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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Scammers and WYD
The St Vincent de Paul Society has warned about bogus collectors operating in western Sydney pretending to be Vinnies volunteers collecting money to support visiting World Youth Day pilgrims. The Society issued the warning on Friday that a number of people in...
Systemic change strategy: support and respect mechanisms for promoting solidarity
The eighteenth in the Seeds of Change series: 20 strategies for systemic change described by members of the Vincentian Family’s Commission for Promoting Systemic Change. Patricia Nava writes: Systemic Change Strategy: Support and respect the mechanisms for promoting...
Weekly Liturgical Reflections from the SVDP
Weekly Vincentian reflections based on the Sunday readings are posted at the USA site of the Society of St. Vincent dePaul
New art depicts Vincentian heros
Sr. Ellen LaCapria, DC offers this artistic depiction of the saints and blesseds of the Vincentian Family. Sr. Ellen has created many other pieces of art.
July 19 – Traditional feast day for Vincent
For those of us of a certain age who remember celebrating the feast of St. Vincent de Paul on July 19 a traditionalist blog has posted the liturgical prayers once in use. For the contemporary texts as used on September 27 visit the Canadian site of the St. Vincent...
Impact of “20 somethings” – SVDP almost 175 years ago
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, at its roots, owes its existence to six "20 somethings" using a phrase popular in the US to denote young adults. The SSVP, called at the beginning « conference of charity », is a collegial foundation that took place in Paris the...
Vincentian preaches at funeral of Tony Snow
WASHINGTON, D.C., JULY 18, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Here is the homily preached Thursday by Father David O'Connell, president of Catholic University of America, at the funeral Mass for Tony Snow, held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in...
Vincentian Lay Missioners in context
The Vincentian Encyclopedia provides background information about Vincentian Lay Missioners (VLM), a still relatively unknown collaborative venture of the Daughters of Charity and members of the Congregation of the Mission first in Ireland and now the US.
On a brighter note from a lay missioner in Ethiopia
As I read I could not help thinking of how Vincent used to share stories like these with his early missioners and wealthy friends. ( Famvin editor's comment) See earlier posts "Setting Out" and the troubling "First Report" Aidan Rooney CM passes this on from...
Anniversary Рfirst apparition to St. Catherine Labour̩
July 18, 2008 marks the anniversary of the first apparition of the Our Lady to St. Catherine Labouré in 1830. For more background see below Vincentian Encyclopedia - Catherine Laboure The story of St. Catherine Laboure http://www.amm.org/catherine.asp Central...
