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Changing habits – Daughters of Charity
Daughters of Charity Provincial Archives announces that for next week they will begin a series of daily posts answering the following questions about their habit the origins of the Sisters' traditional attire, how the look of the cornette changed over time, why it...
Daughters of Charity – Sacred Heart
The international website of the Daughters of Charity celebrates the Sacred Heart this month. (The image of Louise's devotion to the Sacred Heart is taken from an altar piece in a Vincentian Parish in Bratislava courtesy of the Vincentian Image Archive at dePaul.)...
Vincent – Life from both sides
"Vincent dePaul - Patron and Client" - The website of the Australian Vincentians has a link to a study by Guy Hartcher CM. "To understand M. Vincent de Paul as evangeliser and worker for the poor we must understand the socio-political world in which he lived. He was...
Pope: Sad Christians can’t transmit the Gospel
During his daily Mass at the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta, the Pope invited Christians to embrace happiness and to not live life with a 'funeral face.' The Pope explained that the Holy Spirit brings Christians a special joy that should lead them to praise God. He echoes...
Garbage dump through the eyes of Garbage Pickers
Fast Company, a business magazine, offer these thoughts about Waste Land, an Oscar nominated documentary about an art world superstar and garbage pickers in one of the largest dumps in the world, that will change the way you think about chucking trash. (Stories about...
Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
In the midst of crisis The economic crisis is going to be long and difficult. We should not fool ourselves. We will not need to look elsewhere. In our more or less immediate surroundings, we will be running into families forced to live on charity, persons...
Gold Medal to Daughters of Charity
The international site of the Daughters of Charity writes of a Gold Medal awarded to the Daughters of Charity in Guadalajara, Spain for their two centuries of social work. The Gold Medal of the Province of Guadalajara was given to the Daughters of Charity of Saint...
Vincentian Family – Nuns on the Bus
A Vincentian Bishop and a Daughter of Charity - Bishop David O’Connell, CM of the Diocese of Trenton welcomed "The Nuns on the Bus" for immigration in Lawrenceville, New Jersey last night! He also blessed them along with the crowd. Here, he is sharing a light moment...
A Samaritan called Vincent de Paul
The samaritan attitude, a path that enables us to make the gospel effective - A Samaritan called Vincent de Paul Juan Julián Díaz Catalán, CM, author of an article by the above title, writes... "There is a common opinion that is accepted by many, namely, that the...
It’s good to be back!
Shepherding the migration of close to 30 sites in some 6 languages under the umbrella of VinFormation is no easy task and I would like to publicly thank Beth Nicol for doing exactly that. Yes, FamVin is much more than just a news site. If you haven't explored beyond...
