A prayer service for the Advent season.
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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
“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
Meet Krissy Bruce, a 2007 and 2008 Vincentian Lay Missionary in Ethiopia, and learn how she continues to embrace the Vincentian Charism today.
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: 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...
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...
“It’s a Big Night for St. Vincent in Chicago”
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 was a big night for St. Vincent in Chicago. From among ALL the financial executives in the city of Chicago, the winners of "CFO of the Year" for BOTH large and mid-sized organizations went to the chief financial officers of two Vincentian...
Social Justice Conversations: My Vincentian Heart is Breaking
My Vincentian heart is breaking. In the 1990s, I was privileged to minister as part of a pastoral team of the diocese of Quiche in Guatemala. We were present to resilient and faith-filled indigenous families who experienced 30 years of violent repression by their...
Nuns on the Bus
The “Nuns on the Bus” wrapped up their 27 day tour on November 2 with its closing event, “Fiesta for the Common Good” and a final journey to President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. This journey, entitled “Tax Justice Truth Tour” hosted 54...