by John Freund, CM | Apr 21, 2013 | Vincentian Family
First-Ever Vincentian Student Consortium Convenes At Niagara University Given the distance between them, it’s not too often that students attending the three Vincentian universities in North America have an opportunity to convene and talk about the issues of poverty,...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 21, 2013 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
April 21, 2013 – Please keep in your prayers Fr. Peter Goldbach, CM. of the Eastern Province. Peter celebrated his 101st birthday last August and is the oldest living Vincentian in the world. On Thursday, April 18, Peter went to the Emergency Room of Chestnut...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 19, 2013 | Vincentian Family
Deborah Gyapong of Canadian Catholic News writes… Jean-Noel Cormier got his first glimpse of poverty—and a desire to help—in his childhood in Bouctouche, New Brunswick. “It was a small village,” he said. “We were not that rich. But we had kids poorer than us,”...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 19, 2013 | International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, Vincentian Family
There have been two recent posts about the anti domestic violence and trafficking efforts of the Ladies of Charity at St. John’s University and the Vincentian Center. Here are the Ladies behind the scenes. The Ladies of Charity at St. John’s University...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 19, 2013 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill Host Conference for Formation Personnel The 2013 annual meeting of the Company of Charity Formation Personnel (CCFP) was hosted by the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill at the Bishop Connare Center in Greensburg, PA, April 3-7. The...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 18, 2013 | Vincentian Family
Dennis H. Holtschneider, President of DePaul University sent famvin an explanation of why he and other university Presidents call for the passage of immigrantion legislation. (The piece appeared in copy of his piece in the Chicago Tribune) April 18, 2013 When...
