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Sisters Speak Out Against Racism

Sisters of Charity of Nazareth delivered a statement affirming the despair being felt because voices have not been heard.

Systemic Change In a Time of National Unrest

"Respect for minorities is to be considered the touchstone of social harmony and the index of the civic maturity attained by a country and its institutions" St. John Paul II

A Wide-Angle Lens On the Cries of the Poor

The earth herself, burdened and laid waste, is among the most abandoned and maltreated of our poor; she “groans in travail” (Rom 8:22)

Happy Women's Day: Check out "Herstory" on .famvin

Click to read all articles tagged “herstory”here on .famvin!   Herstory[1.Jane Mills, “Womanwords: a dictionary of words about women”, 1992, ISBN 0-02-921495-5, p. 118] : history (knowledge obtained by inquiry) written from a feminist perspective, emphasizing the role of women, or told from a woman’s point of view. Many have asserted and are asserting the […]

Pope Francis and Ozanam on Systemic Change

What do Pope Francis (2020), Pope Pius XI (1927) and Bl. Frederic Ozanam (1848) have in common?

Why the Church Shelters the Homeless

Former Eastern Province Provincial, Fr. Michael Carroll, CM, reflects on Homelessness in a series of reflections. “Churches answer the call to shelter the homeless “| U.S. Catholic magazine Let me share some of the good that I have heard folks are doing to serve the homeless. There is a project called the Gubbio Project. The […]

Collaboration Works! - Good News

Demonstrations of the power of collaboration in systemic change.

Vincentians as Storytellers

Vincentians can be the storytellers to policy makers and others who may never “see” poverty in all of its forms.

The Vincentian Family In Time-lapse Photography

Listening to "A Daring Prudence," Fr. Robert Maloney’s overview of the development of the Vincentian Family, evoked metaphors from photography.

Why Did Pope Francis Make 10 Startling Statements?

Pope Francis has a knack for making startling statements that catch people's attention.