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Transforming lives in Brazil
Under the subsidy of our Mother House, and aid from the Province of Curitiba and the active participation of the Sisters from five local communities, we saw an opportunity to go beyond the emergency care of the people we accompany, and invest in new training programs for them.
![Improving Health and Saving Lives: Campaign for a Tuberculosis free India](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-03-31-at-2.01.48-PM.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Improving Health and Saving Lives: Campaign for a Tuberculosis free India
A much-loved Sister in India has spent years helping to restore health to the very ill and create awareness around a prevalent disease.
![Lenten Video Series, Day 28: Into Your Hands](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/03/lenten-series-camm-joy-of-sacrifice-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Lenten Video Series, Day 28: Into Your Hands
Consider the small things you can do to open yourself up to others, and your rewards will be joyful.
![Daughters of Charity in Spain Respond to the Suffering of Ukrainians](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/03/hc-esp-ucrania-EN.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Daughters of Charity in Spain Respond to the Suffering of Ukrainians
The Daughters, together with other individuals and institutions, have spared no effort to continue to respond to the current calls of our suffering brothers and sisters.
![Images of Hope: a Ukrainian Child Prays for Peace](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/03/ninyo-por-la-paz-fb.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Images of Hope: a Ukrainian Child Prays for Peace
A little boy, about 4 or 5 years old, humbly bows before the cross of the Savior and, piously raising his small hands, sings a short prayer asking for an end to war and for peace to reign.
![Lenten Video Series, Day 28: Into Your Hands](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/03/lenten-series-camm-joy-of-sacrifice-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Lenten Video Series, Day 27: Compassion
For Katelyn Servey, growing in her relationship with Jesus Christ through sacrifice and experience, enables her to figure out how to navigate the maze of life.
![The Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Spain is Helping the Ukrainian Refugees](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/03/Convoy-1-Bilbao-02.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Spain is Helping the Ukrainian Refugees
The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has led to an intense movement of millions of refugees fleeing their country to safer destinations. Faced with the need to assist both the refugees in Poland and those wishing to move to Spain, the Council of Bilbao of the Society of...
![Lenten Video Series, Day 28: Into Your Hands](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/03/lenten-series-camm-joy-of-sacrifice-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Lenten Video Series, Day 26: A Matter of the Heart
Allowing Christ to lead us to where we need to be rather than where we believe we might want to be, is the core of deriving joy from sacrifice.
![Nearly 2 Billion People Can’t Count on Clean Water at Hospitals; The Catholic Church Can Help](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/03/surgeon-washing-hands-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Nearly 2 Billion People Can’t Count on Clean Water at Hospitals; The Catholic Church Can Help
“It defies logic that any hospital or health clinic could lack water, sanitation and hygiene—also known as WASH.”
![Direct Aid from the International Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in the face of the War in Ukraine](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/03/ayuda-ucrania-1.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Direct Aid from the International Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in the face of the War in Ukraine
The Commission for International Aid and Development (CIAD) has provided emergency donations to assist refugees and establish contact with Vincentians in the border areas with Ukraine in order to strengthen emergency aid. Since the outset of the war in Ukraine, Europe...