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The Vincentian Family is a movement made up of more than 160 institutions and some 4,000,000 people who follow Jesus Christ, serving the poor, as did St. Vincent de Paul, St. Louise de Marillac and many other believers who, over the last four centuries, have enriched the Vincentian charism.
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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Sister of Charity – Healing Sexual Abuse
by John Freund, CM | Oct 15, 2013 | Vincentian Family
Sister Nuala Kenny, SC MD writes "My hope is that this website  Healing the Church might be a source of information, insight and inspiration that assists in healing the Church from the pain and suffering of clergy sexual abuse and to re-storing the Church as a...
New CEO – Association of the Miraculous Medal (AMM)
by John Freund, CM | Oct 15, 2013 | Association of the Miraculous Medal, Vincentian Family
October  2013 — PERRYVILLE, MO—The Association of the Miraculous Medal (AMM) in Perryville, Missouri welcomes Don Fulford as the new President/CEO. For the first time in the history of the Association, a lay person will serve in this leadership role. Father Oscar...
Daughters of Charity withdraw from ministries
by John Freund, CM | Oct 15, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
According to the NCR and Catholic News Service  theDaughters of Charity to withdraw from Nashville, eight other dioceses The story reads.... "The Daughters of Charity, who first came to the diocese of Nashville in 1898 to establish St. Thomas Hospital, announced they...
Pope: imitate martyrs, don’t be “painted” Christians
by John Freund, CM | Oct 14, 2013 | Pope
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis sent a video message on Sunday marking the beatification of 522 Spanish martyrs who were killed during the anti-Christian persecutions of the 1930s. Please find below the full text of the video message in English translation. Dear brothers...
Welfare bashing won’t work – SVDP
by John Freund, CM | Oct 14, 2013 | Justice and Peace, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Welfare bashing won’t work,  Australian St Vincent de Paul Society National Council CEO  tells Tony Abbott, current Prime Minister of Australia. John Falzon says work for the dole had limited success and 'blaming the poor for their poverty' has no place in framing...
Vincentian saints and blesseds since 1660
by John Freund, CM | Oct 14, 2013 | Vincentian Family
In the more than 300 years since Louise and Vincent many people have been inspired to lead heroic lives of service of those who are poor and marginalized. Click on the link and let your mouse roll over the graphics at the bottom of the screen to learn more about these...
Prayerful faith is not a drug
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Oct 14, 2013 | Reflections
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), October 20, 2013 – Ex 17, 8-13; 2 Tim 3, 13 – 4, 2; Lk 18, 1-8 What counts is faith working through love (Gal 5, 6) After affirming that the littlest faith is unbelievably a match to the greatest challenge and that faith...
Vigil Gallery – Vincentian Family Martyrs
by John Freund, CM | Oct 13, 2013 | Association of the Miraculous Medal, Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The following gallery of photos were taken on the occasion of the Oct. 13 vigil held for the members of the CM's, DC's and the member of the Association of the Miraculous Medal. Fr Greg Gay wrote in a reflection for this momentous occasion... "“For us as Vincentians,...
Colorado Vincentian Volunteers – 15th Anniversary
by John Freund, CM | Oct 13, 2013 | Vincentian Family
"Young adults answering the call to serve the needy find a community and support for their apostolate in the Colorado Vincentian Volunteers, which is marking its 15th anniversary this year", writes Julie Filby on the Archdiocese of Denver website.... The story...
The spiritual value of night shelters for homeless people
by John Freund, CM | Oct 12, 2013 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Carwyn Gravell of the United Kingdom writes of "The spiritual value of night shelters for homeless people" 26th September 2014 Six months on from the launch of my report Lost and Found: faith and spirituality in the lives of homeless people, it’s time to get...