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Emmaus and the art of accompaniment addresses the question "what does it mean to mentor youth" and the opening talk of the first International Meeting of Advisors to the Vincentian Marian Youth (Paris, July 2014) focused on "The Art of Accompaniment" as portrayed in a...
Local St. Vincent dePaul Councils Need Help at U.S. Border. You Can Help!
Hear the cries of our Vincentian youth – “Walk with us as we deepen our faith.” Rosalie Rendu, DC certainly did as she responded to Frederic and his college companions.
This week in Paris the International Advisors to Vincentian Youth begin their journey of exploration into their role and respond to the call of members to “Walk with us as we deepen our faith”. Father Irving Gabriel Amaro Ramayo, CM inspired the group with his homily.
“I have a passion for the issues that face those we visit. And I know that advocacy would help. But I’m just one person. What can I do?” Jack Murphy, Atlanta, GA, National Voice Of the Poor Chair voices the concern and offers a Vincentian response…. Just one person can make a difference.
Before the words! Long before “Systemic Change” became part of the Vincentian Family’s recent vocabulary Bro. Al, CM has been accumulating a 30 year track record that is, not surprisingly changing. A recent article in Catholic Philly “Inn Dwelling: Rehabbing homes and turning around lives in Germantown” tells the story.
Literally a life-line for the poor, at the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic, 9/11, the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, etc. four years ago it was forced to close. It was once the flagship of the Sisters of Charity New York as they served the poor. The New York Times reports...
Putting a face on the situation Sr Mary Ellen Lacy D.C. writes... We just returned from one of the shelters. It was in McAllen TX and run by Catholic Charities. The salvation army is supplying the food and cooks. Sacred Heart Cath Church has donated its parish...
Bloom Where You Are Planted. – You Are the Bounty – Servant’s Rules – We Are Fam-ily!
Who hears the cry of the young mothers and children detained at the border? asks Giulio Grecchi, Tucson, AZ, Western Region Voice of the Poor Representative. After describing the situation he pleads “Something has to be changed” and offers suggestions about what Vincentian can do
