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Several media outlets have informed on the journey of "the grandmother Irma" to Kenya, to work as a volunteer in an orphanage that she had supported economically over the years, and that was founded by a missionary from her region, near Venice (Italy). The news,...
We have started Lent and I have asked myself why Jesus, the Son of Mary and second Person of the Trinity, accepted the passion, crucified death and the resurrection. The answer seemed simple: for being faithful to his mission decreed in eternity. Before dying he said...
The General President of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul calls on young Vincentians of the Society to participate in the 2nd International Youth Meeting of the SSVP, which will take place in Salamanca (Spain) in June 2018, and young people of the Vincentian Family...
In this short video, the actor, director and professor Clarence Gilyard Jr, responsible for the Festival and contest "Finding Vince 400," invites us to participate in it, with a powerful reflection on poverty in the world: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxmNCEIbs-c...
As a way of promoting further the “International Year on the Theme of François Lallier,” announced by the 16th International President General, Renato Lima de Oliveira, in his Circular Letter on January 31, the Council General of the SSVP hereby opens the...
In the Lenten letter of this year, Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, 24th successor of St. Vincent, invites us to reflect on the Virgin Mary in the Vincentian tradition, as one of the pillars in the spirituality of St. Vincent of Paul. You can read it below. At the end of the...
We have received new information from the organization of the International Meeting of Vincentian Youth (IMVY), which will take place in Panama, from January 18 to 21, 2019, in preparation for the World Youth Day. The motto of the IMVY will be: "The joy of being a...
Father Tomaž Mavrič, CM, was elected Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission in 2016 and his schedule has been filled not only with visits to the various provinces of the Congregation of the Mission and the Company of the Daughters of Charity but also with...
Sad news: three Tanzanian sisters have had a car accident: Sister Barbra, American, has died in the accident; Sr. Rufina, from Madagascar, has suffered a severe blow and is hospitalized; and Sr. Estela — who had pronounced her first vows on December 26, 2017 — is also...
We are very much pleased to present to you the Annual Circular Letter of Bro. Renato Lima de Oliveira, the 16th President General of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. The publication of the Circular Letter is a tradition in the SSVP, which allows the President...
