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The Vincentian Family is a movement made up of more than 160 institutions and some 4,000,000 people who follow Jesus Christ, serving the poor, as did St. Vincent de Paul, St. Louise de Marillac and many other believers who, over the last four centuries, have enriched the Vincentian charism.
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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Missing Sister Discovered Dead in Ruins of Earthquake
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jan 17, 2010 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
Sister Maria Teresa Tapia, visitatirix of the Province of Haiti, announced today the death of one of the Daughters of Charity. The sister had been missing since the day of earthquake, but there had been hope of finding her in the wreckage. Today, however, her body has...
Pray for the families of the members of the Vincentian Family
by John Freund, CM | Jan 17, 2010 | Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Marian Youth
It has come to light that the entire family of Yasmine Cajuste, President of the JMV, is in Haiti. May our prayers go out to her as well as the families of so many other members of the Vincentian family.
Qualification – Daughter of Charity missing
by John Freund, CM | Jan 17, 2010 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
The news that come from Haiti sometimes immerses us in a sea of doubts. If yesterday we had given up a sister for dead, according to a testimony coming from that same Haiti via Santo Domingo, today, we have to say, fortunately, that the death of said Daughter of...
A Note to Users || Famvin Mobile
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jan 16, 2010 | News
We have recently installed an automatic re-direction plug-in which allows http://famvin/en/ to recognize when a mobile user (cell phone or PDA) accesses the Famvin English site. Called "Wordpress Mobile Pack," this service is provided to enable you to "keep up to...
890 Billion in aid to Haiti?
by John Freund, CM | Jan 15, 2010 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
One way we can help Haitians build a better tomorrow is to convince global creditors to cancel Haiti’s $890 million international debt. Doing so will help make sure that every possible future dollar goes towards rebuilding a stronger Haiti, not to servicing old debts....
Haiti contributions via the Daughters of Charity
by John Freund, CM | Jan 15, 2010 | Collaboration, Daughters of Charity, Formation, Justice and Peace, Missions inter gentes, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
I am S. Kathleen Natwin and I am one of the Councilors of the Albany Province of the Daughters of Charity. We have a Province in Haiti (see famvin story) ... we have been asking our Sisters to direct donations to the Province in Haiti. An easier way of doing this is...
One Daughter of Charity among the dead in Haiti
by John Freund, CM | Jan 15, 2010 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
We have just learned from the Provincial of the Vincentians in Puerto Rico that one Daughter of Charity died in Haiti.
Haiti – Not a natural disaster story but a story of poverty
by John Freund, CM | Jan 15, 2010 | Collaboration, Disasters and Responses, Formation, Justice and Peace, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
Thus writes conservative commentator David Brooks in the New York Times. There is much food for thought for the Vincentian Family efforts at collaboration in Haiti.
How to avoid being scammed for Haiti
by John Freund, CM | Jan 15, 2010 | Collaboration, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
Cybercriminals quickly mobilized following the news of a massive earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday, by introducing several hundred compromised domains embedded with bogus blackhat seo (search engine optimization) content related to Red Cross donations and general...
Perspectives on immediate and long-term needs in Haiti
by John Freund, CM | Jan 14, 2010 | Collaboration, Disasters and Responses, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
Haiti needs immediate (disaster relief), intermediate (reconstruction) and long-term (systemic and disaster prevention) assistance writes Aidan Rooney, CM. The Red Cross, Mercy Corps, Doctors Without Borders, CRS and others excel in their abilities to plan and to...