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Daughters of Charity – Focus on Elizabeth

For the month of January you can journey in this year of faith with the first saint of the United States, Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton. Our FOCUS ON section is devoted to her. You will discover a woman who was totally inhabited by God and who placed her life at the service of her brothers and sisters; […]

Sisters Learn from those Living in Poverty

The Sisters of Charity Federation site features Sister Margaret Rose Nickerson who says she receives much more than she gives through her ministry at AIDS Saint John in New Brunswick. “I recognize how poor I am and how rich those who are poor are for me,” says the Sister of Charity of the Immaculate Conception. As […]

From “setbacks” to “blessings”

Each year Lynn L’Heureux, Special needs co-coordinator & Advisor of the Society of St Vincent de Paul Calgary Alberta Canada, and her husband look forward to delivering Christmas hampers or baskets for those who fall through the cracks at Christmas. This year she suffered some serious setbacks – her being diagnosed with cancer  and the death […]

Daughters of Charity merge 3 provinces (Spain)

On Christmas Eve, December 24, 2012 Superioress General of the Daughters of Charity Sister Evelyne Franc and the General Council appointed S.Pilar Rendón DC a first Visitatrix of the new Province of Spain South.  The new province results from merging three of nine Spanish provinces of the Company. Click to enlarge photos) Sister Pilar is […]

FAMVIN top ten searches

Among the top 2012 searches on the various sites of the FAMVIN project… Most popular Vincentian posts on Famvin News       Searching for quotations St. Vincent quotes       Searching for information on the Vincentian Family Vincentian Family Calendar Vincentian Family Branches Vincentian Family on the Web VinFormation Prayers, Celebrations & Seasonal […]

“Band of Sisters” trailer

Band of Sisters tells the story of Catholic nuns and their work for social justice after Vatican II of the 1960s. For Catholics who wonder what became of the nuns they knew in habits and convents many years ago, for activists who may feel profoundly discouraged given the problems of today’s world, for women seeking equality […]

Mission as a Sacred Trust: Past, Present, Future

The Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati offer a video response to the question “What is the Charity Mission?” Reviewing quickly their roots in Vincent, Elizabeth Seton and the early Sisters of Charity they present a quick tour of their heritage and conclude saying “Although times change and programs vary according to the current needs of […]

Leadership – Sisters of Charity Seton Hill

The Winter 2012 issue of Celebration is online now! It contains profiles of their leadership team. Also read about the events of 2012 that had great significance for the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill. December_2012_Winter_Celebration_for_web    

World Day of Peace

World Day of Peace, sometimes unofficially known as World Peace Day, is a feast day dedicated to peace  celebrated on January 1, on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. It was introduced in 1967 and inspired by the encyclicals Pacem in Terris and Populorum Progressio of John XXIII and Paul VI. Index of Papal Messages for World Day of Peace since 2006 U.S. […]

Pray tiny bit more in the Year of Faith

Looking for a simple way to deepen prayer in the coming year? “Pray just a tiny bit more.” This guest post from Susan Stabile offers an example of a simple  way of building on things that are already a pattern in our lives. In this case it is as simple asmaking it a point of […]

The FAMVIN Digital Network

famvinThe 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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From Slave to Saint – Josephine Bakhita

by | Aug 7, 2006 |

Bakhita is the first person ever from Sudan to be canonized, or even beatified. She is the first African to be canonized since the early centuries of Christianity, when several North Africans (one of the cores of Christianity before it turned Muslim) were declared...

Pope challenges United States on Middle East

by | Aug 6, 2006 |

POPE BENEDICT has insisted on an immediate ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, directly challenging the American-led position that conditions are not yet right for a halt in fighting. Speaking on Wednesday in St Peter's Square, where he resumed his...

CM Wants To Be Last Filipino Out of Beirut

by | Aug 6, 2006 |

Fr. Agustin “Gestie” Advincula, CM was the voice heard over the airwaves, urging government action on the plight of Filipinos trapped in the war zone. His was also the soothing voice providing reassurance to anxious mothers, spouses and children of the country’s...

CM's Leaving Parish After 170 Years

by | Aug 5, 2006 |

Vincentian priests and brothers have had a presence in Cape Girardeau since the parish was founded in 1836. Two years before that, the Rev. John Timon rode from Perryville to Cape Girardeau on horseback to hold Mass. Two years after the first Vincentian priest arrived...

Vincentian Retreat Center Hosts 2,000 Young Adults

by | Aug 4, 2006 |

MURINGOOR, India (UCAN) -- About 2,000 young Catholics from India and other countries are taking part in a spiritual retreat aimed at helping one another experience the power of God and escape the power of evil... The center, managed by the Vincentian Congregation,...

Vincentian Evangelist and the Plight of Immigrants

by | Aug 4, 2006 |

Deacon Arnold Hernandez, a Texas-born farm worker who is now a Vincentian evangelist, tries to comment about the squalor suffered by these legal guest workers to farm owners and operators.HUNTINGTON, Ind. (Our Sunday Visitor) – There's a barn in southeast Arkansas...

SVDP in County Mayo, Ireland

by | Aug 2, 2006 |

For more than 26 years Martin Waters has made the misery of others his daily concern. As president of the Castlebar conference of St Vincent de Paul, his has been one of the compassionate faces of a caring organisation reaching out to hundreds of people on their...

Oregon SVDP Opens Housing Units

by | Aug 1, 2006 |

St. Vincent de Paul is no stranger to big-time housing projects. Its most recent effort, a building in downtown Eugene, opened in 2003 and houses 54 units in the upper levels.EUGENE — Frank Lloyd Wright said, “All fine architectural values are human values, else not...

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