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End Homelessness Throughout The World: the housing perpective • famvin.org
One of the four common projects that Fr. Tomaž Mavrič has encouraged members of the Vincentian Family to participate in during this 400th Anniversary year is a project to end homelessness throughout the world, which includes caring for refugees, migrants, street...
PRESS RELEASE: European Parliament to host reception and program honoring the 400th anniversary of the spiritual Family of St. Vincent de Paul
The Press Office of the international religious family of St. Vincent de Paul is pleased to share this news of the continuing celebration of the 400th Anniversary of its founding. Puede descargar una versión en español abajo. Vous pouvez télécharger une version...
PRESS RELEASE: Pope Commends International Association of Charities (AIC) on 400th Anniversary
The Press Office of the international religious family of St. Vincent de Paul is pleased to share this news of the continuing celebration of the 400th Anniversary of its founding. Puede descargar una versión en español abajo. ### (ROME: Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has...
PERSONALITY: Bro. Lawrence Obiko, CMM
Brother Lawrence Obiko is the 14th Superior General of the Brothers CMM, a Congregation founded in Tilburg, the Netherlands, in 1844, by Bishop Joannes Zwijsen, who was sometimes called the ‘Vincentius of Tilburg’. Brother Lawrence was born in Bomatara - Kisii, Kenya,...
PERSONALITY: Mark McGreevy, OBE
Mark McGreevy, OBE, currently serves as Group Chief Executive at Depaul International, and is the founder of the Institute for Global Homelessness. He directs the Vincentian Family 400th Anniversary Homelessness Initiative. An interview with Mark How did you end up...
PERSONALITY: Robert P. Maloney, C.M.
Robert P. Maloney, C.M., served as Superior General for the Congregation of the Mission of St. Vincent de Paul for twelve years. He now serves as Coordinator of the joint projects of the Daughters of Charity and the Community of Sant’Egidio in Project DREAM in Africa....
PERSONALITY: Alicia Duhne: International President AIC
ALICIA DUHNE: PRESIDENT AIC ENGLISH Place and date of birth: Monterrey, N.L., Mexico, October 26, 1951 Mexican nationality Current professional activities: President International AIC Formation and Studies: Bachelor's Degree in Business...
PRESS RELEASE • Celebration of the 400th Anniversary of the origin of the Vincentian Charism 1617-2017
With the words: I was a stranger and you welcomed me (Matthew 25:35), the worldwide Vincentian Family inaugurates a Jubilee Year ... a time during which it celebrates the four hundredth anniversary of the origin of its charism of service on behalf of the poor. The...
PRESS KIT: Rev. Tomaž Mavrič, C.M. : 24th Successor to St. Vincent de Paul
Rev. Tomaž Mavrič, C.M., is the twenty-fifth Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission and the Company of the Daughters of Charity. Father Tomaž was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 9 May 1959. His mother, Leopoldina, and his father, Joze, were born in...
THOUGHTS: Rev. Tomaž Mavrič, C.M. : 24th Successor to St. Vincent de Paul
Years ago, our confrere Father Toscani, CM, started to develop the idea, which was later further developed by Father Hugh O’Donnell, CM, of Vincent de Paul as a “Mystic of Charity.” It was Father Karl Rahner, SJ, who, at the end of the 20th century, expressed the...