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The Vincentian Family is a movement made up of more than 160 institutions and some 4,000,000 people who follow Jesus Christ, serving the poor, as did St. Vincent de Paul, St. Louise de Marillac and many other believers who, over the last four centuries, have enriched the Vincentian charism.
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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
“Search and Serve”
Young adults ages 18 – 40! The Vincentian Fathers and Brothers and the Daughters of Charity are sponsoring a Search and Serve Vocation Retreat and Service week in St. Louis and East St. Louis from the late afternoon of Sunday 30 June through the morning of 5 July...
Sisters of Charity NJ Seton Connection
Guest post by Sister Noreen Neary, SC, Archivist, Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, NJ found on the website of the Daughters of Charity Archive. The Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth have a unique connection to Mother Seton’s family through...
Media Savvy Junior Ladies of Charity
The Ladies of Charity website draws our attention to this YouTube produced by the Junior Ladies from St. Jerome, Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. produced this YouTube video.
Holy Week in Two Minutes
Busted Halo’s® has added another two-minute video that describes the final week of Lent we spend preparing for Easter. You can download this video . (Depending on your browser, clicking this link might save the video to your default downloads location or open the...
A North American approach to systemic change
Background for North American definition of Systemic change provided by Fr. Lou Arceneaux. In 2006 an international committee was established by Father Greg Gay, the Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission, to focus on systemic change. That committee,...
Saturday Study Hall – “Wake up the World”
he challenge from Pope Francis is clear. "WAKE UP THE WORLD" “The church must be attractive. Wake up the world! Be witnesses of a different way of doing things, acting, living! (Show) it’s possible to live differently in this world.” "A charism needs to be “lived...
International SVDP raises 1 million plus for Disaster aid
On 8 November 2013 super-typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines, killing thousands of people and causing huge material damage. Dr. Michael Thio reports that the St. Vincent dePaul Society reached and exceeded its objective of raising 1 million Euros in aid. Dear...
Charity Federation at the UN
From the NGO News of the Sisters of Charity Federation.... "The Commission on the Status of Women meeting took place in March, with Rosita and Jyoti, our interns from Nepal and India respectively, attending more than 30 side events. After the meeting, they left to...
Formation Friday: Vincentian Videos
VinFormation has collected over 80 videos related to the Vincentian charism. The videos come from different branches of the Vincentian Family and the subject matter is diverse-- here are a few samples: Catholic Social Teaching, Lent, Systemic Change, Feast Days,...
Ladies of Charity – Sixth Sunday of Lent
he Ladies of Charity website offer this Lenten Reflection for the Sixth Week, April 13, 2014 Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion - Gospel: (Matthew 21: 1-11 and 26: 14-27) Reflection: From the high hosanna acclamation to the low of betrayal, denial, and abandonment the...