FAMVIN: The International Vincentian Family

The international site of the SVDP reports “We have received the following news from our Territorial Vice President, Renato de Lima, on the situation in Chile.”

The term “homeless person” is used readily in theory, practice and policy – even among people experiencing homelessness – yet its connotations and impact are rarely considered.

The St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP) Charitable Pharmacy in Cincinnati, Ohio, announced last week that it surpassed $5.1 million dollars worth of medication dispensed to help people in need since it opened in September 2006 [1]. The Charitable Pharmacy is the only pharmacy in southwest Ohio that provides free, professional pharmaceutical care to people in [...]

Manny Sanchez of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Los Angeles sent these resources to his Young Vincentians group.

The St Vincent de Paul Society has welcomed the Federal Government’s move to allow disadvantaged people to access Centrelink payments weekly rather than fortnightly, but reiterated its opposition to compulsory income management.

Fr. Frank Brennan has been appointed Catholic Advocate in Residence for the St Vincent de Paul Society, Catholic Health Australia (CHA), Catholic Social Services Australia (CSSA), and the Australian Catholic University’s Public Policy Institute (PPI). In the unprecedented and collaborative  move Fr. Brennan will endeavour to raise awareness and drive change on the health and [...]

National president of the St Vincent de Paul Society in the United States Joe Flannigan and his wife Pat visited Australia in November 2009 at the invitation of the St Vincent de Paul Society National Council of Australia and president Syd Tutton. During their 20-day visit Mr and Mrs Flannigan met the national board of [...]

The SVDP in the UK is sponsoring an art competition to celebrate the 350th Anniversary. They are looking for artwork, whether it be painting, photography, sculpture or any other type of art which expresses Vincentian values and the ethos of the Vincentian Family.

National President of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA Joseph D. Flannigan has issued a call to the 120,000 volunteer members of the Society in the United States, as well as to the general public, to help provide assistance for the victims of the terrible Haiti Earthquake.

St Vincent de Paul Society Canberra/Goulburn Central Council What if there was no Christmas dinner to share with your family? Not one single gift to light up the faces of excited children on Christmas morning. Or what if you didn’t even know where you’d be sleeping on Christmas Eve?