The FAMVIN Digital Network
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.
The FAMVIN Digital Network serves the Vincentian Family with news, media, formation resources and more. Learn more about who we are and what we offer.
Articles from the Famvin News Archive
One Year Can Change Your Life
Pauline Gaughan DC wrote: Each year since 1992 a group of young people have given a year of their lives to live in the UK in small Christian Communities and serve those who are poor. Those they serve become their teachers. "The poor are your Lords and Masters" St...
Vincentian University Students Discuss Millennium Development Goals
According to recent reports, more than one billion people in the world currently live on less than a dollar per day. On March 23, 20 St. John’s undergraduates traveled to the United Nations Missions of Italy and Indonesia in midtown New York to discuss the U.N.’s...
Weekly Vincentian Podcast – dePaul University
Let's Talk about Vincent de Paul: A weekly podcast produced by the Office of Mission and Values at DePaul University. Episode 26: "Simplicity: a Countercultural Virtue" Weekly Podcast From the archive .... April April 2, 2007 Episode 25: "First the Heart, Then the...
Vincentian Poverty Reduction – Call for Papers
What Would St. Vincent de Paul do about Today’s Global Poverty? On this occasion of the First Vincentian Symposium on Poverty Reduction we ask faculty, staff, and students from DePaul University (Chicago), St. John’s University (New York City), Niagara University...
SVDP in Australia Charged with Discrimination
AUSTRALIA, April 9, 2007 (theaustralian.news.com.au): Michael McKenna writes in The Australian this morning - The ruling Catholic leadership of the St Vincent de Paul Society faces trial over alleged religious discrimination after telling one of its leaders to convert...
Vincentian Spirituality Retreat – 11/8-11/07
Vincentian Spirituality Retreat offered at Evansville, Indiana, Mater Dei Provincialate Retreat Overview Members of the Vincentian Family and lay collaborators in Vincentian ministries will be offered 4 days of spiritual conferences, prayer opportunities, and silent...
Happy Easter!
Easter Sunday [C], April 8, 2007
Readings Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Psalms 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8 John 20:1-9 Quotes The power of the Spirit, who raised Christ from the dead, is continuously at work in the world. Through the generous sons and daughters of the Church...
Video and Slide Presentation of Superior General in Ethiopia
The international site of the Congregation of the Mission has posted media presentations of the Superior General's visit to Ethiopia March 14-23, 2007
Women at Calvary Were Brave, Says Preacher to Papal Curia
VATICAN CITY, APRIL 6, 2007 (Zenit.org).- According to the preacher of the Pontifical Household, the women present at Calvary accompanying Jesus were more than pious individuals, they were "mothers of courage." Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa delivered that...
