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![VCS Pairs with College Students](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/09/Terrace-Place-FI.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
VCS Pairs with College Students
Vincentian Collaborative System (VCS) is offering free room and board to six students in a one-year intergenerational residency through LaRoche University, trading no-cost accommodations for their tech-savvy skills
![Vincentian Lay Missionaries (VLM) 2019](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/01/MISEVI-Logo-w-border.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Vincentian Lay Missionaries (VLM) 2019
In July, nine men and women from VLM-USA traveled to Africa to work in communities in Jimma, Ethiopia, and Thigio, Kenya.
![Ladies of Charity Advocacy in the Northeastern Region: Immigration and the DREAM Act](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/09/LOC-Advocacy-FI.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Ladies of Charity Advocacy in the Northeastern Region: Immigration and the DREAM Act
Take a moment to watch this 2-minute video on Immingration and the DREAM Act produced by the Ladies of Charity USA Advocacy.
![Bring It To The Floor – Rallying Against Gun Violence](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/08/SCN-Gun-Control-FI.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Bring It To The Floor – Rallying Against Gun Violence
“Bring it to the floor!” was the mantra used at the Louisville, Kentucky, rally against gun violence.
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Fire!! Fire!! Fire!!
Our beautiful Mother Earth is on fire. All around the world people are talking about the devastating fires happening right now in the Amazon rain forest. “The earths lungs.”
![Healing The Wounds That Bind Us, Our Daughters Of Charity Blueprint At St. Francis Xavier 1863](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/08/window-at-st-francis-FI.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Healing The Wounds That Bind Us, Our Daughters Of Charity Blueprint At St. Francis Xavier 1863
In 1863 St. Francis Xavier was the first to throw open it’s doors to welcome wounded men from both armies. Who answered the call from both armies? Sisters.
![A Canadian View: Engaging Homelessness](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2018/02/a-canadian-view-jim-paddon-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Canadian View: Engaging Homelessness
Homelessness is certainly a topic we hear and talk about a great deal in today’s world as there are many cities across North America that are trying to make the need for affordable, safe and secure housing a major component their future planning.
![Interview with Brother René Stockman, Superior General of the Brothers of Charity](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/08/201908Rene-Stockman.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Interview with Brother René Stockman, Superior General of the Brothers of Charity
We continue with the series of interviews in order to get to know the protagonists, on this occasion Brother René Stockman, Superior General of the Brothers of Charity.
![Niagara University-led South End Housing Initiative Hosts “Rock the Block” in Niagara Falls](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/08/Rock-the-block-FI.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Niagara University-led South End Housing Initiative Hosts “Rock the Block” in Niagara Falls
More than 200 volunteers spruced up homes in downtown Niagara Falls as part of the South End Housing Initiative’s second annual “Rock the Block.”
![Homecoming Mass and Reception For Adopted Persons From St. Vincent’s Orphanage, Chicago](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/08/st-vincents-orphanage-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Homecoming Mass and Reception For Adopted Persons From St. Vincent’s Orphanage, Chicago
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago, Post Adoption Services is hosting a Homecoming Mass and Reception for adopted persons who were placed from St. Vincent’s Orphanage in Chicago.