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A Vincentian View: “Listen” When we look at our current political climate, everyone knows that there is something...
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A Vincentian View: Speaking the Truth
A Vincentian View: “Speaking the Truth” In recent history in the United States, people have been more challenged...
A Vincentian View: Writing Letters
A Vincentian View: “Writing Letters” When I worked for the Congregation and the Company in Europe, I resolved at the...
$25,000 is at stake!
Back on July 6 famvin posted news of a VIncentian Family $25,000 challenge grant for Haitian scholarships. The Ladies of Charity and the Seton Federation sites are also reminding us. Vincent urged us to do more than feed people but also to them to fish. Have you...
Vincentian Family $25,000 challenge grant for Haitian scholarships
Fr. Robert Maloney writes "As Zafèn begins its second year, our micro-finance project in Haiti is preparing another fundraising initiative to educate Haiti’s children. The Zafèn team would be very grateful if you would give this message wide circulation within your...
Vincentian Family Bloggers – Good news, Bad news
Blogging is a way to sharing our vision. There is good news... and bad news. The good news is that more and more members are using blogs to invite others to share the Vincentian Family way by telling the stories of their life and ministries. The bad news is that many...
Fr. Pat Griffin’s homily at beatification of Marguerite Rutan DC
Famvin has just received the text of the homily by Fr. Patrick Griffin at the Mass of Thanksgiving for the beatification of Sr. Marguerite Rutan, Monday, June 20, 2011. Father Griffin is the Current Director General of the Daughters of Charity and a former...
New Executive Director – Sisters of Charity Federation
The Sisters of Charity Federation website announced that Julie Cutter, DC, has been appointed Executive Director of the Sisters of Charity Federation. She will succeed Mary Ann Daly SC whose term ends on June 30th. Julie Cutter, DC, will be completing her term on the...
“Praying with Vincentian Communities” – Regina Bechtle, SC
"So how might we define Vincentian spirituality as lived today by Sisters and Daughters of Charity, Vincentian priests and brothers, laypersons in the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and the Ladies of Charity, and young members of Vincentian Marian Youth and...
Collaboration Part II
The International Daughters of Charity Site continues their "Focus On" series with a story about co-operation between the Daughters of Charity and the St Vincent de Paul Society in Australia. The Daughters of Charity in Australia have a long history of collaboration...
When does change begin in Haiti?
"Until people affected by hardship can put their own efforts behind their recovery, change never really begins. " So writes a Zafèn lender the anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti. From a Zafèn press release... As the world’s attention returns to Haiti to mark a...