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Depaul UK has its own YouTube channel which contains many videos describing their many services with young people.   Related FAMVIN Posts:No Related FAMVIN Posts

Voice of the Poor Chairman, Jack Murphy, explains why being an advocate for those in need is important to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Visit the  Society’s YouTube channel.   Related FAMVIN Posts:Vinnies Chief Executive Officer as tireless Adovcate SVDP Advocacy Alert regarding repeal of Social Services Block Grant!It’s a sin not to [...]

According to Bishop McCarthy ”No one wants to go to the hospital unnecessarily but if you find yourself in Austin, Texas, and you want to see something really both wonderful and awesome, find your way to the campus of the Dell Children’s Medical Center. It has been constructed on the site of the old Austin airport [...]

And it does not mean sending peanut butter sandwiches.  A visitor writes…”I bought a jar of peanut butter & saw it had a sticker on the lid, to go to childhungerEndsHere.com and enter an 8-digit code printed on the sticker. This donated one meal to a local food bank and then led to videos and [...]

TSister Margaret Tuley, DC received the Papal Cross Pro Ecclesia Et Pontifice by the  in recognition for her charity work and her key role in the Strategic Planning Process for the Diocese of Greensburg. This award was established by Pope Leo XIII in 1888 and is given for distinguished service to the Church by clergy and laypersons. [...]

Have you ever observed what Sherry Turkle writes of in a recent New York TImes article… “We live in a technological universe in which we are always communicating. And yet we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection.” “A 16-year-old boy who relies on texting for almost everything says almost wistfully, “Someday, someday, but certainly not [...]

A very powerful brief  videoe draws our attention to an often underappreciated source of social action — not just those at the top, but those in the middle. Separating the new and the scalable from what actually makes an impact, Nancy calls for a culture of doers. She is the CEO and Chief Old Person of DoSomething.org, [...]

Sheila Gilbert, National SVDP President  makes an appeal to oppose the proposal to permanently repeal block grants. Dear Vincentians, The U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means has proposed repealing funding for the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG). These funds help provide services to the disabled, the homeless, the elderly, victims of abuse, and other [...]

The LCWR Global Concerns Committee offers a resource by Sr. Gertrude Foley SC, “An Invitation to Systems Thinking: An Opportunity to Act for Systemic Change.  PDF Gertrude Foley SC reminds us: “A ‘system’ is an entity that maintains its existence and functions as  a whole through the interaction of its parts. The behavior of a [...]

“During this time when we celebrate the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ, we ought to reflect and ask ourselves if we have truly risen with the Lord. How dowe know if this has occurred? We will know this if our attitude is one of doing good for others, especially the poor. Indeed it is in the poor [...]