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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
DC and SVDP Collaboration in Britain
This year the St Vincent de Paul Furniture Store in Sheffield celebrates its 15th anniversary. Sr Paula Sheehan DC, Coordinator of the project, describes the daily work of the store and how it is organised: Click for full story and photos.
Search engine features “St. VIncent de Paul” sites
The search engine "Google" selects what it thinks are among the more popular sites related to Vincent. Do you agree with their choices?...
Children Today … Adults Tomorrow – DC Ministry in Roumania
Sister Joan Moriarty DC has just returned from Bucharest where, at the invitation of Health Aid Romania, she led a week long seminar / workshop on Child and Adolescent Development entitled: "Children Today ... Adults Tomorrow". This was sponsored by UNICEF. BACKGROUND...
Remember the Poor, Canadian Bishops Urge G-8
To Promote Development Is to Invest in Security, Council Says OTTAWA, JUNE 17, 2002 (Zenit.org).- Canadian bishops are urging the G-8 leaders to keep in mind the plight of the poorer nations, especially those in Africa, when they gather in Kananaskis, Alberta, on June...
Updates to Internet sites containing ”St. Vincent de Paul”
Using an advanced search feature in the search engine www.google.com you can see the web sites updated in the last three months containing the phrase "St. Vincent de Paul"
VIncentian Style Practicality in Feeding the Hunger
Vincent often reminded us to teach how to fish rather than merely handout food. The Heifer Project stands in that tradition.Heifer animals (and training in their care) offer hungry families around the world a way to feed themselves and become self-reliant. Children...
Millenium Goal – Eradicate Poverty
 The Millennium Development Goals call for reducing the proportion of people living on less than $1 a day to half the 1990 level by 2015-from 29 percent of all people in low and middle income economies to 14.5 percent. f achieved, this would reduce the number of...
Formation Activities of International Family Delegate
Fr. BenjamÃn Romo, Delegate to the Vincentian Family, presents many workshops in Paris and Rome.rom May 13-15, Fr. BenjamÃn Romo, Delegate to the Vincentian Family, led a formation session at CIF on the reality, service to the poor, internal organization and formation...
Coordinating Council of the International Miraculous Medal
 Fr. Robert Maloney, Director General of the AMM, announced in a letter to the Visitors and Visitatrixes, written on June 10, the appointment of Fr. Charles Shelby, C.M. as International Coordinator of the AMM. At the same time, he named a Coordinating Council of...
DC ASSEMBLY –Â SYDNEY
June 1, 2002 - Currently the Daughters of Charity in the Province of Australia are meeting in Sydney for their Provincial Assembly. Two pre-Assembly days provided opportunities to speak, listen and learn about the cry of the poor, how co-workers perceive the...
