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

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Heritage of Sisters of Charity of Providence

"Our heritage is rooted in the creativity and spirituality of Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac, ....in the willingness of Emilie Gamelin to risk and trust in Providence, in the responsiveness of the Montreal Sisters of Providence to the call of Bishop E.J....

Faith and Community Voices Against Poverty

National Council of Churches - Election-Year Initiative Challenges Candidates, Voters to Address Poverty. . .“What will you do to end poverty?”  A new national alliance of community and faith-based groups wants an answer to that question from public officials,...

End of an Era; Beginning of a New

The Eastern Province Library of approximately 100,000 volumes being shipped to Catholilc University in Kenya complete with all the shelving.For over 50 years the Mary Immaculate Library collection nourished generations of seminarians for various Provinces of the...

Vincentian Charism Retreat – Nazareth Kentucky

  This Vincentian Charism Guided Retreat (7/25-30) will give you the opportunity to deepen your appreciation of how the simple spirituality of Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac is as well suited to us who live in the 21st century as it was to them.  This will be...

Sisters of Charity (Nazareth, KT) Revised Web Site

The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Kentucky, have recently made a major revision of the their web site. This site (http://www.scnfamily.org) is very attractive, easily navigated and informative. Perhaps of significant interest to the wider Vincentian Family are the...

Federation of Women Religious Speak with One Voice

Bronx, NY - - One voice represents thousands. Leaders of religious congregations from across North America met in New York this week to affirm the impact they can make if their approximately 5,000 members speak with one voice about issues they want to affect. Seventy...

Daughter of Charity as Massage Therapist

Pushing a cart with heated stones that came from the Dead Sea, bottles of scented oils and her cassette player is Sister Susan O'Neill, a member of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, ready to give a massage -- sometimes to a person awaiting surgery,...

Media Seen as a Church Weapon in Brazil

KOENIGSTEIN, Germany, JUNE 13, 2004 (Zenit.org).- The charity Aid to the Church in Need says one of its priorities is to help the Catholic media in Brazil. I n a report on her latest visit to Brazil, Antonia Willemsen, the organization's secretary-general, said that...

World Refugee Day 20th June, 2004

The Irish Province of the CM is celebrating the day which has as its theme "A Place to call home: Rebuilding lives in safety and dignity"For a list of tthese and activities and reolated information visit http://www.vincentians.ie/world_refugee_day_20th_june.htm For a...

May Edition of NUNTIA of the CM Now Online

Due to an oversight the May edition of the international newsletter of the Congregation of the Mission is two weeks late in being published on the web.Among the news items is a report of the project to the Daughters of Charity to rewrite the directory used by the...

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