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“To place these two individuals side by side can seem rather strange. To say the least they were not contemporaries. What could these two very different individuals possibly have in common?” For some insightful reflections on what they have in common visit dePaul’s Annual Vincent de Paul lecture published in Vincentian Heritage in 1991 The [...]

For those who are new to what is often unfortunately described as “the Church’s best kept secret” US Catholic magazine provides “The Busy Christian’s Guide to the Church’s Social Teaching. Contrary to what some pundits think, the church has a very strong tradition especially since the time of Leo XIII at the end of the [...]

Dr John Falzon is Chief Executive Officer of the St Vincent de Paul Society National Council of Australia. Over the years famvin has posted some of the presentations he has made in his role of advocate for the marginalized. So it was with great delight that I discovered a compliation of his many presentation is [...]

The U.S. bishops’ leader on domestic justice repeated his calls for Congress to resist proposed budget reductions that would cut funding to programs that help the most vulnerable members of society. “A just framework for future budgets cannot rely on disproportionate cuts in essential services to poor persons,” said Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

In a hard-hitting  article titled “Easter Manifesto”,  John Falzon, CEO of the National Council of the St Vincent de Paul Society in Australia says – “The Easter motif of suffering and resurrection comes alive in the flesh and blood of all movements of social justice and social change, when people who have been treated as [...]

Long-term poverty  will cost significantly more than payment of unemployment benefits writes John Falzon, Chief Executive of the National Council of the St Vincent de Paul Society in Australia.  ” It’s easy to blame people for being outside the labour market or on its low-paid fringes. It’s easy when you’re passing judgment from a comfortable vantage [...]

This weekend, millions of people will flock to the theaters to see “The Hunger Games.” Millions more will suffer from hunger today.For all the hype that has been generated by and for this movie, have we put the same energy behind combating the reality of hunger in our world?Hunger is our world’s MOST SOLVABLE PROBLEM.Create [...]

We are pleased to inform you that we have been officially admitted as an UN-NGO  member of ECOSOC under the category of Special Consultative Status with no  voting rights. This consultative status provides NGOs like us with access to not only  ECOSOC but also to its many subsidiary bodies, to the various human rights  mechanisms [...]