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Formation Program for Spiritual Directors in the Vincentian Tradition
The Center for Spirituality at Work in collaboration with the Vincentian Studies Institute offers a thirteen-month formation program for spiritual directors with two required residency sessions in Denver, Colorado beginning in June 2006. Application Deadline: February...
Two New Jr. Ladies of Charity Web Sites
We have just received notice of two web sites for the Junior Ladies of Charity in Buffalo.http://www.stmarysonthehill.org/Ministries/JuniorLOC/JRLOC.html The Junior Ladies of Charity (JLOC) is a volunteer group for girls, grades 6 through 12, sponsored by the Ladies...
Vincentian Marian Youth USA Meditation on Ecclesiasticus
The new entry page on the Vincentian Marian Youth site offers a kind of photo meditation on the the scriptural passage "There is a time to..."The meditation is draw from their own photo albums.
“The Vincentian Vocation In A Globalizing World” – PANASCO 6
SVDP members from 25 countries to gather in Perth, Australia for Sixth Annual Pan Asian Conference. The Australian National Council of the St Vincent de Paul Society will host the Sixth Pan Asian Congress (PANASCO 6 ), January 2006. For more information with the...
Missionary Cenacle Make Its Ordo or Calendar Available On-line
At its recent meeting the Missionary Cenacle Family Council decided to make Father Judge's Missionary Cenacle Meditations and the Missionary Cenacle Ordo available online. These items are in Portable Data Format (PDF). Perhaps other groups in the family might be...
Vinnies (Australia) Appeal – Keep Christ in Christmas
This year the St Vincent de Paul Society will display nativity scenes in each of their 140 St Vinnies shops throughout Queensland and the theme of the Society’s Christmas Appeal is: “Even the first Christmas family needed a little help.” Vinnies supports calls to keep...
Daughters of Charity (Dublin) Victims of Mindless Vandalism
Senior citizens in the area are devastated by the loss of their bus which they relied on for their ‘Meals On Wheels’ and summer trips. The bus belonged to the Daughters of Charity and had been parked in the grounds of the complex. Residents of a senior citizens’...
News Blackout Follows Beating of Nuns in China
XIAN, China, DEC. 5, 2005 (Zenit.org).- The Holy See's missionary news agency Fides expressed alarm over the beatings of nuns in Xian, China, and the subsequent news blackout. On Nov. 23, when they tried to stop the demolition of a diocesan school, which the...
DC’s Sponsor Model Program – Give Kids A Smile
The program won recognition from the American Dental Association, which is promoting it as a national model. The big gain came in July, when the society won a three-year, $402,000 grant from the Daughters of Charity Healthcare Foundation of St. Louis. ...Jennifer Loyd...
West Virginia SVDP on NPR Radio
Bill Hinkler of the SVDP sends the following notice of the very favorable presentation of the work of the SVPD in West Virgiana - "W. Va. Floods Offer Lessons for Katrina Victims"Fellow Vincentians, If you are not a regular listener of National Public Radio or if you...
