The Vincentian Family 10th Annual Meeting was held in St Vincent’s Retreat Center, Gopalpur on Sea, on 12th and 13th...
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Vincentian Family: Lebanon
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | May 13, 2016 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration | 0 Comments
Vincentian Family Leaders Reflections on Collaboration: Responses to Fr. Gregory Gay, C.M.’s Letter of January 2015
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | May 9, 2016 | Formation, News, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration | 1 Comment
Vincentian Family in Ecuador: Connect and Learn
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | May 2, 2016 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration | 2 Comments
Brazil: a special charitable work exceptionally Vincentian
by Vincentian Family Office | April 26, 2016 | Formation, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration | 0 Comments
Handmaids of Charity (Ancelle della Carità)
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Apr 18, 2016 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
The Handmaids of Charity (Ancelle della Carita) were founded in 1840 at Brescia, Italy, by Saint Maria Crocifissa di...
Connect and Learn: CONFAVI – Venezuela
by Vincentian Family Office | Apr 11, 2016 | Formation, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
ACTIVITIES AND INITIATIVES: The Team or Council of Famvin - Venezuela was formed following the first meeting of the...
Enlarge the Space in the Vincentian Tent!
by Vincentian Family Office | Feb 15, 2016 | Collaboration, Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
Collaboration in the Vincentian Family by Eli Chaves Dos Santos, C.M. This year’s theme for the Vincentian Family is collaboration. Our conviction is that collaboration among the various branches of the Vincentian Family is necessary for the qualitative and...
Connect and Learn: Sisters of the Sacramental Heart of Jesus
by Vincentian Family Office | Feb 8, 2016 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
The Sisters of the Sacramental Heart of Jesus was founded in Zacatecas, Mexico by San José María Robles Hurtado (1888-1927), a martyr of the persecution of the Mexican Church. His charisma is "Extending the Kingdom of Love of the Heart of Jesus in the Eucharist."...
Unaffiliated Lay Vincentians: Challenges, Trends, and Opportunities
by Vincentian Family Office | Feb 1, 2016 | Year of Vincentian Collaboration
What are Unaffiliated Lay Vincentians? Considering the declining membership in many branches of the Vincentian Family in the United States, how will the Vincentian mission continue in the twenty-first century? In 2005, Rev. Edward R. Udovic, C.M., Senior Executive for...
Serve: Vincentian Collaboration in Madagascar
by Vincentian Family Office | Jan 25, 2016 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
In Madagascar, the Vincentian Family has been running for some 20 years now, encouraged by Congregation of the Mission from the start. All branches meet 4 times per year, and at the moment are striving to concretize at all levels, Father Gregory Gay’s words last May,...
Connect and Learn: Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jan 25, 2016 | Formation, Sisters of Charity, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
Urgent needs of Irish orphans and immigrants led to the founding of this Canadian community in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1854. Bishop Thomas Louis Connolly, OFM Cap. went to the New York novitiate of the Sisters of Charity to call for women to found the new...
Connect and Learn: Brothers of Charity
by Vincentian Family Office | Jan 18, 2016 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
The Brothers of Charity were founded in 1807 at Ghent, Belgium, by Pierre Joseph Triest (1760-1836) for nursing and education. This priest founded four congregation to aid the poor in the spirit of Saint Vincent de Paul, the patron of this institute. Triest himself...
Connect and Learn: Congregation of Sisters of Mercy of St. Vincent de Paul
by Vincentian Family Office | Jan 11, 2016 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
The Congregation of Sisters of Mercy of St. Vincent de Paul was founded in Ukraine (in the Byzantine rite) by Metropolitan Andrew Sheptytsky on June 8, 1926 as eastern branch of the Congregation of Sisters of Mercy of St. Vincent, originated in Deinze, Belgium in...
Connect and Learn: Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul of Satu-Mare
by Vincentian Family Office | Jan 4, 2016 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
They were founded 1842 by Bishop John Ham (1781-1804) in Satu-Mare (Szatmar, then Austria-Hungary, now Romania) for diverse apostolic and charitable services because of his concern for the poor, the sick, the neglected, and the education of youth. He sent some...
Serve: House of Charity
by Vincentian Family Office | Dec 28, 2015 | Formation, Sisters of Charity, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
The House of Charity New Orleans is a collaborative ministry of the Sisters of Charity Federation. The idea was dreamed up by members of the Company of Charity Formation Personnel or CCFP over several years. The idea of coming together to share our common Charism in...