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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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Vincent’s yes to the poor… and action
by John Freund, CM | Sep 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
Word on Fire Blog - Vincent de Paul "I do not think that St. Vincent had mapped and plotted out in his mind that he would found so many institutions, groups or orders.... Rather, he said “yes” to the poor person who came to him... He recognized Christ in the need of...
Pierre Coste Prize for Vincentian Schnolarship
by John Freund, CM | Sep 27, 2013 | Vincentian Family
Historian Receives Pierre Coste Prize from DePaul’s Vincentian Studies Institute. Barbara Diefendorf, a history professor at Boston University, is being recognized for her distinguished contributions to Vincentian historiography by the Vincentian Studies Institute at...
Vincentian Marian Youth – New Leadership
by John Freund, CM | Sep 27, 2013 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Marian Youth
The Vincentian Marian Youth announces that International Secretariat Father Irving Gabriel Amaro Ramayo, C.M is the new Sub-director of the VMY . He replaces Fr. Pavol Noga, who has been appointed to a new ministry. Rr. Ramayo writes.... Dear young men and women of...
Superior General – memories of his youth
by John Freund, CM | Sep 27, 2013 | Vincentian Family
The diocese of his youth presents with pride the first of a two part series about the Superior General's early years. Patti Murphy Dohn writes "Having known members of his family for almost 40 years, attending high school with two of his siblings, and later teaching a...
How Vincent changed the face of France
by John Freund, CM | Sep 26, 2013 | Formation
Niagara University awaarded Fr. John Slediona an honorary doctorate at its annual Vincentian Convocation. In turn Father presented on the theme "St. Vincent de Paul ad the Formation of Priests. The full text follows. "History with its flickering lamp stumbles along...
Formation Fridays – Vincentian Formation
by John Freund, CM | Sep 26, 2013 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Robert Maloney writes... "Historians have often highlighted St. Vincent's organizational skills. He did not, however, merely organize; he formed the groups and persons that he assembled. In fact, the letters, documents, and conferences in the fourteen volumes of his...
Two initiatives to celebrate Vincent de Paul
by John Freund, CM | Sep 26, 2013 | Vincentian Family
DePaul University announces two initiatives in honor of Vincent de Paul. Institute for Global Homelessness Monsignor Egan Office of Urban Education and Community Partnerships. Fr. Dennis Holtschneider, President of dePaul University writes... I write you, too, to...
Resources for the Feast of St. Vincent
by John Freund, CM | Sep 25, 2013 | Vincentian Family
VinFormation offers an extensive list of resources for those who wish to enter more deeply into the celebration of the his feast on September 27. Here are just three samples found on the site. Five Faces of Vincent de Paul St. Vincent’s Understanding of Christ St....
Litany of St. Vincent dePaul
by John Freund, CM | Sep 25, 2013 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Concluding prayer of the Litany of St. Vincent dePaul "O God, Who for the preaching of the Gospel to the poor, and for promoting the honor of the priesthood, didst endue blessed Vincent with the zeal of an apostle, grant, we humbly pray Thee, that we who...
Pope Francis and Ozanam – kindred spirits
by John Freund, CM | Sep 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
In their own words .... Listen to Frederic Ozanam as he tell his brother, a priest, to get out of his rectory and go to the "outskirts"... “The priests must give up their little bourgeois parishes: their flocks are an elite in the midst of a vast population that they...