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VLM/VMC Impact: Vincentian Formation – What Must Be Done?
We continue to share a series of reflections made by Vincentian Lay Missionaries and Vincentian Mission Corps participants about their experience serving, how it has impacted their lives and how they continue to live the Vincentian Charism today. Six years have...
Goulburn Helps Vinnies Winter Sleep-Out (Australia)
Some 731,000 children in Australia are reported to be below the poverty line and on any given night, 116,000 people are experiencing or at risk of homelessness. The statistics, shared by St. Vincent de Paul Goulburn treasurer, Bob Thurling, were a confronting opening...
A Canadian View: Poverty and Vincentian Charism
I imagine everyone has their own vision of poverty. It is usually a picture of someone dressed poorly, if a man he likely has a beard or long unkempt hair. Women are pictured in old, dirty clothes with no makeup. Poverty can also mean you live in subsidized housing,...
Collaborative Planning: An Ongoing Process for the Vincentian Family at UN
In the not-too-distant past the individual representatives of the various Vincentian NGOs would see each other at UN events and sometimes sit together. While we knew of each other, we were all working solely for our own organizations. When we officially all gathered...
Vinnies Catholic Organization in Australia Has Its Own Recording Studio
St. Vincent de Paul Society may be best known for its charity initiatives – and its sustainable fashion – but it’s also a thriving part of the Australian music industry. Rarely covered by media and even more rarely publicized by Vinnies itself, its Ozanam Learning...
“Catherine Comes Home” Living History Tour
In an effort to do more to touch the lives of pilgrims visiting the Shrine, The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton has launched a “Living History” program: Catherine Comes Home. This living history tour, where visitors will get the chance to experience...
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A Canadian View: Poverty and Human Dignity
The first Principle of Catholic Social Teaching is the Principle of Human Dignity which states that Every human being is created in the image of God and redeemed by Jesus Christ, and therefore is invaluable and worthy of respect as a member of the human family. The...
Hydroponics Comes To Seton Harvest
Tim Lilley of The Messenger writes: Hydroponics has come to Seton Harvest – thanks to the Healthy Harvest Partnership with Ascension Health’s St. Vincent Evansville and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and a grant from the Wellborn Baptist Foundation. Hydroponics...
Blessing and Launch of the National Council of the Vincentian Family in Ireland
Thursday, April 26 was a milestone for the Vincentian Family in Ireland. His grace Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin was invited by the newly constituted National Council of the Vincentian Family in Ireland to celebrate and bless this new development. The Council...