Celebrating the 400th Anniversary of the AIC

400th Anniversary

IT ALL BEGANin Châtillon

400 YEARS AGO…

SVP realised three very important things:

• Lots of people living in poverty required urgent help

• There were lots of people who were ready to help

• It was necessary to organise the help

Saying yes to the call of Christ on this path...He changed his life

and the lives of many other people.

SVP became in this way a coordinator of lay people in the service of the most

vulnerable.He gave us an excellent example and we

try to follow him.

How are we going to celebrate these 400 years of charitable action?

We suggest…

By being close to people to discover their strengths with them

2013

- 20

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• Deepening our charism

2015

- 20

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• Communicating what AIC is

Making ourselves known

2017

• Celebrating

By making our charism known

2015 – 2016

BEING OPEN and SHARING

As AIC volunteers we should all be conscious of the fact that our

Association has been, since 1617, an antidote to poverty; the celebration of our 400th Anniversary is therefore a cause for great joy. So let’s not forget to open up the doors of our hearts to

share with those who would like to join this wonderful work.

Let’s invite lots of other people...

To build a more charitable, more fraternal and fairer world…

The more of us there are, the more people living in poverty we will be able

to help!

2015 – 2016

- COMMUNICATING -MAKING OUR ASSOCIATION KNOWN

AIC

AICAIC

AICAIC

WHERE AND TO WHOM SHOULD WE COMMUNICATE?

TRAVAIL AIC

Friends Neighbou

rs

Families

Colleagues at work

Donors

Local Authoritie

sOther Associatio

ns

Bishops and

curates

Public opinion

Newspapers,

reviews

Social networks

TV and radio

interviews

2015 – 2016

A global plan for each country

A plan for each region

A plan for each local group

Developing an Action Plan: (Strategies to make AIC known)

2015 – 2016

Example:Promotional Material

To thank people and to increase our visibility...

2015 – 2016

Example:Promotional Material

BOOKMAR

KS

2015 – 2016

Example:Promotional Material

Recipe Books

(printed or electronique)

2015 – 2016

Recipes

of Charity “Recipes of Charity”. The book

could contain recipes from the 53 member countries and opposite each recipe there could be a photo illustrating the work being carried out in that country or some interesting information about the work.

Example:

Promotional Material

The calendar could be sold but also given out freely to people likely to become our supporters in order to make our work known.

400 years of Charity

2017

Designing a CALENDRAR

2017C E L E B R A T I N G ! ! !

2017At the international level

Jubilee YearFrom 8th March – 8th December

2017

Probably during the entire jubilee year…

Pilgrimages to Paris and Châtillon

Special celebrations in Châtillon

In 2017…

International Assembly in Châtillon

From 12th to 15th March

With 400 participants

To speak first and foremost about the charism that our founders have passed on to us

We invite all of AIC…

In every country, in every group of the Vincentian Family, in every team...

And with our less fortunate brothers and sisters

May our celebrations be huge!!!

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING….

• Celebrating by strengthening our charism

• Making it known to other people