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Vincentian Marian Youth International Book of Prayer
by John Freund, CM | Mar 2, 2010 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Marian Youth
The international site of the Vincentian Marian Youth (JMV) has a link (no longer active) to their JMV BOOK OF PRAYERS VINCENTIAN MARIAN YOUTH.
Earthquake in Chile: Mobilizing
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 2, 2010 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
More from the CM Province in Chile through Facebook "Earthquake: Mobilizing to help in assisting our brothers and sisters." Wednesday at 4:46 pm: 795 dead is the new figure given by the Government. The number of missing is not certain. At least two million are...
Vincentian Family to meet in cyberspace
by John Freund, CM | Mar 1, 2010 | Systemic change, Vincentian Family
Vincentian Family - Visioning Virtually Changing Systems - Changing Lives For more information on this historic event April 24, 2010 visit VirtualVins
YouTube videos celebrating the 350th anniversary.
by John Freund, CM | Mar 1, 2010 | Vincentian Family
Fr. Labitag, CM of the Philippines offers 2 new videos 350 images of poverty - 350 images of Vincent drawn from the dePaul University image gallery See also his Tears of an angel on the plight of children in the world
VMY (JMV) News
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 28, 2010 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Marian Youth
Vincentian Marian Youth International continues to prepare for their first-ever gathering of African VMY Councils as a lead up to the VMY General Assembly in Lisbon. So far, delegations are expected from Algeria, Cameroon, D. R. of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea,...
MISEVI Assembly 2010 || Final Document
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 28, 2010 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Lay Missionaries
"Having met at the retreat house of the Daughters of Charity "Los Pinos", Bogotá, Colombia, the Third International Assembly of MISEVI was carried out, with representations from Colombia, Venezuela, USA, Italy, Brazil, Spain, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Argentina and...
Chile: Summary from Their Facebook Page
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 28, 2010 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
The editor of the CM Province's Facebook Page writes, "Let's try to summarize what happened in Chile, as a result of an earthquake of 8.8 on the Richter scale and the subsequent tsunamis produced in several places. The earthquake affected the regions from Valparaiso...
More News from Chile
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 28, 2010 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
We've heard from the Daughters of Charity in Tome and Talcahuano. They are well after the shock. In Tome, the tsunami would have reached Marguerite Nasseau School, but we have no report of damage. In Maule a sister of a Daughter of Charity has been rescued alive from...
Earthquake in Chile
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 27, 2010 | Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
In the wake of the earthquake in Haití, the Vincentian Family and the people with whom they serve and and live are enduring another trial: this time in Chile. We have not heard much, but we have the following news through the C.M. province's Facebook presence,...
DREAM team meets in Paris January 18-22, 2010
by John Freund, CM | Feb 26, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
Twenty Daughters of Charity from 6 African countries, the team of DREAM specialists from the Sant’ Egidio Community, two representatives of IPS (International Project Services of the Daughters of Charity) and Father Robert Maloney, coordinator of the partnership of...