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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Mother and Superior General
by John Freund, CM | May 15, 2013 | Vincentian Family
Enjoy the following pictures of Fr. Greg Gay, CM and Sr. Evelyne Franc, DC at the birthplace of Vincent. Photos courtesy of Father Juventino's Facebook page. (Juventino Castillero)
Daughters of Charity Pentecost video
by John Freund, CM | May 14, 2013 | Daughters of Charity
The international Daughters of Charity invite all to join with Vincent and Louise to prepare for the “Feast of the descent of the Holy Spirit” on Pentecost through a video and a powerpoint. (One can find the presentations of the previous months in the ARCHIVES.)...
Everyday miracles and Vincentian spirituality
by John Freund, CM | May 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Your Calling –Your Spirituality – Easter wind down – Canada’s North Dear Vincentian Family: My heart leaps with joy when I read all the good we do around the world. As human’s we tend to focus on all the bad things more than good. I understand the mental anguish...
Door of Faith: St. John Gabriel Perboyre
by Famvin Media Resources | May 14, 2013 | Church, Congregation of the Mission, Formation, News
This month in our Year of Faith series, a new presentation on the life of St. John Gabriel Perboyre, CM, missioner to China and holy martyr. Read about his childhood in southern France, his vocation story, his journey to China, the persecutions and cruel tortures he faced, and his unwavering faith.
Pentecost in 2 Minutes – Busted Halo
by John Freund, CM | May 14, 2013 | Featured Videos
Systemic Change and the “Living Dead”
by John Freund, CM | May 13, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Systemic change
Systemic Change in the Maryam Village Ethiopia where "the dead lived with the dead". (Second in a new series of Vincentian Family Systemic Change Efforts) Fifty eight families, all victims of Hansen’s disease (leprosy), who begged for years in order to survive can...
Vatican – Social Networks: new spaces for evangelization.”
by John Freund, CM | May 13, 2013 | Technology: Issues and Uses
Vatican News draws attention to one of the last messages from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI "Social Networks: portals of truth and faith; new spaces for evangelization." (Full text) On Sunday, May 12, the Church marked World Communications Day, encouraging Catholics in...
He richly poured out on us the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ (Tit 3, 6)
by Ross Dizon | May 13, 2013 | Reflections
Pentecost Sunday (C), May 19, 2013 – Acts 2, 1-11; 1 Cor 12, 3b-7. 12-13; Jn 20, 19-23 Just as locked doors are not impenetrable to Jesus, so also the infidelity, weakness and fear of his confidants, partakers of his table, fellow travelers from Galilee to Jerusalem,...
Daughters of Charity at Risk
by John Freund, CM | May 12, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
In this article, titled “Daughters of Charity at Risk !”, Tim Williams CM reflects on the vocation of the Daughters of Charity and the expressed desire of Pope Francis that the Church should go to the poor and marginalized. It is written against a background of St...
Dr. Carolyn Y. Woo – LCUSA Keynote Speaker
by John Freund, CM | May 12, 2013 | International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, Vincentian Family
Dr. Carolyn Y. Woo, Assembly Keynote Speaker “Do we choose to be born or are we fitted to the times we are born into?” - Abraham Lincoln Mary Beth O’Brien, Past President, LCUSA writes in the current issue of the Servicette, newsletter of the Ladies of Charity USA......