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Ozanam Scholar Serves in Ghana
Recently I had the amazing opportunity to go to Accra, Ghana for two weeks with Ozanam Scholars Program at St. John’s University. The program focus is for students to seek systemic solutions on social justice issues that are within the five pillars of homelessness,...
A Canadian View: Refugees in Canada
We welcome Vincentian Jim Paddon as our latest contributor to the .famvin English site. He will be writing reflections for us twice a month on Thursday afternoons. You can read a little bit about him after his reflection. Thank you Jim! I would like to provide...
A Canadian View: Barriers and Bridges
We welcome Vincentian Jim Paddon as our latest contributor to the .famvin English site. He will be writing reflections for us twice a month on Thursday afternoons. You can read a little bit about him after his reflection. Thank you Jim! There has certainly been...
Ladies of Charity USA Launches Ground-breaking Caregiving Service
The Ladies of Charity USA seek to make fundamental differences in peoples’ lives. Through our Ladies of Charity Caregiving project we will train caregivers, pay competitive wages, and deliver capable compassionate care to the most vulnerable among us. The Ladies of...
A Systemic Approach to Eliminating Homelessness
Speech of Mark McGreevy, Founder and CEO of DePaul International, at the side event panel entitled “A Systemic Approach to Eliminating Homelessness” presented by the Vincentian Family at the United Nations, in Collaboration with the Permanent Mission of Ireland...
Vincentian Homeless Alliance Calls to End Unsheltered Homelessness
Vincentian Homeless Alliance calls upon the nations of the world to end unsheltered homelessness at UN Commission on Social Development “One of the most powerful images of global poverty is homeless people living on the streets of our major towns and cities” stated...
Advocacy: Collaboration is Essential
AIC International is a ECOSOC recognized Catholic NGO at the UN. At the UN in New York, for nearly two decades we have fought the feminization of poverty with a small group of volunteer representatives. For anyone who has engaged in this work, it is obvious that one...
Service with Expansive Vision
Collaboration amongst the Presentation Sisters and the Daughters of Charity in Australia has produced a fruitful organization dedicated to those living in poverty and on the margins. Below is an insightful article from Global Sisters Report by Sr. Lucy van Kessel...
New Congregation of the Mission Province in Vietnam
Members of the Congregation of Mission in Vietnam will have a happy reunion at the end of this lunar year. Vincentians will have a very special Tet holiday (lunar year festival), a memorable spring. This Vice-Province in Vietnam will become a new Province. Rev. Tomaž...
New Social Entrepreneurship Program to Connect Students and Formerly Homeless Adults
Depaul USA, a national homeless services organization, and students at William Penn Charter School, an independent school in the East Falls neighborhood, announce an exciting new project to produce local, vegan soaps. The Rays of Hope project is staffed by residents...