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COVID Hotel
The UK Vincentian Family is working to eradicate the poverty of homelessness – now and for all time.
![Ladies of Charity Advocacy: DACA Upheld; Need For Comprehensive Immigration Reform](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/09/lcusa-advocacy-generic-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Ladies of Charity Advocacy: DACA Upheld; Need For Comprehensive Immigration Reform
As Ladies of Charity, we support justice for all the poor and marginalized of our world… this is only a temporary fix to the issue of immigration, and a real final solution is needed.
![Non-Profit Home Care Agency Launches Befriending Service For Lonely Elderly](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/07/Vincentian-Care-Plus-collage-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Non-Profit Home Care Agency Launches Befriending Service For Lonely Elderly
VCP was awarded a grant which will go towards providing vulnerable elderly people in greatest need with additional hours of care and companionship.
![St. Francis Regis Clet, who followed the will of Providence in good times and in bad](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/07/clet-featured-5.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
St. Francis Regis Clet, who followed the will of Providence in good times and in bad
“My brothers and sisters, the saints make holiness real for us.” – Fr. Robert Maloney, C.M.
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Laudato Si’
As we recognize this fifth anniversary of Pope Francis’s encyclical letter, Laudato Si’ (On Care for Our Common Good), the Vinfam social justice collaborators have been discussing this topic over the past two monthly calls.
![Homeless Advocate Murdered On Park Bench](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/02/homelessness-series-featured-2.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Homeless Advocate Murdered On Park Bench
Paul Behler was a founding member of the advocacy group Housing Our Neighbors; helped start Baltimore’s first street newspaper, Word on the Street, and was part of a Faces Of Homelessness Speakers Bureau.
![“Only the Vincentian Family came to help us”](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/06/vf-homeless-alliance-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
“Only the Vincentian Family came to help us”
Latin America is now the epicenter of COVID-19. The Vincentian Family has stepped up to the challenge and continues to work with the poor.
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The Pope Video • Our Families
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Our Families.
![Homeless Advocate Murdered On Park Bench](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/02/homelessness-series-featured-2.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Why Do Homeless People Have Cell Phones?
Seeing a homeless person with a cell phone raises eyebrows for some people. A formerly homeless person tells how it was a lifeline.
![A Call to Change (Part I)](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/03/vincent-louise-frederic-francis.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Call to Change (Part I)
What makes us believe that any changes that might occur during 2020 will create a new society, a society of justice and equality?