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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Superior General – Called to Servant Leadership
In Parts 1 and 2 of this blog-series for the Catholic Review of Baltimore I highlighted the early days and local influences on the young man who grew up to lead the worldwide Vincentian Family as Superior General. Father Greg Gay, CM, whose family members are lifelong...
Experience of Vincent de Paul – Tim WIlliams
Tim Williams CM , Director of the Daughters of Charity in Australia, reflects on the THE EXPERIENCE OF VINCENT DE PAUL October 6, 2013 There are many facets to the life and spirituality of Vincent de Paul, whose feast we celebrated on  September 27. One very...
Research: Digital technology and homelessness
New research: Digital technology and homelessness Voice and power for homeless and vulnerable people through new and emerging digital technologies VOICE – giving homeless people new opportunities to express themselves and their experience ‘as citizens’ to reach a...
e-Voc “The Chosen People”
S. Janet Gildea SC introduces this month's version of e-Voc with a piece called "The Chosen People". A friend told me that she needed some day laborers for some heavy yard work, so she went to downtown El Paso, Tex- as, to one of the corners where men wait to be...
The first 10 years of our SVDP rule
José Ramón DÃaz-Torremocha XIV President General (1999/2010) of the Society of St. Vincent dePaul reflects on "The first ten years of our Rule" This month of October, we will celebrate the first decade of the new Rule of the Conferences of Saint Vincent de Paul which,...
Superior General reflects on Beatified Martyrs
"For us as Vincentians, next Sunday, October 13th, will be a day of great joy and gratitude, a day on which we are all called to renew our fidelity to our vocation and, at the same time, called to give a new impetus to our missionary endeavor. Our brothers and...
Vincentian “Urban Plunges”
In their own words the St. Vincent de Paul Center writes We provide young people with the opportunity to engage in service for, and with, people who are poor or marginalized We encourage the formation of Christian community We enable young people to come to know the...
Rules for reading Pope Francis
Rules for Reading Pope Francis: Rule #5 Reading (and rereading!) the recent interviews Pope Francis gave (one to a fellow Jesuit; another to an atheist journalist), I have had to come up with a set of guidelines to make sure I "get" what the Pope is saying, without...
The Good Life – Eye of the Needle
In her weekly column for the Vincent dePaul Society in Calgary Lynn L'Heureux writes of ... More Than one Way – Living the Good Life - Getting through that needle – Going the Extra Mile More Than One Way – I am sorry this was missed last week and so I add it today. ...
Send a birthday greeting to Fr. Greg Gay
If you would like to send a greeting to Fr. Greg Gay on the occasion of his 60th birthday please click on the following link http://bitly.com/fathergreg. These greetings will be collected and sent to him in the next few days!
