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The Vincentian Family carries forward a charism of organized charity, showing that collaboration magnifies impact. Across schools, parishes, hospitals, and advocacy, branches unite to offer food, education, legal aid, and spiritual care. Rooted in a spirituality of encounter, this shared mission turns hope into strategy, ensuring no neighbor is abandoned along the road.
This Black History Month, Graeme Browne, Floating Support Service Manager of DePual UK, reflects on the intersectionality of race and homelessness, and what drives his commitment to supporting young people facing housing insecurity.
Chapter IV of “Dilexi te” traces the history of the Social Doctrine of the Church, from Rerum novarum to the present day, showing that the poor are active subjects of faith and thought. It affirms that the Church is only faithful to Christ when it shares their destiny and that charity, a transforming force, must heal the structural causes of poverty.
On Tuesday October 28, 2025, Pope Leo XIV published the Apostolic Letter “Drawing New Maps of Hope”, addressed to the Church and to all humanity, inviting us to reconsider education as one of the privileged places where the future of our world is being forged.
In Mpepai, Ruvuma region of Tanzania, the 13 Houses for the Jubilee project is about to complete a home for a vulnerable family of ten. They will move from a fragile mud shelter to a safe, sustainable house. The active involvement of the parents and children has strengthened their sense of belonging and hope for a dignified, stable future.
The Count of Aljezur was an outstanding Vincentian layman who devoted his life to the service of Christian charity and the expansion of the Vincentian charism. A man of deep faith and commitment, his legacy lives on as an example of dedication to others and fidelity to the Vincentian mission.
Founded in Córdoba in 1864, the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul of Argentina grew as an independent, women-led Catholic group committed to serving the poor outside the international SSVP. Rooted in Vincentian spirituality, it blends personal charity with social outreach and continues its mission today with both women and men.
On November 6, the Catholic Church in Spain remembers the martyrs who gave their lives during the religious persecution of the 20th century, among them dozens of members of the Vincentian Family.
The Vincentian vocation reveals an irony: by serving others, we grow in holiness ourselves. Frédéric Ozanam taught that charity unites love of God, neighbor, and self—not as selfishness, but as gratitude for God’s gift of life. True love of neighbor flows from divine love within us, making every act of service an act of love for God.
The provincial superior of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Jeanne Antide Thouret of the East – Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan and Ethiopia, all countries involved in armed conflicts and in a situation of deep social crisis – shared her moving and hopeful testimony during the opening vigil of the Jubilee of Consecrated Life on 8 October 2025 in St. Peter’s Basilica.
