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Let’s Establish Relationships: Youth in the City of Como (Italy) Encounter Marginality
“Legami” [Italian for “Ties”] is a group on the move in the city of Como (Italy) which was organized to create opportunities for encounter and dialogue between people living on the peripheries and young men and women.
SSVP congratulates the re-election of two great leaders of the Vincentian Family
Bertin Sanon and Tomaz Mavric start a new six-year term in the Congregation of the Religious of Saint Vincent de Paul (RSV) and the Congregation of the Mission (CM) respectively
Interview with Father Joel Bernardo CM, Executive Director of the Vincentian Solidarity Office
We interviewed Fr. Joel Bernardo CM, executive director of the VSO, during a break in the General Assembly of the Congregation of the Mission taking place in Rome
SSVP Conferences in Cyprus, a Growing Trend
Members of the two existing Conferences belonging to the recently established Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in Cyprus, took part in a formation session.
Cardinal Souraphiel, Member of the Congregation of the Mission, Designated President of the Ethiopian Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, Archbishop of Addis Ababa and president of the Council of the Ethiopian Church, has been named president of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Ethiopia.
Vincentian Family Office Visit to Oceania and the Asia Pacific (part 1)
A brief overview Fr. Joseph Agostino, CM and Pamela Mantuhac’s visit to 15 countries in which the Vincentian Family is serving the poor. (Part 1 of 4)
Solidarity with the Victims of the Disaster in Brazil
In late January, the dam of an iron mine collapsed in southeast Brazil causing the surrounding area to be buried under a stream of mud with mining waste.
Winter is Here! | 13 Houses Campaign
What about the people that don’t have the luxury of little comforts that make the cold bearable? The scale of street homelessness is shattering.
SSVP General Council Launches the International Competition for Writings on Paul Lamache
To promote the “International Year on the Theme of Paul Lamache,” the General Council of the SSVP launched a literary competition.
Commission for Social Development 2019
On the morning of February 11, 2019 the 57th Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD) opened at the United Nations.
84-year-old Man Giving Out Scarves to Those in Need, in Memory of Late Son
An 84-year-old man who runs the St. Vincent De Paul store in Fall River goes out to a pole on the sidewalk twice a day and ties scarves to it. They’re free.
2019 Meeting of the Vincentian Family Executive Committee
Summary of the 2019 meeting of the international leadership of the Vincentian Family held in Philadelphia January 14-16.