Javier F. Chento
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![The SSVP International President General visits Belgium and the Netherlands](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/12/201712renato-en-belica-y-holanda-01.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The SSVP International President General visits Belgium and the Netherlands
From December 5-9, our fellow member Renato Lima de Oliveira, 16th President General, made an institutional visit to two European countries: Belgium (with 320 Vincentian Conferences) and the Netherlands (with 60 Conferences). In both countries, the President visited...
![Christmas Message from Renato Lima, President of the SSVP](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/12/201712mensaje-navidad-renato.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Christmas Message from Renato Lima, President of the SSVP
Renato Lima de Oliveira, 16th General President of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, greets the members of the Society and the entire Vincentian Family in this video message, with a message of "peace, unity and fraternity in this saint Christmas time." "Christmas...
![Icon of Charity: With Light in the Eyes • A Video from Fr. Tomaz Mavrič, CM](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/12/TMSG400-icona-10-ENG.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Icon of Charity: With Light in the Eyes • A Video from Fr. Tomaz Mavrič, CM
This is the third video of the new "400 year series," with the participation of Father Tomaž Mavrič, CM and inspired by Fr. Luigi Mezzadri. Icon of Charity: With light in the eyes. The third video of the current series of reflections presents the triptych with the...
![Attacking the Real Causes of Misery](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/11/homeless-man-2653445.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Attacking the Real Causes of Misery
In 1848, on the occasion of the celebration of the General Assembly of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Paris, at the celebration of the 15th anniversary of its foundation, brother Antoine Frederic Ozanam, at the request of the then General President (Adolphe...
![In Quebec (Canada), the SSVP Encourages the Students to Stay in School with “Opération Bonne Mine”](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/12/201712operation-bonne-mine.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
In Quebec (Canada), the SSVP Encourages the Students to Stay in School with “Opération Bonne Mine”
In looking at the statistics showing that children living under the low-income cut-off were more likely to drop out of school, the youth of the SSVP Regional Council of Quebec (Canada) decided in 1985, to launch an initiative called “the Service of Aid to Young...
![Contest and Film Festival “Finding Vince 400”](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/11/Eng-fv400-flyer.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Contest and Film Festival “Finding Vince 400”
On Saturday, October 14, 2017, during the celebration of the Papal Audience, we announced the start of an arts contest and film festival entitled "Finding Vince 400." Even before publicizing our advertising campaign, we have already received 333 presentations from...
![Vincentian Family Lebanon, Testimony of Life](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/12/vinfam-lebanon.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Vincentian Family Lebanon, Testimony of Life
We invite you to watch a video made by the Vincentian Family in Lebanon, which was presented at the closing of the 400th anniversary of the Vincentian Charism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_CtxPs5w6w
![Symposium on Street Homelessness and Catholic Social Teaching in Rome, Italy](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/12/201712Symposium-on-Street-Homelessness.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Symposium on Street Homelessness and Catholic Social Teaching in Rome, Italy
Practitioners and theologians have come together in Rome, Italy to discuss global street homelessness in an event hosted by DePaul University's IGH, Depaul International, Niagara University, St John's University, and the University Durham's Centre for Catholic...
![A Sign of Light • A Video from Fr. Tomaz Mavrič, CM](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/12/un-signo-de-luz-EN.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Sign of Light • A Video from Fr. Tomaz Mavrič, CM
We present another video from the series dedicated to 400th anniversary. Fr. Tomaž Mavrič CM is a host of all reflections inspired by Fr. Luigi Mezzadri and filmed by Piotr Dziubak of Little Film Roma. In the following video we see the testimony of a Daughter of...
![Advent Letter 2017 to the Vincentian Family, by Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/11/Advent-Mavric-letter-fb.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Advent Letter 2017 to the Vincentian Family, by Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM
In his Advent Letter, Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, 24th successor of St. Vincent, invites us to reflect on the Eucharist in the Vincentian tradition and, more particularly, on the experience and spirituality of St. Vincent de Paul. You can read it below. At the end of the...