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Join the Vincentian Overseas Mission Team
Join the Vincentian Overseas Mission Team in China or Africa China Our Vincentian mission to China would welcome volunteers to work in China for one or two years.  They are looking for Christian people who live Christian lives. One can volunteer as a teacher of...
''Getting to Know You'' – The Vincentian Family
On the 1st November 2003 around fifty members of the Vincentian Family gathered at the home of the Brothers of Charity in Lisieux Hall, Chorley, Lancashire. The purpose of this coming together was 3 fold: To get to know each other's Family Branch Story To socialise...
NUNTIA of the CM now available
The November issue of NUNTIA of the Congregation of the MIssion is now available at http://www.famvin.org/cm/nuntia/2003-11.html
Vincentian Family Using Street Football to Serve Youth – Glasgow
Street football is a medium that seeks to engage excluded young people in the heart of their own community, encouraging them to develop community skills and citizenship. Why Street Football ? The East End of Glasgow is recognised as one of the most deprived areas in...
Tonight 850 Million People Will Go to Bed Hungry
"Tonight, nearly 850 million people will go to bed hungry, the overwhelming majority in the developing nations of Africa and Asia. That is the depressingly familiar central fact about world hunger, highlighted again by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture...
Reflection Guides for Moderators of Ladies of Charity
Sr.Claire Debs, DC has made available her series of 8 brief reflection guides for Spiritual Advisors and Moderators of the Ladies of Charity. They can be found in downloadable format on the national site of the Ladies of Charity USA Among the topics covered......
Cardinal opens Vincentian Conference
On the 19th November 2003, nearly 200 people packed into Westminster Cathedral Hall for the "FIGHTING ECONOMIC INJUSTICE CONFERENCE" co-sponsored by the Vincentian Millennium Partnership (VMP) and the Zacchaeus 2000 Trust. Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor gave the...
Belated posting of Sr. Gwen Tamlyn's SSVDP Meeting Reflections
Sr. Gwen Tamlyn has once again provided a new series of her reflections for use in SSVDP meetings. "Hopefully this edition of our Spiritual Reflection Guides will introduce you to some of Sr. Rosalies words of wisdom."She provides a fine introduction to the series and...
Cardinal Hume, Sr. Ellen, DC and the Homless
"Cardinal Hume first invited homeless people to sleep in the Cathedral Hall in 1980. The Passage, which he later founded with the Daughters of Charity, is now the largest homeless project in London, providing food, shelter, advice and support for around 400 people...
Vincentian E-card Sites
As we come into a season of sending greetings it may be of interest to know of Vincentian Web sites that feature Vincentian E-greeting cards.The Association of the Miraculous Medal offers a wide variety of E-cards suited for occasions ranging from Anniversaries and...
