by John Freund, CM | Nov 30, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Anthony Thornton, President of the St Vincent de Paul Society National Council of Australia, calls for some fresh thinking by going back the basics of the Society. “We really need to think creatively about new forms of coming together as Conferences. We need to...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 20, 2011 | Vincentian Family
A quick reminder that Sr. Betty Ann McNeil, DC has compiled a list of Vincentian quotes indexed by topic. Affability Alms Asking Availability Balance Baptism Beginning Blessings Boat Body of Christ Burden Call Child Care Certainty Charity Chosen by God Church...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 19, 2011 | Vincentian Family
As Americans prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving remember there is a prehistory or “prequel” of Thanksgiving rooted deeply in the Vincentian and Christian tradition. Father Robert Maloney CM writes… “Basically, the word Eucharistic means...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Nov 17, 2011 | Technology: Issues and Uses
With the constant march of technology, more and more people are accessing their daily news on their “smartphone.” In addition to the apps on VinFormation, Famvin is happy to announce VinFeed, VinFeedES, and VinFeedPOLSKA: news readers that draw some of the...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 10, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Fr. Aidan Rooney CM< writes from El Alto in Bolivia..”Most of the folks in my “vincentian” world have heard of the notion of systemic change. A good link for understanding it can be found on our VinFormation website. Rarely do we speak of the macro-factors...