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Vincentian Catholic Home Study Course Offers New Module
THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS is the latest module of the Catholic Home Study course sponsored by Everybody wants to be happy, and God wants us to be happy. This course explains the four levels of happiness (body, mind and will, heart, soul) and uses Scripture, stories,...
”Twinning” Projects of the Vincent De Paul Society Worldwide
The USA national site of the Society of St. Vincent dePaul has a page listing a good number of it "twinning" projects around the world.In keeping with the vision of Blessed Frédéric Ozanam to create a network of charity, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul sponsors a...
Update on Hunger Campaign Projects of the Vincentian Family
The JMV international site in English has posted on it web site updates on some of the hunger related projects of the Vincentian Family Specific reports concern Mexico Madagascar and Mozambique...
Seeing as Vincent Saw – June 15-17
What is spirituality? Spirituality is a way of seeing: Life - Creation - Events - People. The Vincentian Millenium Partnership is offer three days of reflection in the Vincentian tradition.As Christians our spirituality is rooted in the person of Jesus...
150 Years of SVDP in Australia
MELBOURNE, May 2004 (australiancatholics.com.au): To mark the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the St Vincent de Paul Society in Australia, the winter edition of Australian Catholics contains a supplement, An Australian Journey Since 1854, that shares good news...
More on Life and Canonization of SVDP Member
"While in college, she worked with the poor and elderly, and joined the Saint Vincent de Paul Society." Tenth of thirteen children born to Alberto and Maria Beretta, she was a pious girl raised in a pious family; two brothers became priests, a sister became a nun....
World Communications Day Message – May 23, 2004
Pope John Paul II Speaks on "The Media and the Family: A Risk and a Richness"Dear Brothers and Sisters, 1. The extraordinary growth of the communications media and their increased availability has brought exceptional opportunities for enriching the lives not only of...
CRUX article on Vincentian Use of Web for Recruitment
CRUX OF THE NEWS May 17 carried a description of How the Eastern Province of the Congregation of the Mission is using the Internet in its recruitment efforts..An excerpt... "Noted by Eastern province Vocation Director F.r. John Maher: 'Having a Web presence is a...
Irish SVDP Raises Issue for Its Upcoming Elections
May 20, 2004 - In Dublin, Ireland the Society of St Vincent de Paul has published a list of pressing issues that it believes should be dominating debate ahead of the local elections on June 11. ...
For years the kindest spot in the Philippines was the DCs’
The Philippine Star article "Love thy neighbor!" reads in part: “The Daughters of Charity conduct the Hospicio de San Jose, which is in the middle of the Pasig River. .... The Daughters of Charity really have the spirit of Saint Vincent de Paul, the patron of...
