by Vincentian Family Office | Apr 26, 2016 | Formation, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
In the city of Fortaleza, capital of Province of Ceara (northeast of Brazil), the Refuge Saint John Gabriel Perboyre, was founded in 1999, an organization that was created by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (DC). Sister Dijesu Campos Pinto is currently...
by Vincentian Family Office | Apr 25, 2016 | Formation, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
The Vincentian Family 10th Annual Meeting was held in St Vincent’s Retreat Center, Gopalpur on Sea, on 12th and 13th of March, 2016. There were 43 participants from 9 branches of the Vincentian Family. Bishop Emeritus Thomas Thiruthali, C.M., and Bishop Simon...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Apr 18, 2016 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
The Handmaids of Charity (Ancelle della Carita) were founded in 1840 at Brescia, Italy, by Saint Maria Crocifissa di Rosa (1813-1855, canonized in 1954) for care of the sick, lepers, and elderly. Saint Vincent is considered one of their patrons. Initially the...
by Vincentian Family Office | Apr 11, 2016 | Formation, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
ACTIVITIES AND INITIATIVES: The Team or Council of Famvin – Venezuela was formed following the first meeting of the Vincentian Family in July 2001 and since there has been a meeting every three months, and the coordinator changes every 4 years. We have conducted...
by Vincentian Family Office | Apr 4, 2016 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
Founded in 1856 at Paris, France, by Blessed Eugene Smet, (1825-1871, beatified in 1957), (in religion, Mary of Providence), whose community, in its origin, collaborated with the Vincentian priests at rue de Sevres and with the Daughters of Charity at rue de...
