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12-part television series to celebrate the 350th Anniversary
On behalf of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, and Catholic Life Television (CLTV), a media ministry of the Diocese of Baton Rouge, I thought you might like to know we are producing a 12-part television series to celebrate the 350th...
SCN Hospice Inauguration in Metsimotlhabe, Botswana
It was a red-letter day in the history of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth at Metsimotlhabe, Botswana — the official opening of Pabalelong – Home of Love and Care — on the morning May 1. Around eight hundred people gathered.
Two reasons to visit Australian Vincentian website
Actually there are many reasons to visit but the first one I would like to mention is the daily feature of Vincentian art work drawn from the de Paul image archives. There is also the opportunity to get a glimpse of Vincentian life and ministry in Australia. I am...
Zafen raised one thousand one year scholarships in one month
Zafèn announced that after only one month online it has now provided one thousand year-long scholarships to grammar school children in Haiti (along with books, a back pack, and writing materials)! The website offered a variety of options for users to choose: single...
Families Back on Track
It has taken seven years and more than $7 million dollars but the St Vincent de Paul Society's Families Back on Track (FBOT) project on the Gold Coast has welcomed its first families. The project in Australia comprises 27 independent furnished units that will provide...
Monthly updates to the International Daughters of Charity site.
The entry page is centered on the new website "Zafen", sponsored by the Vincentian Family for microfinance projects in Haiti. As you look at this website be creative. For example, it could be a great project for a group of school children who pool a small sum of...
Take a virtual bus tour of VinFormation
Let us know what you think about the first of what might be a series of virtual bus tours through the land of famvin.org. Feel free to add your comments at various stops along the newly opened VinFormation route. (CyberMonk will be your tour guide.)
For those with a historical bent…
Fr. Ed Udovic, CM of dePaul University offers another one in his series "St. Vincent's Reading List". This one focuses on Henri de Cauchon du Maupas du Tour (1606-1680) who wrote the first biographies (1644 and 1657 respectively) of both of these spiritual giants...
Carol Keehan, DC – Lauded by the widow of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy
Time Magazine has named her as one of the 100 Most Influential People 2010. The widow of the late Senator Edward Kennedy writes "Her leadership of the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA) has been defined by advocacy for the poor and an unwavering...
April Bulletin of Vincentian Marian Youth
The April 2010 issue of the International Bulletin of Vincentian Marian Youth (VMY) is now available online. Denise el Khoury poses a significant question. "Is it possible to be Christian and not love the other person, all other persons, the whole of all other persons?"
