Vincentian Missionary and Poet to Return Home

Abdo Eid, C.M., a Lebanese Vincentian, is completing his eleventh year in the Vincentian International Mission in El Alto, Bolivia. He has worked as a spiritual formator with Vincentian and diocesan seminarians, and as a missionary in Mocomoco — a Vincentian mission with 53 rural communities. While in Bolivia, Abdo has also found time to [...]

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Acción de Gracias || Thanksgiving

On this Thanksgiving Day, a day on which the Vincentian Family celebrates God’s special goodness, we are celebrating a Triduum in which includes the celebration of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, St. Catherine Laboure, and the foundation of the Daughters of Charity. I find myself profoundly grateful for the great women who have been [...]

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Hijas de La Caridad, Bolivia || Reunión Provincial

I was happy to be with the Daughters of Charity for their Provincial Meetings, November 13-15. You can view some pictures here. Because of the meetings, on Sunday morning I had the privilege of presiding at Eucharist, and preaching the homily which follows below in both English and then Spanish. During the weekend, we welcomed [...]

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Noticias: Misioneros Seglares Vicencianos EEUU||News: VLM-USA

Un grupo de misioneros acaba de regresar de Bahir Dar, Etiopía, donde se dieron talleres a los maestros. Hoy, seis más están en camino a Jimma, Etiopía. Seis otros que ir a Nairobi y Thigio (Kenia) a comienzos de agosto. Estos dos últimos grupos acaba de terminar su preparación en la Universidad DePaul en Chicago, [...]

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“Shared Sickness” TB in the Ngobe Family

Our confrere, Joe Fitzgerald, CM, works among the Ngobe people in rural Panamá. Joe, while working in Panamá, is pursuing graduate studies in Global Development and Social Justice at St. John’s University. Nuestro confrere, Joe Fitzgerald, CM, trabaja con los Ngobe  en las zonas rurales de Panamá. Joe, mientras trabajaba en Panamá, está llevando a [...]

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Liberation Theology and Vincentian Systemic Change

This year, the Vincentian Family Gathering will focus on the strategies of systemic change. On a recent post at famvin.org, a reader commented, “I am wondering what is the difference between Systemic Change and the Liberation Theology which has been around a bit longer??” I should like to address the question, because it is an [...]

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