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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
DePaul “Taste for Zafen” raised $15,000
More than 200 members of the DePaul community and friends turned out April 1 to raise over $15,000 for Haiti and celebrate Zafèn’s first anniversary. Zafèn is the onlinemicrofinance program the International Vincentian Family partnered to launch on the 350th...
LCUSA Members Elected to AIC Executive Board
Congratulations to Margaret Hanson and Gayle Johnson, both of whom were elected to the International Association of Charities (AIC) Executive Board! Elections took place in Madrid, Spain on Sunday, April 3, following the international meeting of volunteers from...
Seton writings available online and searchable
Volume I of the Seton Collected Writings is online, and searchable! Regina Bechtle writes, "Our friends at DePaul University Library have done a great job. The rest of the volumes will follow, I hope, in rapid succession. The sections are quite long, so I found it...
CM named Bishop in Papua New Guinea
Fr. Rolando Santos, C.M. provincial superior of the Lazarist Fathers, Philippines, has been named Bishop of Alotau-Sideia (area 20,000, population 245,000, Catholics 41,137, priests 23, religious 43), Papua New Guinea. The bishop-elect was born in Rizal, Philippines,...
Elizabeth Seton and the Mystery of Suffering
Sisters Vivienne Joyce, SC, & Mary Ellen O’Boyle, SC Sisters of Charity of New York prepared a beautiful reflection on the Mystery of Suffering in the writings of Elizabeth Ann Seton (Presented with apologies for not having posted it earlier!) Elizabeth Ann Seton...
John Paul II and the Vincentian Charism
In anticipation of the beatification of Pope John Paul II in May, let us meditate on his words to the Daughters of Charity and all those who live the Vincentian Charism. So the international site of the Daughters of Charity Prayer Corner this months features "John...
Congregation of the Mission opens mission in Tunisia
The Superior General, together with his Council have opened a new international mission on an experimental basis in Tunisia in the city of Tunis. In September, two confreres will begin that mission. They are Father Firmin Mola, Congolese from the Province of Toulouse,...
Miraculous Medal video up for “Telly Award” (Vote)
The Miraculous Medal Shrine made a video of the Miraculous Medal Story with Fr. Carl Pieber, C.M. and also explained our prayer group Mary's Miraculous Medal Family. This video: http://www.youtube.com/tellyawards?x=wzKThmXJw48 is now up for a People's Choice Telly...
Miracle recognized for member of the Vincentian Family
The Pope authorized promulgation of the recognition of a miracle for Venerable Servant of God Enrica Alfieri (nee Maria Angela), Italian professed nun of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of St. Jeanne-Antide Thouret (1891-1951).
“Praying with Vincentian Communities” – Regina Bechtle, SC
"So how might we define Vincentian spirituality as lived today by Sisters and Daughters of Charity, Vincentian priests and brothers, laypersons in the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and the Ladies of Charity, and young members of Vincentian Marian Youth and...
