguration of an informational panel (an artistic work) on peace: “Free to dream, free to grow”
On Saturday, March 4, in the Ciaurro de Terni Park ( Italy ), a peace information panel (an artistic work) created by Ukrainian children attending the center Emporio Bimbi emporium of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, together with children of other nationalities and Vincentian youth.
![Anna and Misha’s Story: Children are our Future](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/02/misha-fb.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Anna and Misha’s Story: Children are our Future
Meet Misha and Anna In our Kharkiv children’s centre, everyone knows 5-year-old Misha. “I’m not scared by the bombs,” Misha tells us. “Not scared at all.” His mother tells a different story. Misha used to hide under the table at the sound of the frequent air-raid...
![From a Lone Lorry to Over 4000 Tons of Aid: Depaul Looks Back at an Extraordinary Year](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/02/RS16877_2022_11_DEC_Maciek-Musialek_MM4_8959-1.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
From a Lone Lorry to Over 4000 Tons of Aid: Depaul Looks Back at an Extraordinary Year
February 24th was supposed to be like any other day. Then suddenly, for millions of Ukrainians, their world collapsed. “February 24th is a date I will remember for the rest of my life. You don’t know what to do except to run.” For 17 years, Depaul has been a lifeline...
![“The playgrounds here are empty”: Ukrainians fear long term impact on children’s mental health after one year of war](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/02/RS1Olesia-Hugging-Teddy-Bear.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
“The playgrounds here are empty”: Ukrainians fear long term impact on children’s mental health after one year of war
For the past year, people in Ukraine have lived with bombings and missile attacks which have displaced millions, injured and killed thousands and left some too afraid to leave their bomb shelters.
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