by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 17, 2012 | Vincentian Family
“A coalition of welfare and community groups, including the St Vincent de Paul Society, has called on the Federal Government to commit to a $2.5 billion stimulus package for the housing sector in the next Budget. Australians for Affordable Housing (AAH), of...
by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 16, 2012 | Vincentian Family
It will be a happy 2012 in Haiti for about 350 new families who will enroll in Chemen Lavi Miyò *Link no longer active)(CLM), a poverty alleviation program that translates into English as “Pathway to a Better Life.” This systemic change effort led by the...
by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 15, 2012 | Vincentian Family
VinFormation salutes the Sisters of Charity of Halifax with a brief graphical presentation of their arrival in Halifax and their official recognition by Pius IX on February 17, 1856. For more on their history visit the “Beginnings” section of their...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 15, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Sister Margaret Beaudette, SC, has received final approval for two sculptures she created for the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in Metuchen. The 5′ 2″ sculptures of St. Francis of Assisi and Pope John Paul II , who established the New Jersey diocese,...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 13, 2012 | Vincentian Family
The Vincentian Family, led by the Vincent dePaul Society, is well represented at the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering this week in Washington. For the “homebound” there is a way to follow a good bit of the action via Facebook and Twitter (#csmg). This...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 12, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Fr. Jaime Corera, CM writes “If Vincent had remained faithful to Leviticus until his death and if he continued to love himself in the same way that he did for the first thirty-seven years of his life, if he had not experienced a radical change that enabled him...