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Live video streams from the JMV General Assembly
The JMV General Assembly will stream live video of all their presentations from Lisbon, Portugal Beginning this weekend. For more information from the preparations for this Assembly visit their international site. Immediately prior to the Assembly the First Encounter of the VMY National Councils Africa (from July 29 to 31, 2010)
Sisters of Charity fund “silo breaker” program
In organizational jargon “silos” refers to the tendency for organizations to stay isolated rather than collaborate. The Sisters of Charity of Canoton Ohio have awarded $217.000 to help agencies break out of silos and connect with each other in times of emergencies.
Vincentian Center on Church Management
A Concise Guide to Catholic Church Management by the Vincentian Center for Church and Society published
by Ave Maria Press. After 15 years of working with pastors and ministry leaders the Vincentian Center, in collaboration with the Vincentian Research Fellows of the Peter Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University,authored this 256 page guide. It is a practical response to
the demands on Church leadership that have greatly expanded in the past decade.
Video game to teach the faith
The Bishops of the Philippines have launched a 3D video to teach the faith to youths. Paolo’s Journey features Paolo, a young boy, looking for his way home. By answering questions about the faith, players can keep him safe from falling into fire and help him find keys to pass through caves.
Daughters of Charity benefit from CSR (Corporate Social Responsibity)
According to African Views on Global News when corporate giants choose to make community-based CSR truly responsible, then there is cause for real celebration. Julius Berger PLC, a construction giant, reached out to the Hope Centre (Nigeria) run by Daughters of...
Organizationally savvy saints
Sr. Regina Bechtle, a Sister of Charity of New York, counts many of our Vincentian Family saints as “organizationally savvy saints” who understand the way of “both-and,” who have navigated times of institutional collapse, who excelled in creative collaboration, and...
Kenyan Vincentian Youth seek contact with Vincentian Family
"Our group is known as Zawadi Young Vincentians of Kenya. Zawadi is swahili for gift. We were founded by Fr Ronald Ramson, CM some three years ago. As young Vincentians, we follow the spirit and teachings of St Vincent de Paul" writes Angela Osborne for Zawadi Young...
Abraham Lincoln and the Daughters of Charity
Signed into existence by President Abraham Lincoln, for 150 years, since the outbreak of the Civil War, Providence Hospital has stood as a beacon of Catholic health care and healing ministry to the citizens of Washington, D.C.
Let’s put social policy on the election map
Pro Bono Australia has begun a campaign to make social policy part of the Federal Election and to urge our political leaders to listen to the Not for Profit sector in the lead up to election day. There are few opportunities for the Not for Profit sector to send clear...
A saint for strained family relations
A Third Order Carmelite writes "I was surprised to learn that St. Elizabeth Ann Seton did not have a naturally close relationship with her Father from birth. In fact, quite the opposite."... "Through the beautiful virtue of hospitality, St. Elizabeth was able to...
