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Agenda for Annual Meeting of International Leaders of the Vincentian Family
by Beth | Feb 18, 2004 | Vincentian Family
The Spanish language version of the agenda of the upcoming meeting of international leaders of the Vincentian family is available on the Spanish language site of famvin .The text is in process of being translated into English. The participants include.... Anne Sturm...
St. Francis Regis Clet – “I’m tired of being in charge”
by Beth | Feb 18, 2004 | Uncategorized
"I can now die happy since I have a successor who can repair my stupid mistakes and I seriously urge you to make him my replacement pure and simple. I've never had the knack of getting myself either loved or feared; I'm tired of being in charge.""I want none of this...
West Central DC’s Also Sponsor Discerment Weekend
by Beth | Feb 18, 2004 | Vincentian Family
Discerning your call: A weekend retreat with the Daughters of Charity March 5-7, 2004 Mount St. Michael's Spiritual Life Center Dallas, Texas The Daughters of Charity invite you to spend a weekend reflecting ion how God is calling you. If you are a Catholic single...
Feast of Recently Canonized St. Francis Regis Clet CM
by Beth | Feb 17, 2004 | Vincentian Family
February 18 is the feast of Francis Regis Clet,Among the sites for further resources... http://www.vincenter.org/res/word/cletlife.html Note that this site has links to his life, times and words. http://www.cmvocation.org/html/saints/clet.html...
Srs. of Charity of Halifax Approved by Pius IX – 1856
by Beth | Feb 17, 2004 | Uncategorized
On February 17, 1856 Pope Pius IX approved the Sisters of Charity of Halifax. Their web site is http://www.schalifax.ca/index.html For other significant dates in the life of the Vincentian family visit a calendar of the Vincentian family at...
Use of Internet by Church Is Encouraged
by Beth | Feb 17, 2004 | Vincentian Family
VATICAN CITY, FEB. 16, 2004 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II encouraged the use of Internet by the Church as an especially appropriate means to evangelize young people. The Pope expressed this Friday when he received a group of visiting French bishops in audience, and...
SSVDP Creatively Partners With Police
by Beth | Feb 17, 2004 | Vincentian Family
EUGENE — When St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County partners with the Eugene Police Department, the concept of “one-stop” social services is carried to a new level. In January, Eugene Mayor Jim Torrey and representatives from the City of Eugene Police Department...
New International Officers for the SVDP
by Beth | Feb 16, 2004 | Vincentian Family
The international site of the SVDP has just posted the letter from José Ramon Diaz-Torremocha International President General announcing new leadership.Dear friends and confreres, The Rule and the International Statutes approved in the Extraordinary General Assembly...
DC’s Sponsor Discernment Weekend March 5-7
by Beth | Feb 16, 2004 | Vincentian Family
Vocation Discernment Weekend - March 5-7, 2004Who: Catholic women interested in spending time in prayer, service and reflection as they discern God’s call in their lives For more information.... http://www.dc-northeast.org/content.asp?id=493
Vincentian Service Corps Service Sites
by Beth | Feb 16, 2004 | Vincentian Family
A listing of the service sites for people interested in giving a year of their lives."Responding to the call of the Gospel, in the spirit of St. Vincent de Paul, lay women and men of the Vincentian Service Corps serve those who are poor, while growing in prayer and...