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Website for Vincentian Youth at WYD
Vincentian Marian Youth announce a website which will serve as point of information for Vincentian Family Youth participating World Youth Day in Madrid. Click on the graphic on the left to be taken to a beginning collection of videos leading up to the event.
Daughters of Charity in Haiti awarded Van Thuân Prize
(Zenit.org).- The Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul were among the victims of the Jan. 12 earthquake that struck Haiti, yet they were also among the first aid workers. For this reason, as well as the continuing work they have been doing in that country over...
Daughters of Charity in South India
The Daughters of Charity in South India have a website describing the works of 138 sisters serving in 25 houses in six states in the province of South India. (Currently the site is not responding) The Congregation of the Mission is also present in South India....
Vincentian Heritage Tour 2011
The Vincentian Studies Institute of the United States is happy to announce a Vincentian Heritage Tour to France for members of the Vincentian Family in the United States. The tour will be led by Fr. John Rybolt, C.M., and Fr. Ed Udovic, C.M. Click the Read More link...
Spending Time with God…The Info Tech God
We consider it peculiar that Muslims stop five times a day to offer prayers to Allah, yet we stop what we do five times an hour to pay homage to our e-mail. For many of us, the one true god to whom we give our devotion is the deity known as IT: information technology....
Good news about Catholic Health Care
Catholic-owned U.S. health systems “had significantly better quality performance” than investor-owned, for-profit systems, says a national study by Thomson Reuters as reported in the National Catholic Reporter. The study found that other church-based systems ranked...
Next Synod – New Evangelization
According to CNS Pope Benedict announced today that he’s chosen “new evangelization” as the theme for the next world Synod of Bishops in 2012. The pope said the topic reflects a need to re-evangelize in countries where Christian faith and practice have declined, and...
Prayers requested the family of the SVDP President in Haiti
I have just received confirmation that "the National President of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Lesly Elisme, has family members hospitalized with Cholera, including his father." Prayers are certainly in order for them and all the others affected by this...
Pope’s Message for World Youth Day
Now, at a time when Europe greatly needs to rediscover its Christian roots, our meeting will take place in Madrid with the theme: “Planted and built up in Jesus Christ, firm in the faith” (cf. Col 2:7). I encourage you to take part in this event, which is so important for the Church in Europe and for the universal Church.
Dear Friends,
Vincentian Family in Typhoon Megi
The Superior General writes, "Recent inquires have been made with the Visitatrices, Visitors or Regional Superiors of the Philippines, China, Thailand and Vietnam regarding the recent Typhoon Megi. Obviously with disasters of this nature there is always damage and...
