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![From a Lone Lorry to Over 4000 Tons of Aid: Depaul Looks Back at an Extraordinary Year](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/02/RS16877_2022_11_DEC_Maciek-Musialek_MM4_8959-1.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
From a Lone Lorry to Over 4000 Tons of Aid: Depaul Looks Back at an Extraordinary Year
February 24th was supposed to be like any other day. Then suddenly, for millions of Ukrainians, their world collapsed. “February 24th is a date I will remember for the rest of my life. You don’t know what to do except to run.” For 17 years, Depaul has been a lifeline...
![Lent: A Time to Withdraw to be Ourselves](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/06/missionarys-voice-facebook.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Lent: A Time to Withdraw to be Ourselves
Jesus took with him Peter, James and John and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves (Mk 9:2; Mt17:1). This is how both St. Mathew and St. Mark begins the transfiguration narrative which is taken for the liturgical reading of the Second Sunday of Lent. St....
![Empowering Communities to Save the Environment](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/02/Empowering-Communities-to-Save-the-Environment-1.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Empowering Communities to Save the Environment
In ministries across India, the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth are hosting awareness programs to educate people about the importance of protecting the environment and reducing the use of plastic.
![To Follow the Pope, as St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Did](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/02/Disciples_running_by_EB-fb-scaled.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
To Follow the Pope, as St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Did
St. Peter is honored because despite his weaknesses, he loved and followed Jesus, and became the first pope. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton also chose a difficult path, when she answered God’s call, and entered the Catholic Church.
![The Pope Video • For Victims of Abuse](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/02/pope-video-2-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The Pope Video • For Victims of Abuse
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: For Victims of Abuse.
![A Canadian View: Servant Leadership](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: Servant Leadership
Servant leadership is term used within the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul and is likely familiar with many branches of the Vincentian family.
![Gender Equality and the Empowerment of All Women and Girls](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/02/vincentian-family-UN-facebook.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Gender Equality and the Empowerment of All Women and Girls
Women and girls suffer greater injustices than men and responding to this with action and hope is a focus of the United Nations and the Vincentian Family.
![Vincentian Marian Youth Established in Ethiopia](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/03/VMY-Ethiopia-03.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Vincentian Marian Youth Established in Ethiopia
On the first Sunday of Lent, February 26, 2023, the Vincentian Marian Youth (VMY) in Ethiopia was officially established.
![‘They Possess God’: Mother Seton and Blessed John of Fiesole](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/02/Angelico-fb.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
‘They Possess God’: Mother Seton and Blessed John of Fiesole
It’s no wonder that Mother Seton and Blessed John of Fiesole, the Dominican friar known as Fra Angelico, experienced God so intensely in Italy, a land of splendid Catholic art and liturgy.
![Saint Louise de Marillac and the Eucharist](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/02/eucharist-louise.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Saint Louise de Marillac and the Eucharist
When I receive Communion, do I feel in my very being that I am part of the Communion of Saints, united with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit?