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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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History of the Congregation of the Mission in the USA

by | Jan 17, 2003 |

The Congregation of the Mission in the United States: An Historical Survey - By John Rybolt, C.M., Director of International Center for Formation (Paris) 1. Roman Mission, 1815-1835 2. One Province, 1835-1888 3. Two Provinces, 1888-1975 4. Five Provinces, 1975...

Vatican Document on Catholics and Politics

by | Jan 17, 2003 |

"The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, having received the opinion of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, has decided that it would be appropriate to publish the present Doctrinal Note on some questions regarding the participation of Catholics in political...

Papal Thought-a-Day Through Mobile Phone

by | Jan 16, 2003 |

ROME, JAN. 15, 2003 (Zenit.org).- Beginning today, John Paul II's thought is available through mobile phones. (Service offered in conjunction with Vatican Press Office.) The brief messages will be sent by the Italian telephone company TIM to those clients who request...

''Vincentian Ministry at the United Nations''

by | Jan 16, 2003 |

"In his address to the General Assembly in July of 1998, the Superior General, Fr. Robert Maloney, indicated that the Congregation had begun the process of seeking "recognition at the United Nations as an NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) so that we might...

Fr. Maloney Writes of an Upside Down Church

by | Jan 16, 2003 |

"...The new world announced by the gospels abounded with such paradoxes.  Jesus, his apostles, and the early Christians loved to use them in teaching.  In the Kingdom of God the last are first and the first last.  Those who save their life lose it; those who lose...

First Initiatives Of International Ozanam Foundation

by | Jan 15, 2003 |

As reported in OZANEWS the first step is moving toward a kind of "Vincentian University"The Commission is composed of intellectuals, historians or persons responsible in the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, all of them being members or very close friends of the SSVP...

Pope''s ''State of the World'' Address

by | Jan 14, 2003 |

Address to the Diplomatic Corps Accredited to the Vatican VATICAN CITY, JAN. 13, 2003 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the address John Paul II delivered today to the representatives of the 177 countries that have diplomatic relations with the Vatican. State of...

Pope Once Again Opposes Possibility of War

by | Jan 13, 2003 |

Pope John Paul II has expressed renewed opposition to the possibility of war in Iraq, saying the use of military force had to be the "very last option". The complete BBC report is at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2654109.stm</a. A Zenit.org report in Spanish on...

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