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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Video summary of Vincentian Family Gathering in Detroit
The YouTube famvinglobal channel is now featuring a 5 minute overview of the very successful gathering of the Vincentian Family in the United States and Canada. We hope to have more presentations available soon.
Israeli Foreign Ministry mounts website for Pope’s visit
"Pope Benedict XVI will be welcomed to the Holy Land as a true friend of the State of Israel and the Jewish people. His 11-15 May 2009 visit will mark an important stage in the development of the relationship between the Vatican and Israel."
“I’ve decided I’m a learner” Vincentian Service Corps volunteer
"I’ve decided I’m a learner. I receive twice what I give." writes Emma Olwell in the Vincentian Service Corps Spring Newsletter. "It may take me months under the psychological microscope to discover the ways I’ve been changed." The down loadable pdf ...
VinFormation features 100 years of Missionary Cenacle Family history
Anticipating the development of the Lay Apostolate 100 years ago Fr. Thomas Augustine Judge CM Â led for lay volunteers from the North to come and help him in his work. The rest is history as they say. See a historical timeline subsequent developments at...
Vincentian Millenium Partnership petitions British Government
The Vincentian Millium Partnership (VMP) collected 11,125 signatures asking the British Government for the compassionate and just treatment of asylum seekers in the UK. The Rt Hon John Battle presented our petition on 29th April in the House of Commons. I think St...
Reaching the spiritual through the temporal
Sacred Heart is a "beacon of light" depressed area of Mississippi, says Father Michael Barth, a Missionary Servant of the Most Holy Trinity (Trinitarian). The Diocese of Jackson has the lowest percentage of Catholics in the country. As a result, many of its outreaches...
Current issue of Nuntia with news of the Congregation of the Mission now available
From the General Curia: Spiritual exercises; The Superior General; CEVIM: Meeting in Beirut. From the Provinces: Argentina: The Celebrations of the 150th Anniversary; Colombia: From the Internal Seminary; Portugal: Provincial Day; Vice-Province of Nigeria: Canonical...
Vinfam Asia-Pacific Vincentian Leadership “Train the Trainers” Program
April 30 marked the culmination of the two-week Vincentian Leadership ˜Train the Trainers Program (VLP) held at the Villa Sta. Luisa, Tagaytay City, Philippines. VLP is a collaborative endeavor of the De Paul University-Chicago (DPU), Adamson University-Manila (AdU)...
Daughters of Charity in General Assembly
From 18th May -13 June 2009 nearly 200 Sisters (General Council, Visitatrixes and Delegates), representing 78 Provinces distributed in 91 countries, will gather in General Assembly at the Mother House in Paris. This gathering is a real expression of the...
See it, Film it, Change it! – systemic change
These words, See it, Film it, Change it!, represent another approach to systemic change. The website WITNESS uses video and online technologies to open the eyes of the world to human rights violations. "We empower people to transform personal stories of abuse into...
