1,243 CEOs sleepout, raise almost $6,000,000. These are the impressive stats from the annual SVDP CEO Sleepout in Australia! And the final count is not in. The city of Adelaide had to postpone their event. It could be well over 6 million! On the 18th June 1300 CEOs...
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Back to basics of the Vincentian Charism
A handy way to refresh your knowledge of the 5 Vincentian Virtues and other basic elements of the Vincentian Charism. Read it online or download the e-Book.
Holy Hangout: I am not alone in my “yes”
https://youtu.be/NPY0YBlyEbg Join a group of young Daughters of Charity as they explore in this Holy Hangout "I'm not alone in my "yes"" Visit their YouTube channel for many other videos in this series and their "60 seconds with..." series.
Dallas SVDP seeks to break payday-loan debt cycle
A Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP) pilot program aims to predatory, high-interest payday-loans with affordable bank loans to help otherwise creditworthy, debt-stressed borrowers get a fresh financial start. After telling the typical story of a woman named Nancy...
Daughters of Charity and Vincentian Volunteer program with visually impaired
Daughters of Charity and Vincentian Volunteer program work with visually impaired children in Great Britain. Dee Mansi, President of the AIC in Britain submitted this material. St Vincent’s School for visually impaired (VI) children was established in West Derby,...
A Vincentian Vernacular
“A Vincentian Vernacular” Another reflection In Patrick Griffin's series "Considering Consecrated Life" For emphasis, we choose significant “years” to begin and end on certain dates. Thus, Pope Francis decided that the “Year of Consecrated Life,” would begin on the...
The Pope’s “take-aways” in his 61 one-line tweets
The Pope’s “take-aways” in his 61 one-line tweets. No matter where one stands the Pope’s encyclical “Laudato Si” generated lots of attention even before its release.
Blessed Fredrick Ozanam “I am a Father!”
“After so many favors that were set down in my vocation in this world, a new blessing has come to me, to know the greatest joy probably it is possible to experience here below: I am a father!” –Blessed Frédéric Ozanam, in a letter to his friend Theophile Foisset, July...
“The Vincentian Question.”
Podcast: "The Vincentian Question." Edward R. Udovic, DePaul University The Vincentian experience over four centuries can be summarized as an answer to "the" Vincentian question: "What must be done?" What must be done here and now in the situation that faces us to...
College of St. Elizabeth goes coed
Statement that the College of St. Elizabeth goes coed... The College of Saint Elizabeth, which has provided undergraduate education for young women since 1899, will become fully coeducational for fall 2016. This decision to accept male students into the daytime...