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Key Takeaways from an ECOSOC Partnership Forum Event on Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships
by .famvin | April 29, 2024 | International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, News | 2 Comments
Partnerships are a key part of AIC’s work to combat poverty and build a fairer world, and for this reason one of our Priority Line of Action for 2023-2026 is to “Move forward together.”
Charitable Pharmacies Help Provide Needed Medication
Yaretzi’s journey
House of Miracles
Transforming lives in Brazil
by Cleonice Regina Claudino and Sr. Vanilza Maria Bueno | Apr 4, 2022 | Daughters of Charity, News
Under the subsidy of our Mother House, and aid from the Province of Curitiba and the active participation of the Sisters from five local communities, we saw an opportunity to go beyond the emergency care of the people we accompany, and invest in new training programs for them.
Improving Health and Saving Lives: Campaign for a Tuberculosis free India
by Sisters of Charity of Nazareth | Apr 3, 2022 | News
A much-loved Sister in India has spent years helping to restore health to the very ill and create awareness around a prevalent disease.
Goulburn Helps Vinnies Winter Sleep-Out (Australia)
by .famvin | Jul 3, 2018 | News
Some 731,000 children in Australia are reported to be below the poverty line and on any given night, 116,000 people are experiencing or at risk of homelessness. The statistics, shared by St. Vincent de Paul Goulburn treasurer, Bob Thurling, were a confronting opening...
The Vincentian Family in Europe, Report 1: The Austrian-German Region
by Vincentian Family Office | Jul 2, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family
By: Joseph V. Agostino, CM During the months of April and May 2018, I crisscrossed Europe to meet with members of the Vincentian Family, and most especially with the Superiors General of the various congregations which comprise the Branches of the Vincentian Family....
The Registration Period for “Finding Vince 400” is Opened
by Javier F. Chento | Jul 1, 2018 | News
June 2018 Dear Members of the Vincentian Family, May the grace and peace of Jesus be with you always! The Registration Form for Finding Vince 400 has been activated and can be found at fv400.com. All are invited to join us for another historical moment in our life as...
Video: Systemic Change in the CM Curia – Mediterranea – Project for Refugees
by Javier F. Chento | Jun 29, 2018 | Congregation of the Mission, News
We asked the young people of the Mediterranea project to tell us what does it mean to be a refugee, to be welcomed in a foreign country and about their work in the Curia. It is not important who welcomes you, but that you feel welcomed. Because charity “does not...
Collaborative Planning: An Ongoing Process for the Vincentian Family at UN
by Natalie Boone | Jun 28, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
In the not-too-distant past the individual representatives of the various Vincentian NGOs would see each other at UN events and sometimes sit together. While we knew of each other, we were all working solely for our own organizations. When we officially all gathered...
“Mediterránea”: Systemic Change Project for the Social and Labor Integration of Political Refugees
by Javier F. Chento | Jun 26, 2018 | News
"Mediterránea" The General Curia, Rome A Systemic Change Project of the Vincentian Family We still hold the Vincentian Jubilee in our hearts and minds; the great Symposium for the 400th anniversary of the birth of the charism inherited from our founder, St. Vincent de...
Fr. Flavio visited the Vincentian Family in Nigeria
by Vincentian Family Office | Jun 25, 2018 | News
February 2 & 3, 2018 Father Flavio Pereira, CM arrived in Nigeria. Reverend Father Basil Okoro, CM who is the Regional Coordinator of the Vincentian Family in Lagos, and the Dean of Ikorodu Diocese, and Brother Sylvester Asabotale Ojubiaja, Esq., received him....
Vinnies Catholic Organization in Australia Has Its Own Recording Studio
by .famvin | Jun 24, 2018 | News
St. Vincent de Paul Society may be best known for its charity initiatives – and its sustainable fashion – but it’s also a thriving part of the Australian music industry. Rarely covered by media and even more rarely publicized by Vinnies itself, its Ozanam Learning...
Clarence Gilyard: “A Nun Asked Me If the Holy Spirit Had Given Me That Nudge…”
by Javier F. Chento | Jun 23, 2018 | News
US Actor, Catholic Convert & Coordinator of Finding Vince 400 Shares With Zenit on Vincentians’ 400th Anniversary. 'I promised her that I would pray about it. As we kept in touch, she asked if the Holy Spirit had yet given me the nudge. She encouraged me through...