Connect and Learn: Daughters of Divine Love
The Daughters of Divine Love Congregation by the special grace of God, without affiliations to any foreign Congregation is the first veritable indigenous Congregation of Women Religious, the fruit of...
View ArticleVincentian Family Gathering Denver speakers
When the Vincentian Family gathers in Denver, October 23-25, to address the theme Going Deeper: building community and collaboration for systemic change around homelessness the keynote speakers will...
View ArticleConnect and Learn: Soeurs de la Toussaint (Strassburg)
The Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul of Strassburg (Soeurs de la Toussaint) were established 1734 at Saverne, France, by Cardinal Armand Gaston de Rohan Soubise, prince bishop of Strasbourg...
View ArticlePhiladelphia-area Ministries Gather to Celebrate Year of Vincentian...
On July 7, 2015 a dozen Vincentian Family branches located in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA region gathered to celebrate the Year of Vincentian Collaboration at the request of Rev. Greg Gay,...
View ArticleConnect and Learn: Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill
In 1869, Bishop Michael Domenec, C.M., of Pittsburgh appealed to the Cincinnati community of Sisters of Charity for sisters to serve the needs of the growing Catholic population in his diocese. Sister...
View ArticleThe Last Mile on the Road to End Poverty
The Brookings Institution’s latest report ought to be of great interest to the Vincentian Family. Our mission, our strategies and our experience can be brought to bear for the analysis of this...
View ArticleConnect and Learn: Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul – Vincentgiri,...
A third of the world’s poor live in India, one of the most unequal societies in the world where poverty remains entrenched and widespread. Realizing the need in India the Congregation of The Sisters...
View ArticleServe: the Vincentian Family in Slovakia – Fight against Hunger
The Vincentian Family in Slovakia is mostly bound together thanks to the nationwide collection called Fight against Hunger which is realized via selling gingerbread hearts. The yield from the selling...
View ArticleConnect and Learn: MISEVI
Mi.Se.Vi., Misioneros Seglares Vicencianos, is the youngest member of the Vincentian Family. Their history began in the summer of 1984 when young people from the VMY (Vincentian Marian Youth) were...
View ArticleCollaborating on Mobile
SSVP in Brazil launches a Vincentian mobile app This is the age of apps! At .famvin we’ve been encouraging you to think of using apps for your news of the Vincentian Family. We’ve even created a...
View ArticleConnect and Learn: Sisters of Mary of the Miraculous Medal
The congregation of Sisters of Mary of the Miraculous Medal (Krankenjungfrauen or Nursing Sisters of Saint Vincent de Paul) were founded in 1878 in Ljubljana, Slovenia but traces its roots to the 1852...
View ArticleConnect and Learn: Society of the Sacred Mission
Founded in 1894 at London in England by Reverend Herbert Hamilton Kelly (1860-1950) as a result of earlier collaboration with C. J. Corie, Anglican bishop of Korea (consecrated 1889), in the...
View ArticleArt as Prophecy: A Man for Our Times
Seeking Justice & Redemption, Shining Hope & Love People associated with the Germantown Systemic Change Initiative (Philadelphia, PA, USA) often find creative ways to address continuing...
View ArticleVincentian Family Responds to Ferguson
The St. Louis Review describes the reaction of the young adults who attended “The Vincentian Family Responds to Ferguson,” a gathering of members of the associations or congregations whose apostolates...
View ArticleLadies of Charity Collaborate in Formation of Seminarians
The Ladies of Charity website features a story about their collaboration in the formation of seminarians. Two young men studying for the priesthood at Christ the King Seminary in the Diocese of...
View ArticleConnect and Learn: Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth were founded in 1812. Mother Catherine Spalding, along with Bishop John Baptist David, are honored together and remembered as co-founders of the Sisters of Charity...
View ArticleServe: The Family in the Philippines
When the Vincentian Ministry began in the Philippines in 1862, only the Congregation of the Mission (CM) and the Daughters of Charity (DC) were part of St. Vincent de Paul’s “double family” in the...
View ArticleSeptember in the Vincentian Family
The month of September marks many milestones across the Vincentian Family. 8 – Death of Frederic Ozanam – 1853 9 – Feast of Blessed Frederic Ozanam, 9 – Birth of Sr. Rosalie Rendu, DC – 1786 11 –...
View ArticleConnect and Learn: Brothers CMM
The Congregation of the Brothers CMM was founded in 1844 in Tilburg (The Netherlands). The Founder, Bishop Joannes Zwijsen, was deeply moved by the poverty that he encountered in this quickly growing...
View ArticleSt. Elizabeth Ann Seton and Collaboration
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and Collaboration In celebration of the 40th anniversary of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s canonization, and in keeping with the Year of Vincentian Collaboration… we feature this...
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