by annaread | Feb 6, 2008 | Vincentian Family
This year marks 150 years since the arrival in Santa Barbara, California USA of the first Daughters of Charity, who had been asked by Bishop Thaddeus Amat, CM to start a school and orphanage. Read the local newspaper’s story about the anniversary.
by annaread | Feb 5, 2008 | Vincentian Family
Daughter of Charity Giuseppina Nicoli was beatified Sunday in Sardinia, the first time a beatification has taken place there. Read the Vincentian Encyclopedia article about Blessed Giuseppina.
by John Freund, CM | Feb 3, 2008 | Featured, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
(This marks the eighth in a series of ten Vincentian family projects that will be described by Fr. Robert Maloney, Chair of the Systemic Change initiative in the Vincentian Family.) The transformation that has taken place in AIC (Association of International...
by sjs | Feb 3, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
The Vincentian Partnership’s most recent study of low-income households in Ireland found that many were better off in 2007 than 2006, but that they still face weekly financial shortfalls. The Vincentian Partnership, whose members represent the Society of St....
by John Freund, CM | Feb 1, 2008 | Justice and Peace, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
The International Confederation of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul was proposed by the FEBESP (Federation of Charity, Philanthropy and Religious Institutions of the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil) in December 2007 for the Nobel Peace Prize 2008 to the Norwegian Nobel...
by annaread | Jan 31, 2008 | Evangelization, Vincentian Family
The people behind famvin.org are being honored during Founder’s Week at St. John’s University. John Freund, CM, the person responsible for famvin since its inception a decade ago, is being honored with the SJU “International Medal” in...
