Javier F. Chento
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![Sister Kathleen Appler, Superioress General of the Daughters of Charity, has Passed Away](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/03/202003Kathleen-031.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Sister Kathleen Appler, Superioress General of the Daughters of Charity, has Passed Away
You will show me the path to life, abounding joy in your presence.(Ps 16:11) On Wednesday, March 18, 2020, Sister Kathleen APPLER, 68 years of age and 47 years vocation, Superioress General of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, met her Lord after a...
![SSVP Council General International’s Statement with regard to Coronavirus](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/03/202003Covid-19.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
SSVP Council General International’s Statement with regard to Coronavirus
The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul worldwide is joining the efforts of national and international health authorities to fight and minimise the effects of this pandemic sparked by the new Coronavirus outbreak (Covid-19).
![Fifty Years of Service of the Daughters of Charity in Cameroon](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/03/202003200306-Cameroon-fb.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Fifty Years of Service of the Daughters of Charity in Cameroon
On February 15, 2020, we thanked God for 50 years of service of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul in Cameroon.
![A Vincentian Reflection on “Querida Amazonia”](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/03/202003Goldberg-on-Unsplash.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Vincentian Reflection on “Querida Amazonia”
On February 12, 2020, we were blessed with the publication of Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, Querida Amazonia.
![New Book: Peter Joseph Triest – On His Way to Sainthood](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/03/202003petrusjosephtriestENA-fb.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
New Book: Peter Joseph Triest – On His Way to Sainthood
The official biography of Peter Joseph Triest (founder of the Brothers of Charity) is now available to the general public in several languages.
![27 Young Brothers of Charity (Novices) Receive the Habit in Nairobi](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/03/202003DSC09608_Nairobi.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
27 Young Brothers of Charity (Novices) Receive the Habit in Nairobi
On Saturday, February 29, 2020, 27 young men received the habit as novices in the International Novitiate of the Brothers of Charity in Nairobi.
![CVV Pilgrimage to the Border](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/01/MISEVI-Logo-w-border.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
CVV Pilgrimage to the Border
Each year Colorado Vincentian Volunteers makes a pilgrimage to the Border between Mexico and the United States. Here are two of this year’s reflections.
![The UN Introduces Homelessness on the Agenda Thanks to Vincentian Advocacy](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/02/20200249538188648_3243a11170_fb.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The UN Introduces Homelessness on the Agenda Thanks to Vincentian Advocacy
The UN has adopted the first resolution defining homelessness and asking countries to measure it.
![“I Was Imprisoned and You Came to Visit Me”](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/02/202002logo-pastoral-carceraria.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
“I Was Imprisoned and You Came to Visit Me”
We hope to inspire our readers to view their incarcerated sisters or brothers as human beings with whom Jesus himself identified.
![13 Houses Campaign and Street Children in Kenya](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/02/202002kenya-13-houses-1.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
13 Houses Campaign and Street Children in Kenya
In Kitale (Kenya), the 13 Houses Campaign led by Sister Winnie, DC is thriving. The street children come after sleeping there to the Daughter of Charity Upendo shelter.