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The Vincentian Family is a movement made up of more than 160 institutions and some 4,000,000 people who follow Jesus Christ, serving the poor, as did St. Vincent de Paul, St. Louise de Marillac and many other believers who, over the last four centuries, have enriched the Vincentian charism.
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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
A Different Take On Can’t We Just Get Along
Since 1969 Romo Tondo, CM and his Vincentian colleagues have been running an informal welfare organization, spotting the genuine poor and talented, then making personal pleas directly to affluent Catholics. ...The Rp 10,000 (US$1.10) the well-off might spend on one...
Echos of Frederic
SYDNEY, March 18, 2007 (catholicweekly.com.au): John O'Neill, NSW/ACT state president of the St Vincent de Paul Society, writes for The Catholic Weekly (March 18) this week - The question which should be agitating the world today is neither one of the forms of...
Lenten Reflection: Baptism
A powerpoint version of this movie can be downloaded by clicking on the Baptism graphic to the right. The full text of Fr. Maloney's reflections can be found at Maloney Lenten Letters
New Secretary General for the Congregation of the Mission
The General Council has named Father Claudio Santangelo (Province of Rome) as the new Secretary General, replacing Father Juan Carlos Cerquera, who resigned for reasons of health. Father Santangelo was born on 8 May 1964 in Rome. His parents are Domenico and Maria...
Pope’s Preacher Calls Curia to Meekness – Zenit
VATICAN CITY, MARCH 16, 2007 (Zenit.org).- The beatitudes are a self-portrait of Jesus, says Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa and thus, we should not only imitate them but also make them our own. He said this today during a Lenten reflection in the presence of...
Text of Pope’s New Document on the Eucharist
The Vatican website has published the text of Pope Benedict's Apostolic Exhortation on the Eucharist. Sacramentum Caritas In outline... Introduction [1] The food of truth [2] The development of the eucharistic rite [3] The Synod of Bishops and the Year of the...
Welcome to FAMVIN reloaded
We've been spending a lot of time migrating to a new way of running FAMVIN. The change is in place, but I'm sure that there will be loose ends to tie up. If you find errors, links that don't link correctly or just things that don't make sense, please contact us so we...
FAMVIN WYD SITE FEATURED ON CATHNEWS
AUSTRALIA, March 15, 2007 (cathnews.com): The 'Featured Website' in yesterday's CathNews (March 14) was the FamVin World Youth Day Site. The CathNews review of the site can be read in the March Website Reviews at:: http://www.cathnews.com/sites/703.html
Feeding the Hungry – Bread and Life
St John's Bread and Life was featured in the Sunday NY Daily News (3/11/07) in an article chronicling the struggles of immigrant day laborers in NYC. Though this topic is fraught with strong opinions I think the article captures what Bread and Life tries to embody...
Daughters of Charity – March of Dimes – New Orleans
The Daughters of Charity and the March of Dimes are teaming up to make New Orleans a safe place to give birth. WASHINGTON, March 7 (UPI) -- After Hurricane Katrina, the city of New Orleans is in the midst of a rebirth -- but advocates are struggling to make it a good...
