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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Focus on the (DC) General Assembly – Preparing in prayer
On the 8th May, a total of 184 Sisters arrived from all over the world for the General Assembly of the Company: 78 Visitatrices (Provincials) and 92 Sisters delegated by their Provinces to represent them. For more information visit Focus On section of the...
Systemic Change and Haiti
Fr. Manny Ginete speaks of systemic change and the Vincentian Family "Haiti Project" in one of the video interviews of Vincentian Family members attending the recent Vincentian Family Gathering in Detroit.
350th Anniversary – Heritage Commission
The Heritage Commission has chosen to reach each individual member of the Vincentian Family, in preference to sponsoring an international symposium. There will be twelve short reflections (one for each month of the jubilee year) that will be available through the...
350th Collaborative Pilot Project – Haiti
In view of the celebration of the 350th anniversary of the deaths of St. Louise and St. Vincent in 2010, the international leaders of the Vincentian Family named a Projects Committee to develop a specific initiative in favor of the poorest of the poor that would...
350th Anniversary Celebration Committees
The date of the celebration in Rome at the Basilica of St. Peter is set for Saturday 25 September 2010 at 5:00 pm, to accommodate the best participation of the pilgrims. Cardinal Franc Rodi will preside at the concelebrated Eucharist: the Holy Father will send a...
Jubilee Year – 350th Anniversary of Vincent and Louise
"I write to you today to announce officially the beginning of our Jubilee Year, a year in which we will celebrate as Vincentian Family the anniversaries of the death and resurrection of our founders Saint Vincent de Paul and Saint Louise de Marillac. We do so under...
Video impressions from the retreat prior to Daughters General Assembly
The international site of the Daughters of Charity is featuring 2 minutes of video impressions from the retreat prior to the opening of their General Assembly. (It can also be accessed directly at YouTube.)
Charity and Relationships – the Personal side
Do we give things... or ourselves? Matt de Boer is a Vincentian Lay Missionary who reflects on the way we give to those who are poor and how God gives to we who are poor. A relevant question given the video in this week's featured post. Our culture says “give,†so...
Hungarian Daughters of Charity sheltering Jews from Nazi persecution
Zsuzsa and Veronika Siklos were two of over 100 children who escaped the Nazi concentration camps during the Second World War by hiding out in a Hungarian convent of the Daughters of Charity that came to be known as Guardian Angel House. Kathy Clark has written a...
What really is poverty?
In this weeks featured video on famvin (right hand column) the question is asked "What if you lost everything, how long would it take you to get something to eat, find a place to stay, and a get some work? A Brazilian pastor, Claudio Oliver, offers up a definition of...
