Javier F. Chento
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Statement on the Situation in Syria from the Vincentian International Network for Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation (VIN-JPIC)
"Five years ago, the leaders of the humanitarian organizations of the United Nations made an urgent appeal to all those who could put an end to the conflict in Syria and asked them to enact all possible efforts to save the Syrian people.” Enough is enough," they said,...
SSVP: 185 Years of Charity and Love With Those Who Suffer
185 years ago, on April 23, 1833, a group of Catholic French laymen, devout and visionary, joined to found the first "Conference of Charity," years later known as the "Society of St. Vincent de Paul." What motivated those men of faith was the practice of charity,...
Love for the Poor and Marian Devotion Gather Over 40,000 Vincentians at a Pilgrimage in Brazil
An event of gigantic proportions. This is a good definition of the pilgrimage celebrated in Brazil on March, 24 and 25. The largest Marian shrine in the world, that of Our Lady Aparecida, hosted the largest agglomeration of Vincentians worldwide. About forty-thousand...
“Ranquines”: An Ecclesial Project for People with Mental Illness Living in Situations of Social Exclusion
For the past two and a half years we have been working and dreaming about ways to respond to the felt needs of vulnerable persons living in Salamanca and afflicted with various forms of mental illness. How did this initiative arise? Three Provinces of the Congregation...
We Cultivate Integration: Flowers and Fruits in the Land of Asylum
Launching of an innovative project, resulting from the synergy between the Vincentian Volunteer Groups, the Congregation of the Mission, the Tre Fontane Cooperative Society, the non-profit Linaria Association and some individuals. Because of the 400 years of the...
A Grandmother Travelled to Kenya … to Work as a Volunteer
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,...
Tired, but Faithful and Loyal
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...
Invitation to Young Vincentians to Participate in Two International Meetings
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...
Help Change our Perspective on Poverty
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...
SSVP Council General Launches the International Competition for Writings on François Lallier
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...