On 27 September 2016, feast of Saint Vincent de Paul, begins a special Vincentian year on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the start of Vincent de Paul’s charitable care for the poor, the spiritually and materially poor.
Fracarita International is pleased to share with you our Annual Report of 2015. The report provides an overview of our activities at our central office and its services in Latin America, Africa and Asia. This report also contains a special feature on ‘200 years of breaking the chains’.
At the international novitiate in Tagaytay in the Philippines, 21 young men were accepted to begin their novitiate training.
In the diocese of Kakamega, a new community and a health centre were opened in Buyangu on Friday, 26 August.
On Friday 19 August 2016, a new community and chapel were dedicated in Rwamagana, Rwanda.
On the occasion of the visit of the Superior General of the Brothers of Charity, Bro. René Stockman, to the Caraes Ndera Psychiatric Centre, a new kitchen, laundry room, warehouse, and laboratory were opened as the centre’s newest building projects.
Rome – On the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, the newly created metropolitan archbishops traditionally receive the pallium from the Pope.
Eight students graduated from the Department of Social Doctrine of the International Institute Canon Triest in association with the Pontifical Lateran University of Rome.
Ranchi, India. Sunday, 29 May 2016 marked the start of the 25th anniversary of the Father Constant Lievens region with a celebration at Saint Peter’s School in Similia.
A graduation ceremony was held in the auditorium of the Guislain Formation Centre in Ghent, Belgium on Tuesday 15 March 2016. Five brothers, one Indian and four Congolese, finished their final year.