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390 Years of Proclaiming Good News to Those Living in Poverty

Toma — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 13:34:41 +0000

January 25, Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle marks the anniversary of the Founding of the Congregation of the Mission by St. Vincent de Paul. Actually, it wasn’t legally founded on that day. This took place seven years later on April 17, 1625. But Saint Vincent himself points the day, when he gave a sermon in Folleville on importance of general confession to local peasants was the beginning of the Little Company, as he always called his community. Response to his teaching was so enormous, that priests from other parishes had to come and help him hearing the confession.

Vinformation, one of the websites by Famvin.org, dedicated to provide various formation resources for Vincentian Family invites to view and study couple of presentations created to help celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the Congregation of the Mission and guiding viewers from the origins of the Little Company until its ministries and activity in present days.

Frederic Ozanam – Spiritual Testament

Toma — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 23:34:32 +0000

On April 23, 1853, the day of his 40th birthday, six month before his death, Frederic Ozanam wrote his final testament. Famvin.org has obtained and translated a Powerpoint presentation prepared by Fr. Chuno Chavez, C.M. for the Vincentian Family gathering in Peru in 2010. It highlights key elements of the last will of the founder of Society of St. Vincent de Paul. He died September 8, 1953.

Here You can find the presentation in downloadable format in English and Polish as PPT or PDF. Also, you can view it at Slideshare.net online:

Download English:

⇓ PDF ⇓

⇓ PowerPoint ⇓

pobierz po polsku:

⇓ PDF ⇓

⇓ PowerPoint ⇓

CMNewEngland.org on go!

Toma — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:47:21 +0000

More and more we are viewing various websites and using internet services not only on our desktops but on a range of mobile devices. Mobile phone is no longer a voice caller only. Making traditional calls or even texting are only some of the functionalities we can make use of when we are on go. New functions are possible because of various applications. And there is an app for almost everything. Nobody can estimate how many “apps” are ready to use. Everyday new ones come. Now, we are giving you such application which, we hope, will make your access to our webpage (cmnewengland.org) and some other sites easier and more up to date. It’s small and simple.

From now on VINCENTIANS NEW ENGLAND APP is for you! And it’s completely free!!

The App organized in four tabs brings latest news posted on the websites of the Vincentians New England Province, St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish, Brooklyn, NY and two Vincentian Family news websites in English and Polish. It was tested on iPhone, Android and Windows7 mobiles. Blackberry, Symbian and other mobiles were not verified. So were iPads and other tablets. But you can try it.

There are two simple ways to get the application on your smartphone.

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One: copy the link below and type it in your phone browser and open the url. Next, follow the instructions on the screen.

http://mippin.com/app/449497

Two: you can scan the QR Code below and your smartphone will download it almost automatically. This action requires QR Code scanner (or bar code scanner) for smartphone. Watch these tips how to scan QR Code

When your app is downloaded in to your smartphone open it. There is a widget which can be placed on the home screen. In settings you can set the update frequency. Now, you can enjoy it, and be up to date to Vincentian news when on go.

Famvin.org provides another apps and feeds for Vincentians which can be downloaded in the same way as the app mentioned above. These are standard urls which you can either type in the mobile browser or scan the QR Code. See the instructions if you need.

Other screenshots of the application:

MOBILE APPS FOR VINCENTIANS
FROM VINFORMATION.FAMVIN.ORG

These apps will send a Vincentian quote of the day, daily reflections in the Vincentian tradition, feeds taken from daily famvin posts. Additionally, there is an app for the game “Hobson’s Choice” which simulates the harsh choices you face when living in poverty. Finally, for the moment, there is an app “Ultimate Change” which allows you to experience a fictional systemic change project through the eyes of one of seven characters.

We believe these new efforts will make your contact with Vincentians of New England and Vincentian Family easier and faster. Please, do not hesitate to put a comment below or by email to webmaster@cmnewengland.org on how do you find these apps. Perhaps you have suggestions for another mobile apps which you will find helpful. Any comments and suggestions warmly welcome.