by John Freund, CM | Mar 15, 2014 | Vincentian Family
Tom Burns, NU’s associate vice president for communications, sent the email at 10:04 p.m. By just after 11 p.m., the hashtag #ThomasBurns was an international trending topic on Twitter, a designation typically reserved for major world events (e.g. Boston Marathon...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 14, 2014 | Vincentian Family
The Sisters of Charity of Halifax offer their monthly review of whats new in Charity Federation Connections — Lifelines March 2014 The current issue bring news of the Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception, the Sisters of St. Martha, the Religieuses Notre...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 13, 2014 | Vincentian Family
Every family has its special days. The Vincentian Family is no exception. Continuing our exploration of the resources of the VinFormation site within Famvin.org, here is a sample of resources presented as they occur in the course of a year. January 4: Feast of St....
by John Freund, CM | Mar 11, 2014 | Vincentian Family
It has been 80 years since Louise’s canonization by Pope Pius XII. In this 3 minute 53 second video VinFormation presents a few samples from the letters of St. Louise de Marillac. They show us the connections between St. Louise and her contemporaries, and give...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 11, 2014 | Vincentian Family
While the vast majority of the readers of famvin.org do not read Vietnamese many of our groups work in ministries with Vietnamese people. The website of the Congregation of the Mission ministering in Vietnam may be a helpful resource. by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 10, 2014 | Evangelization, Missions inter gentes, Vincentian Family
In a recent blog article, Aidan Rooney, Superior of the Vincentian Bolivian Altiplano writes of the impact donors are having in this poor, rural sector of Bolivia, as they launch a new center for formation, worship and human assistance. “We opened and outfitted...
