As the UK faces its fifth heatwave of the summer, people experiencing homelessness are increasingly exposed to dangerous temperatures, dehydration and serious health risks. Depaul UK argues that safe housing must be recognized as essential protection against a climate crisis that is making homelessness more hazardous.

Juan Manuel B. Gómez, International President General of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, reflects on Frédéric Ozanam’s relevance today: new forms of poverty, the inseparable bond between charity and justice, the canonization cause, home visits, youth, and the decisive role of laypeople in bringing the Gospel into the heart of society.

As world leaders prepare to gather again at the United Nations, wars continue, the Sustainable Development Goals are badly off track, and confidence in multilateral institutions is weakening. Is the UN becoming powerless—or do we misunderstand what it can actually do? A Vincentian perspective asks a different question: what would the world’s most vulnerable people lose if cooperation itself collapsed?

On 24 May 2026, the Ambassadors WWB from Timor-Leste (who call themselves ‘Ambassadors of Love’), together with the Brothers CMM and the ALMA Sisters in Dili, successfully carried out two major activities that integrated both spiritual and social dimensions.

A fresh, energetic hymn to Blessed Frédéric Ozanam invites a new generation to turn faith into action. With a modern, funky sound and a timeless Vincentian message, the song celebrates Ozanam’s love for Christ, his friendship with those who were poor, and his call to laypeople today: go forth, draw near, serve, and build bonds of charity.

Indifference rarely begins as open cruelty. It grows through haste, overload, digital distance, and systems that turn suffering into background noise. This editorial examines how that habit wounds society and asks how the Vincentian Family can answer it through attentive presence, dignified service, advocacy, collaboration, and prayer—learning once more to see Christ in every person.

A new European Union regulation has begun to reshape how packaging is made, used, reused, and recycled. Beyond bottles and boxes lies a deeper question about our throwaway culture, the resources we consume, and the burden waste places on people and creation. For Christians and Vincentians, caring for our common home must become concrete action.

Pope Leo XIV welcomed a delegation from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA at the Vatican, thanking Vincentians for their service to people in need. Pointing to St. Vincent de Paul, he urged them to unite prayer, social justice, and personal encounter with Christ in those they serve, allowing charity to transform both giver and receiver.

By Grace Alone is a collection of 18 Christian songs performed entirely in contemporary a cappella style. Without conventional instruments, the album builds its musical world from the expressive possibilities of the human voice: close harmonies, resonant bass lines, rhythmic vocal patterns, layered textures, and moments of both intimate prayer and joyful proclamation.

In Singapore, Agnes Tan and Enoch Yang have spent nearly two decades showing how Vincentian service can grow from a simple response to need into a lifelong relationship of friendship, faith, and hope.

For more than 25 years, Sister Luisa Derouen has walked alongside transgender people as a spiritual companion, listening to their stories, praying with them and reminding them they are loved by God.

After surviving the Chooralmala landslide in Wayanad, India, the Vijayan family invited the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth to bless their new home in Kerala, remembering the support they received after the disaster. Their gratitude shows how compassionate presence and small acts of kindness can help heal lives long after a crisis.

he opening of the Shirikisho Dispensary Maternity was more than the inauguration of a building. It was a sign of life. It marked a new chapter in OIP’s mission to uphold human dignity and improve the well-being of vulnerable families.

At Shirikisho Craft Vocational Training Centre, young people learn practical skills that can help them build a more secure and independent future.

The Virgen del Pilar Social Center in Zaragoza, Spain, invites people everywhere to take part in the #60MinuteChallenge—an initiative that transforms shared time into presence, listening, and companionship.

Participation in social life is essential for people to reach their full potential. Without neglecting their own well-being, individuals take on the responsibility of contributing to the welfare of the community as a whole.

The Home-Based Care program in Kenya reaches people who are often hidden from public view: the bedridden, the seriously ill, and those who cannot easily travel to health facilities because of their condition.

In Graz, Austria, the Vincentian spirit has created a protected place for women who have no secure home.

The life story of Juan Gabriel Perboyre, C.M., born in a rural area of France in 1802 and martyred in China in 1840, from peasant to missionary, reveals a deeply personal story of discernment, perseverance, and faith.

Good governance, seen through a Vincentian lens, is not mainly about structures or control. The Twelve Pillars of Good Governance, a fruit of the August 2026 CIF session in Paris, proposes leadership rooted in Christ, transparency, dialogue, communion, stewardship, formation, strategic vision, and missionary freedom in service of people living in poverty.

As religious congregations entrust more of their ministries to lay leadership, how can the Vincentian charism remain alive, creative, and faithful to the poor? A new report by Fr. Joe Agostino, C.M., explores the opportunities and challenges of Ministerial Public Juridic Persons and what they may mean for the future of the Vincentian Family.

French Vincentian priest Father Pierre-Marie Bos (ordained 1858, in Brazil from 1859) first dreamed of placing a statue of Christ atop Rio’s Corcovado Mountain. His 1903 poem envisioned the Redeemer blessing the city. Though he died in 1916, his vision inspired the 1920–1931 campaign that built the iconic Christ the Redeemer, fulfilling his prophetic dream.

Founded in Mexico City by Mother Inés María Gasca Solórzano, the Daughters of Charity of Mary Immaculate grew from a small hospital for the poor into a religious congregation devoted to charity, health care, education, elder care, and mission. Their story reveals a clear Vincentian inspiration, a Marian heart, and a life of humble service.

Blessed Maria Euthymia Üffing lived a life of quiet devotion, serving the sick and marginalized with deep compassion and unwavering faith. Her hidden acts of love, rooted in Eucharistic spirituality, led to her recognition as a model of holiness and her beatification by the Church.

For the Vincentian Family, Saint-Médard’s greatest importance comes from its relationship with Blessed Rosalie Rendu, Daughter of Charity and “apostle of the Mouffetard district.” Sent to the neighborhood as a young sister, she remained there for fifty-four years, serving a population marked by overcrowding, disease, unemployment and recurring political violence.

Vincentian Conference meetings are not meant to become mere business sessions. Accountability matters, but their deeper purpose is to help members grow in holiness, friendship, communion, and service. When Christ remains at the center, even practical matters can become part of the shared journey toward heaven.

In this series, Fr. Rooney extends the Sunday experience by looking at how we practically live a liturgically informed life. This week: When you say, “I’m growing in knowledge of Christ,” is that happening because you followed him into the world of the poor?

Sometimes someone says something to us about us that finds a firm place in our thinking.  It need not be something brilliant or even insightful, but when we hear it, we know that it is true and it sticks.  It becomes part of how we think about ourselves and how we give ourselves guidance and encouragement and energy.

The patient work of an artisan offers a powerful image of the spiritual life: transformation takes time, grace requires cooperation, and beauty can emerge from imperfection. As artisans of peace and hope, we are invited to sit at the feet of Jesus, the Master Artisan, allowing Him to shape our hearts and lead us into new paths of charity and mission.

Read In: Español Italiano Polski Français Português Jesus is God’s compassion made flesh.  Hence, we Christians are to be compassionate and to forgive those who sin against us. Peter is already generous as he suggests that we have to forgive up to seven times a brother who sins.  But Jesus goes further than such generosity. […]

Over the years, how many threshold moments have we Vincentians faced? Inside what thresholds might we be standing in the present day?

Read In: Español Italiano Polski Français Português Jesus laid down his life for us, and he thus made known to us love.  We should also lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.  In that way, we pay the debt that we owe him.  We owe Jesus a huge debt.  For he loved us […]

Jesus’ questions to his disciples—“Who do people say that I am?” and “Who do you say that I am?”—offer a powerful framework for Christian education. Learning becomes more than acquiring knowledge: it becomes a journey toward understanding Christ more deeply and allowing that encounter to shape faith, choices, and daily life.

Read In: Español Italiano Polski Français Português Jesus, the Word made flesh, makes known God’s thoughts and will.  He shows us what it means to think as God and to be true to God’s thinking.  Peter confesses, yes, that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the living God.  For the Father has granted him […]

Over the years, how many threshold moments have we Vincentians faced? Inside what thresholds might we be standing in the present day?

Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the living God. Yes, we know him so by grace, by the Father’ revelation. And we, who are flesh and blood, must announce him so with our lives.
By grace, by the Father’s good will, simple folks get to know things of God. The wise, in contrast, do not get to know these things.