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First Aid AND Long-term Solutions Needed For the Homeless
The Vincentian Family is committed to a collaborative worldwide effort to eradicate homelessness by 2030. We can only get to 2030 by looking at homelessness in 2020.
![The Student is the Teacher’s Masterpiece: St. Albert the Great and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/11/AlbertWeb.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The Student is the Teacher’s Masterpiece: St. Albert the Great and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Teachers can’t expect to have a student as exceptional as St. Thomas Aquinas, but both Albertus Magnus and Mother Seton understood that every teacher can create “masterpieces” by forming students in Christ’s image.
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Love, Inventive to Infinity
This story was featured at a charity luncheon and dinner hosted at Nazareth in October 2022.
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Rethinking homelessness: ‘connection and coordination’ seen as keys to fresh response
An evening of networking sponsored by the archdiocese to help connect individuals and organizations involved in charitable activity among Vancouver’s neediest populations.
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SVdP Announces Episode 5 of Our Faith in Action Season 2 on EWTN
“Our Faith in Action: Today’s Society of St. Vincent de Paul” will wrap its season 2 premiere week special event on EWTN Global Catholic Network on December 2 at 5:30 PM EASTERN / 4:30 PM CENTRAL.
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Systemic Change Commission to Offer Weekly Advent Reflections
In preparation for Christmas the Systemic Change Commission invites you to a weekly offering of Advent Reflections.
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COP27, Delivering For the People and the Planet
Climate change affects us all. We share this beautiful gift of the Earth.
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Marks on All of Our Hearts
In August, the traditional weekly suburban children’s camp was held in Stara Boleslav in the Czech Republic.
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UK Embassy opens Depaul Kyiv Day Centre
After words of welcome, Fr. Vitaliy spoke about the founding of Depaul in Kharkiv in 2006 and its journey to becoming a lifeline for the country’s homeless ever since.
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Ukraine: We are battling war. Soon we will battle frostbite and hypothermia
Russia’s war on Ukraine has brought so much pain and suffering. It has resulted in a humanitarian crisis which will only get worse as winter approaches.