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350th Anniversary art competition
The SVDP in the UK is sponsoring an art competition to celebrate the 350th Anniversary. They are looking for artwork, whether it be painting, photography, sculpture or any other type of art which expresses Vincentian values and the ethos of the Vincentian Family. Open...
Re-presentation of Seton Harvest by Regina Bechtle
Harvesting three themes in Elizabeth's writing - memory, hope and presence -Â describing aspects of ordinary human experience where all of us may encounter the holy mystery of God that surrounds us VinFormation offers another way of looking at these themes from a...
Daughters of Charity serving in Haiti
The DC houses situated in Port-au-Prince have been severely damaged and our Sisters have become homeless having to sleep outside in tents. They are trying to give basic services (nursing care, nutrition and accompaniment) in the middle of the general chaos. As soon as...
Most publicized Vincentian parishioner remembered after 24 years
Christa McAuliffe is perhaps the most publicized parishioner of all Vincentian parishes. She perished in the Challenger rocket disaster in February 1986. The newly unveiled website of the New England Province features a story of the events that unfolded and of the...
MISEVI to meet in Bogotá for Assembly
International delegates from MISEVI (Misioneros Seglares Vicencianos), including the Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission, as well as invited guests from other lay Vincentian missionary organizations, will meet beginning February 5, 2010, in Bogotá,...
Report from International SVDP officer who lives in Haiti
Message from Eduardo Marqués Almeida, who lives in Haiti and serves as International Territorial Vice-President for South America Equatorial North, Eduardo Marqués Almeida, (24th January, 2010) Dear Father Gregory and José Ramón, I hope you are well. Yesterday, for...
YouTube video – Western Province USA merging of 3 provinces
A YouTube video of the gathering of Vincentian Fathers from the Provinces of the Midwest, Southern and the West as they prepare themselves for a new Western Province. It includes the Superior General's presentation and the installation of the new provincial, Perry...
A reminder from Vincent
As we celebrate founding of the Congregation of the Mission let all the followers of Vincent take to heart his words to the Daughters of Charity... "The Company is not now what it once was, nor is it what it will be." Vincent, as St. Paul before him, could also say of...
The lows … and highs in Haiti
I am back from Haiti exhausted more emotionally than physically based on the grief and despair that was on the faces of everyone I know. I assume you know that Stephanie and I were in Cap H. when the earthquake hit. The force was so strong in the north that I feared...
Pope urges use of latest generation of audiovisual resources
Or as USA Today trumpets... "Holy tweet! YouTube-era pope urges blogging for faith" "Responding adequately to this challenge amid today's cultural shifts, to which young people are especially sensitive, necessarily involves using new communications technologies. The...