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Fr. Mavrič Meets Vincentian Family UN NGOs

by Catherine Prendergast | Nov 24, 2016 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.

Collaboration and the upcoming 400th Anniversary of the birth of the Vincentian Charism were on the mind of Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, November 11, when he met with UN NGOs at the Congregation of...

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

by Catherine Prendergast | Oct 13, 2016 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty “Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.” - Martin Luther King, Jr. Currently, the...

United Nations: Sustainable Development Goal #1

by Catherine Prendergast | Sep 15, 2016 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.

Blessed Rosalie Rendu said to Blessed Frederic Ozanam and companions, “Hunt down poverty in order to give humanity its dignity.” In 2015, the United Nations ratified 17 Sustainable Development Goals, calling on the world to “leave no one behind.” The challenge...