It’s Tuesday in Manila and it’s hot. The street is bustling. Over 150 people are gathered outside the church on the paving stones. Mass has just ended and the early evening traffic buzzes past as the congregation departs. Some of that congregation are now preparing...
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Green Area for Refugees to Start a new Life in Rome
These refugees have found a land of opportunity right in the backyard of the Congregation of the Mission in Rome. Since March, they've been growing produce and flowers here as part of the Mediterranea Project, a Vincentian initiative seeking to also cultivate...
New Deadline for SSVP Literary Contest on Lallier
New deadline for submissions to the 2018 International Literary Contest “The First Conference” In order to allow more time and receive more contributions from participants, the International General Council (CGI) of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul decided to extend...
Press Release in Solidarity with Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Migrants in the United States
Considering the situations of need, of violence, and of the curtailment of fundamental rights, the International Vincentian Network for Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation recently published a communiqué in solidarity with the peoples of Nicaragua, Venezuela...
Collaboration and Solidarity [Video]
By Fr. Manuel Ginete, CM On July 9, 2011 the people in the southern part of Sudan had reason to celebrate - the world’s newest country was born, South Sudan. After years of war with the north, South Sudan finally gained its independence. For the next two years the...
The Registration Period for “Finding Vince 400” is Opened
June 2018 Dear Members of the Vincentian Family, May the grace and peace of Jesus be with you always! The Registration Form for Finding Vince 400 has been activated and can be found at fv400.com. All are invited to join us for another historical moment in our life as...
Successes and Failures in Collaborative Efforts [Video]
My name is Joe Agostino. I am a priest of the Congregation of the Mission and am serving as the Coordinator of the Vincentian Family Collaboration Commission. Like most realities in life, collaboration never happens in a straight line. As is true of any...
Video: Systemic Change in the CM Curia – Mediterranea – Project for Refugees
We asked the young people of the Mediterranea project to tell us what does it mean to be a refugee, to be welcomed in a foreign country and about their work in the Curia. It is not important who welcomes you, but that you feel welcomed. Because charity “does not...
“Mediterránea”: Systemic Change Project for the Social and Labor Integration of Political Refugees
"Mediterránea" The General Curia, Rome A Systemic Change Project of the Vincentian Family We still hold the Vincentian Jubilee in our hearts and minds; the great Symposium for the 400th anniversary of the birth of the charism inherited from our founder, St. Vincent de...
Clarence Gilyard: “A Nun Asked Me If the Holy Spirit Had Given Me That Nudge…”
US Actor, Catholic Convert & Coordinator of Finding Vince 400 Shares With Zenit on Vincentians’ 400th Anniversary. 'I promised her that I would pray about it. As we kept in touch, she asked if the Holy Spirit had yet given me the nudge. She encouraged me through...