FAMVIN: The International Vincentian Family

Some of  the more comprehensive faith-based resources for the upcoming election in the US include the United States Bishops website and the Education for Justice Website. The latter site is especially rich in providing discussion guides, including one on the current financial crisis, based on the range of church teaching adapted for various levels. Try [...]

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul has released a DVD and Guide “Voice of the Poor Guide”  They also now have a  Supply Catalog and Order Form on-line at “SHOP” on the left top of the Home Page. You may send orders in by email, fax or regular mail.

Patricia de Nava, past President of the AIC, presented a talk at the LCUSA Assembly in San Antonio  on  “Systemic Change: A Process to change the unjust situations affecting the poor” The outline of her talk follows.

If we see the face of God in the poor charity AND justice are both required and are rooted in an underlying spirituality summed up the message of the speakers at the National Assembly of the Ladies of Charity gathered in San Antonio.

The new State president of the St Vincent de Paul Society warns the charity is facing possibly the toughest period in its history because of the increase in people struggling to afford the basic costs of living.