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President of SSVP USA Urges Passage of the FIRST STEP Act
“We encourage you to pass this amended version of the FIRST STEP Act, and to continue bipartisan work to improve and reform the criminal justice system.”
![Social Justice Conversations: Ladies of Charity Caregiving, Inc. Launching in Pittsburgh!](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2018/08/famvin-na-social-justice-logo-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Social Justice Conversations: Ladies of Charity Caregiving, Inc. Launching in Pittsburgh!
Ladies of Charity Caregiving, Inc. is offering holistic high-quality home care while providing quality training and quality jobs to caregivers.
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How To Get Your Parents On Board With A Year Of Service
Telling my parents that I wanted to do a year of service after graduation was one of the most stressful things I’ve had to do in my life.
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Waiting For Love- Advent
A prayer service for the Advent season.
![A Canadian View: Advent](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: Advent
As Vincentians, perhaps we too should examine our efforts to address poverty and take time during this Advent to do that little extra.
![The Pope Video • In the Service of the Transmission of Faith](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/02/pope-video-2-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The Pope Video • In the Service of the Transmission of Faith
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: In the Service of the Transmission of Faith
![VLM/VMC Impact: Continuing to Embrace the Vincentian Charism](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2018/04/vlm-vmc-featured.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
VLM/VMC Impact: Continuing to Embrace the Vincentian Charism
Meet Krissy Bruce, a 2007 and 2008 Vincentian Lay Missionary in Ethiopia, and learn how she continues to embrace the Vincentian Charism today.
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Daughters of Charity: Bridge
A YouTube video beautifully illustrates how the Daughters of Charity serve those in need, with compassion and strength, ministering in the everyday worlds of the poor and the marginalized.
![A Canadian View: Advent](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: Freedom Behind Prison Walls
The Province of Ontario Regional Council of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul started the Ozanam education fund several years ago, which provides grants to a candidate sponsored by a member conference. We have helped almost 200 candidates. One unique candidate was...
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The Feminization of Poverty
As I read the article by Fr. Memo on the World Day of the Poor, celebrated in our Church this week, I could not help but think sadly of women in poverty. A majority of people who are poor are women. The expression, “The Feminization of Poverty” is used to...