Brazil
The Importance of Spiritual Advisors in Times of Pandemic
by .famvin | March 20, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Keeping the flame of the Vincentian charism burning has been a challenge during the pandemic.
200th Anniversary of the Congregation of the Mission in Brazil (1820-2020)
by Eli Chaves dos Santos, CM | May 2, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
The members of the Congregation of the Mission in the Brazilian Province celebrate the 200th anniversary of their presence and service in this country,
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (Brazil) Creates a Service for People at Risk
by Javier F. Chento | April 5, 2020 | News, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 1 Comment
Young members of the Society in Brazil decided to provide various services to people at risk of being affected by the coronavirus.
“I Was Imprisoned and You Came to Visit Me”
by Javier F. Chento | February 29, 2020 | Brothers CMM, News | 0 Comments
We hope to inspire our readers to view their incarcerated sisters or brothers as human beings with whom Jesus himself identified.
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Transforming lives in Brazil
by Cleonice Regina Claudino and Sr. Vanilza Maria Bueno | Apr 4, 2022 | Daughters of Charity, News
Under the subsidy of our Mother House, and aid from the Province of Curitiba and the active participation of the Sisters from five local communities, we saw an opportunity to go beyond the emergency care of the people we accompany, and invest in new training programs for them.
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The Importance of Spiritual Advisors in Times of Pandemic
by .famvin | Mar 20, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Keeping the flame of the Vincentian charism burning has been a challenge during the pandemic.
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200th Anniversary of the Congregation of the Mission in Brazil (1820-2020)
by Eli Chaves dos Santos, CM | May 2, 2020 | News
The members of the Congregation of the Mission in the Brazilian Province celebrate the 200th anniversary of their presence and service in this country,
The Needy Community Learns Languages and Refugees Have a Source of Income
by Javier F. Chento | Nov 5, 2018 | News, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
A French course in Rio de Janeiro (RJ, Brazil) can cost up to R $ 900 [approximately 220 euros, 250 dollars]. The price keeps populations in regions that are most in need away of the dream of learning a new language. They do not live in Duque de Caxias, Belford Roxo...
Open Letter of the Vincentian Family on the Current Situation in Brazil
by Vincentian Family Office | Jul 3, 2017 | News
"I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home" (Mt. 35) The National Vincentian Family, gathered at the Leadership Training Center of the Archdiocese of Salvador between June 14 and 18, denounces the neglect with which people in situation of social...
400th Anniversary Celebrations in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
by Vincentian Family Office | May 8, 2017 | News
"I was a stranger and you welcomed me ..." A global initiative of the Vincentian Family to celebrate during the year 2017 the 400 years of the Vincentian charism Schedule in the region of Rio de Janeiro I – In the celebratory dimension: September 25, 2016: Celebration...
Celebration of the 400 Anniversary of the Vincentian Charism in Carga – MG (Brazil)
by Vincentian Family Office | May 1, 2017 | News
This year, the Vincentian Family celebrates the 400th anniversary of the charism of its founder, Saint Vincent de Paul, a charism that currently is lived and celebrated by more than 225 branches around the world. Each of these branches, from their realities, live this...
The Vincentian Family and parish renewals in Brazil
by John Freund, CM | Apr 30, 2016 | Church, Collaboration
Parish renewals in Brazil involve the Vincentian Family. "Popular Missions"- in language that dates back to the early days of the Congregation of the Mission - refers to what we would call today parish missions. Eli Chaves Dos Santos, CM, Assistant General, describes...
International Commission for Systemic Change, Sao Paulo, Brazil
by Elizabeth Astridge | Apr 27, 2016 | News, Systemic change
Vincentian Family International Commission for Systemic Change, Sao Paulo, Brazil From April 19-22, the International Commission of the Vincentian Family to Promote Systemic Change held a two-day meeting in Sao Paulo and a two-day training for four Latin American...
Brazil: a special charitable work exceptionally Vincentian
by Vincentian Family Office | Apr 26, 2016 | Formation, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
In the city of Fortaleza, capital of Province of Ceara (northeast of Brazil), the Refuge Saint John Gabriel Perboyre, was founded in 1999, an organization that was created by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (DC). Sister Dijesu Campos Pinto is currently...
January 7: Feast of Blessed Lindalva Justo de Oliveira
by John Freund, CM | Jan 6, 2016 | Daughters of Charity, Formation
In her vocational journey as a Daughter of Charity, Blesssed Lindalva Justo de Oliveira was sent to Salvador in Bahia, Brazil to a shelter for the elderly called “Dom Pedro II”. Like Marguerite Naseau, the good country girl at the time of Saint Vincent (the “first...
Collaborating on Mobile
by John Freund, CM | Aug 8, 2015 | News, Social, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
SSVP in Brazil launches a Vincentian mobile app This is the age of apps! At .famvin we've been encouraging you to think of using apps for your news of the Vincentian Family. We've even created a mobile app for you. Now, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Brazil has...