FAMVIN: The International Vincentian Family

In Africa, poverty is being fought village by village, using the Millennium Villages approach, which attacks poverty across a wide front. After only two years, the communities involved are already showing real results.

Benedict affirmed that countries cannot appropriate the wealth of poor nations hidden in the soil or underground. Addressing 9 new envoys  he also reviewed the situations in Tanzania and Uganda, Liberia, Chad and Bangladesh, Belarus and Guinea, Sri Lanka and Nigeria, countries with significant presence of the Vincentian Family. (Zenit)

By thorough integration of values and mission, Daughters of Charity organized a successful, multi-disciplinary response to change the future of a young woman with a rare and devastating syndrome.

…and you never leave empty-handed and you know you are loved. A blogger describes finding such a place, a place where I think a vulnerable teenager might have rescued her own self esteem. It’s a Society of Saint Vincent de Paul thrift store. Read a fabulous, gritty, hopeful blog entry: st. vincent de paul, savior [...]

A policy paper entitled Which Way Home? A New Approach to Homelessness has been published by the Australian government. The paper’s purpose is to educate, to encourage public discussion, and to offer proposals, with particular focus on changing underlying causes of homelessness. Summary and full report.

“Sanctity simply means love,” writes Daughter of Charity Jozefa Watroba in an essay for Poland’s Sunday Catholic Weekly about Blessed Marta Wiecka. The article includes much biographical information and places Blessed Marta’s life in a specific historical context. Read the essay. “S.M.” is the Polish translation of “D.C.”