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![Striving to be “Social Poets,” the Famvin Homeless Alliance’s Response to COVID-19](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/06/vf-homeless-alliance-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Striving to be “Social Poets,” the Famvin Homeless Alliance’s Response to COVID-19
What to do to find “solutions for the most pressing problems afflicting the marginalized”?
![Statement of the British Province of the Daughters of Charity on the death of George Floyd](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/06/black-lives-matter-fb.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Statement of the British Province of the Daughters of Charity on the death of George Floyd
Here in Great Britain the Daughters of Charity give oversight to numerous services and projects through DC SERVICES and through this body we have issued our own public statement.
![Sisters of Charity Federation Prayer Service – June 14](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/06/SCF-Prayer-service-6142020-FI.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Sisters of Charity Federation Prayer Service – June 14
In this time of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic crisis and the powerful and emotional response to racism erupting in the United States, we invite you to join together in prayer for unstoppable charity.
![The Most Vulnerable Among the Vulnerable](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2018/08/famvin-na-social-justice-logo-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The Most Vulnerable Among the Vulnerable
There are indications that some Native American populations are facing a disproportionate brunt of the COVID-19 epidemic with higher infection and mortality rates than the overall U.S. population.
![They Never Thought It Could Happen To Them](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/02/homelessness-series-featured-2.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
They Never Thought It Could Happen To Them
They never thought eviction could happen to them! And then it did.
![Statement of the Daughters of Charity in the USA on the death of George Floyd](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/06/black-lives-matter-fb-2.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Statement of the Daughters of Charity in the USA on the death of George Floyd
We, the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul USA, unite our hearts, voices, prayers, presence, and action with those of people of goodwill around the globe in affirming that black lives matter.
![How the pandemic could reshape the U.S. health care system](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/06/carol-keehan-dc-coronavirus-healthcare.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
How the pandemic could reshape the U.S. health care system
It will take providers, employers, unions, insurers, governments and consumers working together to transform our health system into one that is worthy of our great nation.
![Faithful to God’s Plan for My Life](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/06/catherine-laboure-chapel-vision-featured.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Faithful to God’s Plan for My Life
It is “not that Catherine Labouré was holy because she saw the Blessed Virgin; she was holy because she was faithful to the mission given her to do.”
![Striving to be “Social Poets,” the Famvin Homeless Alliance’s Response to COVID-19](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/06/vf-homeless-alliance-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Ihor, a life changed amidst the pandemic in Ukraine
Ihor worked as a storekeeper at a metal warehouse. However, just before the quarantine measures were implemented, the owner fired Ihor from his job.
![Ladies of Charity Advocacy: Shadow Pandemic](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/09/lcusa-advocacy-generic-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Ladies of Charity Advocacy: Shadow Pandemic
The LCUSA Advocacy Committee is helping to shine a light on a surge of domestic violence that has accompanied COVID-19 lockdowns around the world.