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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Online Conference – a way of connecting without gas bills
Could this be of value to various groups in the Vincentian Family? The Paulist Evangelization Association provides a model. All you need to participate is a web browser, an internet connection, and speakers or headphones to hear the presentations. For three days,...
Vincentians and the Redemptorists
August 1 is the feast of St. Alphonsus. The relationship between the Vincentians and the Redemptorists goes much deeper than the fact that Saint Alphonsus Liguori was born on the feast of Vincent dePaul. Alphonsus' radical conversion dates back to a Vincentian...
Seton National Shrine becomes a Basilica – August 4, 1991
The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Emmitsburg, MD, USA, becomes a basilica - 1991 -
A Vincentian voice for indigenous people
Vincentian priest Fr. Joe Fitzgerald offers a website giving voice to the concerns of the Ngobe people in Panama. Complete with YouTube channel he gives voice to the voiceless using simple internet pages.He writes, With a poverty level of 97%, the Ngöbe are truly...
Celebrating the Seton Legacy
In 2009, the Sisters and Daughters of Charity throughout the United States will commemorate two hundred years of history, charity, and dedication that was begun by a small band of young women under the inspiration of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. Today, congregations...
SVDP member – first gypsy to be beatified.
Ceferino was the first Gypsy to be beatified. A member of the Saint Vincent de Paul Society, he was martyred August 9, 1936 in Spain. Ceferino was born around 1861 in Benavent de Segria, in Lerida Province, Catalonia. He is best known as a Spanish Gypsy martyred...
New Visitatrix for Daughters of Charity, Province of the West
Sister Marjory Ann Baez was recently installed as Visitatrix of the Daughters of Charity, Province of the West. Sr. Marjory Ann comments. "Our recent Provincial Assembly deepened our convictions about being innovative in our service, as well as being committed to...
Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph’s founded July 31, 1809, Emmitsburg, Maryland
The community of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph's was founded July 31, 1809, at the Stone House in Saint Joseph's Valley near Emmitsburg, Maryland. "The Provisional Regulations for Saint Joseph's Sisters (1809) was the primitive governing documents of the new...
$400,000 grant aids St. Vincent’s Hospital’s child protection facility
Thanks to a $400,000 grant from the Daughters of Charity Foundation, thePeyton Manning Children's Hospital at St.Vincent opens its new Child Protection Center to provide optimal and compassionate care for Indiana's abused and neglected children.
NUNTIA of the Congregation of the Mission
The July issue of the international bulletin of the Congregation of the Mission is now available in pdf format at nuntia-2008-07-eng
