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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Credible prophecy and the Vincentian Charism
José Vicente Nacher Tatay, CM, writes... "Our Vincentian charism will only be a credible prophecy if we truly live it. The key to prophecy is fidelity (remembering). Anything else would be a scandal, a lie, a history about someone who gave and then took back what had...
October 17 – World Day to Eradicate Poverty
The theme for 2012: Ending the Violence of Extreme Poverty: Promoting Empowerment and Building Peace. Visit the UN website for information abut what is being done around the world this day. "Rampant poverty, which has festered for far too long, is linked to social...
“Our Iceberg is melting” – Vincentian Family coping with change
On the surface, John Kotter's Our Iceberg Is Melting is a simple story of a colony of penguins facing a dilemma. But contained within the story and the characters is a powerful message about the fear of change and how to motivate people to face the future and take...
Two more saints from a state of grace
In a clever headline, "Two More Saints From a State of Grace", the New York Times points out that more than half the 12 Americans saints are from the state of New York. Lawrence Downs writes... "When Pope Benedict XVI canonizes seven Catholic saints in Rome next...
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth – new way of being religious
Jane Karakunnel, SCN writes, "Our religious vocation begins and ends in the desire for God, said Sister Shalini Mulackal, PBVM, the resource person for the one and a half-day Theological reflection on ‘a new way of being women religious in the Asian context’ held at...
President of St. Elizabeth College completes 16-year term
Sister Francis Raftery will step down as head of the College of Saint Elizabeth in Morristown next year, school officials announced. She will complete a 16-year term and a total of 38 years of service to the College. In 2012, the college established the DePaul Center...
Vincentian Family Golden Jubilarians in India
Sr. Malini Manjaly, SCN writes of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations in Mokama, a city and a municipality in Patna district in the Indian state of Bihar... "Sisters Margaret Rodericks, Marietta Saldanha and Mary Scaria Menonparambil celebrated their Golden Jubilee at...
US high school retraces Vincentian roots in Paris
St. John Prep Students Discover Themselves Overseas Forty students and six teachers from St. John’s Prep, Astoria, embarked on an international pilgrimage to better understand their faith, the world, and their school’s Vincentian heritage. They traveled to Ireland,...
Vincentian mission celebrates in the high plains of Bolivia
Father Aidan Rooney , CM writes, "You did it! - It was a perfect day to celebrate the dedication of the new chapel/formation center thanks to your efforts and kind donations. " Over one hundred faithful filled the new center to celebrate the Eucharist and to kick off...
Vincentian Lay Missionary experience of “safari of service”
When most Americans visit Africa, they go to experience the vast wildlife by enjoying an African safari. But for St. John’s University, Jamaica, soccer alumna Raelynne Lee, it was a safari of service that led her to the vast continent across the Atlantic. As part of...
