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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Last minute news about Vincentians at World Youth Day
The June Issue of Vin-Views, newsletter for the Vincentian Family and Worlod Youth Day, is now available in pdf format. Learn more about keynoter Richard Benson, CM.
Bishop-elect pays tribute to Daughters of Charity in Cuba
The new Bishop-Elect of the Newark Archdiocese Manuel A. Cruz, a Cuban refugee, gives special thanks for the role of the Daughters of Charity in his life in Cuba. "As a refugee, I learned that everything is a gift, a gift that comes from God's loving hands. "By Divine...
Empowering Youth to Help Where Help is Needed
UGIVE, a Cincinnati-based nonprofit organization "makes philanthropy relevant, fun and interesting to the younger generation by encouraging students to find their passion through volunteering." UGIVE focuses solely on volunteerism by youth. It seeks to "bridge[] the...
Systemic Change Strategy 12: Educate, train and offer spiritual formation
The thirteenth in the Seeds of Change series: 20 strategies for systemic change described by members of the Vincentian Family’s Commission for Promoting Systemic Change. Sister Ellen Flynn, D.C. writes: Systemic Change Strategy 12: Educate, train and offer spiritual...
Political Charity and Vincentian Formation
We have just received notice of an exciting new blog devoted to Political Charity and Vincentian Formation. The commission on Charism and Cultures and the Asia Pacific Regional Formators have been grappling with these concepts for over a decade and have now mounted a...
Social Entrepreneurs – Vincentian and Catholic “Compassionate Capitalists”
From mowing lawns to meeting needs of the marginalized, young Vincentian and Catholic social entrepreneurs grow up. Read more about de Paul University students and the prominent place of Catholic univiersities in the movement to serve the world and make a profit. Kris...
Opening doors that lead to meaning
There are many Daughters of Charity who, like Jesus, travel the roads of life reaching out to those their fellow travellers making theirs hearts burn with the flame of Love. To them they also open their doors inviting others to share the mission that gives meaning to...
Young Vincentian win UNESCO prize with recipe for peace
UNESCO Brazil promoted a composition contest on the topic: "How to Stop Poverty and Inequality" - A young member of the Vincent dePaul Society used the metaphor of a recipe for baking a cake and took home the prize. From the total of 41.329 compositions that entered...
Where did all this come from?
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul today is present in 141 countries with 145 Superior, National and Assimilated Councils. It has 50,000 Conferences and over 700,000 members. It distributes over 550 million euros in aid every year around the world. How did this...
Discovery Channel’s Green TV salutes SVDP
In a "love is inventive unto infinity" story that Vincent would enjoy, Green TV's short segment called “Once Upon a Mattress†documents the St. Vincent dePaul Society's (Lane County, Oregon), mattress recycling plant. “We really are the only commercially viable...
