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Daughters of Charity – Focus on Elizabeth

For the month of January you can journey in this year of faith with the first saint of the United States, Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton. Our FOCUS ON section is devoted to her. You will discover a woman who was totally inhabited by God and who placed her life at the service of her brothers and sisters; […]

Sisters Learn from those Living in Poverty

The Sisters of Charity Federation site features Sister Margaret Rose Nickerson who says she receives much more than she gives through her ministry at AIDS Saint John in New Brunswick. “I recognize how poor I am and how rich those who are poor are for me,” says the Sister of Charity of the Immaculate Conception. As […]

From “setbacks” to “blessings”

Each year Lynn L’Heureux, Special needs co-coordinator & Advisor of the Society of St Vincent de Paul Calgary Alberta Canada, and her husband look forward to delivering Christmas hampers or baskets for those who fall through the cracks at Christmas. This year she suffered some serious setbacks – her being diagnosed with cancer  and the death […]

Daughters of Charity merge 3 provinces (Spain)

On Christmas Eve, December 24, 2012 Superioress General of the Daughters of Charity Sister Evelyne Franc and the General Council appointed S.Pilar Rendón DC a first Visitatrix of the new Province of Spain South.  The new province results from merging three of nine Spanish provinces of the Company. Click to enlarge photos) Sister Pilar is […]

FAMVIN top ten searches

Among the top 2012 searches on the various sites of the FAMVIN project… Most popular Vincentian posts on Famvin News       Searching for quotations St. Vincent quotes       Searching for information on the Vincentian Family Vincentian Family Calendar Vincentian Family Branches Vincentian Family on the Web VinFormation Prayers, Celebrations & Seasonal […]

“Band of Sisters” trailer

Band of Sisters tells the story of Catholic nuns and their work for social justice after Vatican II of the 1960s. For Catholics who wonder what became of the nuns they knew in habits and convents many years ago, for activists who may feel profoundly discouraged given the problems of today’s world, for women seeking equality […]

Mission as a Sacred Trust: Past, Present, Future

The Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati offer a video response to the question “What is the Charity Mission?” Reviewing quickly their roots in Vincent, Elizabeth Seton and the early Sisters of Charity they present a quick tour of their heritage and conclude saying “Although times change and programs vary according to the current needs of […]

Leadership – Sisters of Charity Seton Hill

The Winter 2012 issue of Celebration is online now! It contains profiles of their leadership team. Also read about the events of 2012 that had great significance for the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill. December_2012_Winter_Celebration_for_web    

World Day of Peace

World Day of Peace, sometimes unofficially known as World Peace Day, is a feast day dedicated to peace  celebrated on January 1, on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. It was introduced in 1967 and inspired by the encyclicals Pacem in Terris and Populorum Progressio of John XXIII and Paul VI. Index of Papal Messages for World Day of Peace since 2006 U.S. […]

Pray tiny bit more in the Year of Faith

Looking for a simple way to deepen prayer in the coming year? “Pray just a tiny bit more.” This guest post from Susan Stabile offers an example of a simple  way of building on things that are already a pattern in our lives. In this case it is as simple asmaking it a point of […]

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famvinThe 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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SSVDP 'Save the elderly from loneliness'

by | Feb 10, 2003 |

Public National Day of the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Italy - 2002: "Save the elderly from loneliness" is the message on the full-sized billboards. On the billboards the hands with colored fingers symbolizes the event, which is rescheduled for the end of...

DePaul International School – Mysore, India

by | Feb 9, 2003 |

The famous Chinese poet Kwan Tsu  said,  "While planning for a year - sow corn, While planning for a decade - plant trees, While planning for a life - train and educate people" Mission statement of De Paul International Residential School To empower individuals with...

Little Known Influence on St. Vincent – André Duval

by | Feb 9, 2003 |

Vincent often said that his Company (the Congregation of the Mission) owed a good part of its origins and establishment to this same André Duval. Who was this man who spoke so strongly to Vincent de Paul, and convinced Vincent to take up (albeit some time later!) what...

XX National Vincentian Youth Gathering – Argentina

by | Feb 9, 2003 |

"Let us live the Joy of Hope that does not deceive" This was the slogan of the XX National Gathering of the young Vincentians, which took place in Tucuman Argentina, between the 8 and 12 January 2003 and this slogan, was fulfilled even more.  The young Vincentians of...

The Rule: Ozanam Recommended Simplicity

by | Feb 8, 2003 |

The young men, meeting in that first Conference of Charity in 1833, had no thought of it developing beyond a local grouping, and most certainly not a world-wide organization. In fact, at the end of the first year when the Conference split into three, a number were...

Bernard Koch's Vincentian Writings

by | Feb 7, 2003 |

A listing of the almost 300 articles and studies published by Bernard Koch can be found on the French site of the Congregation of the Mission. http://www.famvin.org/cm/fr/FAMVINModeles/fondateurs/TableKoch.html

Pope's Lenten Message for 2003

by | Feb 6, 2003 |

This year, as a guide for our Lenten meditation, I would offer a phrase taken from the Acts of the Apostles: «It is more blessed to give than to receive» (Acts 20:35). MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II FOR LENT 2003   Dear Brothers and Sisters! 1. Lent is a season...

Habits and Obedience

by | Feb 6, 2003 |

Reflections on the role of habits ("intersection of knowledge, skill, and desire") and obedience from the participants of the Formator's Meeting in Nairobi.A.  A habit: "For our purposes, we will define a habit as the INTERSECTION of knowledge, skill, and desire. ...

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