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AIC Volunteers in Vietnam Work to Reduce Plastic Waste
A Humble Donation with a Big Result
by .famvin | September 11, 2021 | Brothers CMM, News | 0 Comments
Recently the general board of the CMM Brothers was able to grant a request from St. Vincent Mixed Secondary School in Oyugis (Kenya) and send them a donation from a well-wisher.
The Marillac Neurological Care Centre Celebrates 100 Years Of Service
by Riana Brown | September 11, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
The Marillac Neurological Care Centre reaches an exciting milestone this September as the charity celebrates its 100 year anniversary.
Employees to Wed Inside St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store
by Jill Pioter | September 9, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
Wedding bells are about to be ringing in Marinette, Wisconsin as one local nonprofit gears up to be the place two of its employees say, “I do.”
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Championing the Rights of Street Children in Kenya
by .famvin | Apr 20, 2022 | News
A year-long campaign called “Home First” will raise awareness about the situation of street children, and to confront the causes that can lead children to become homeless in Kenya.
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New International Headquarters of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul to be inaugurated on April 23
by .famvin | Apr 20, 2022 | News, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
On April 23rd, at 6 PM in Paris, the new world headquarters of the International Confederation of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul will be officially inaugurated.
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DePaul International: Update on Ukraine (April 14)
by Matthew Carter | Apr 19, 2022 | Conflict in Ukraine, News
Around 7.1 million people have been displaced internally, and 4.3 million have fled across international borders, bringing the total number of people displaced by the conflict to a staggering 11.4 million.
Seton Service and Leadership Program
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 8, 2018 | News, Sisters of Charity
Want a Vincentian experience in college? Want it for your kids? Community? Belonging? Service? Advocacy? Faith? and in a Vincentian environment? Get to know another of our great Vincentian institutions of higher education. The Seton Service and Leadership Program at...
Ozanam Scholar Serves in Ghana
by Jada C. Bradberry, UN Intern | Mar 8, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Recently I had the amazing opportunity to go to Accra, Ghana for two weeks with Ozanam Scholars Program at St. John’s University. The program focus is for students to seek systemic solutions on social justice issues that are within the five pillars of homelessness,...
The Power of Story: A Classic Technology
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 6, 2018 | News, Technology: Issues and Uses
Storytelling -- relating a good story -- is the first Facebook, the first Twitter, the first Instagram, the first Snapchat. Story has power to inform, to persuade, to enchant and to inspire. Ella Saltmarshe, in Using Story to Change Systems" in the Stanford Social...
Candlemas Celebrated at The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
by Helen A. Jahn | Mar 6, 2018 | News
Emmitsburg, MD — A variety of candles were organized in abundance on a table, and attendees knew at once that something special was about to take place. One of the Shrine’s chaplains, Father Ted Trinko, IVE, began to speak, and so Candlemas at the Seton Shrine began....
First 2018 meeting of JUCOVI
by Vincentian Family Office | Mar 5, 2018 | News
From February 1 to 4, JUCOVI (the Vincentian Coordinating Board of Colombia) met at the "Casa de Encuentros Santa Luisa de Marillac" (Chapinero, Bogotá) for their first meeting in 2018. The heads of all the branches were present, except those from SSVP and MISEVI....
The Pope Video • Formation in Spiritual Discernment – March 2018
by Elizabeth Astridge | Mar 3, 2018 | Church, Formation, Reflections
This month, the Pope asks us to pray that the Church may appreciate the urgency of formation in spiritual discernment, both on the personal and communitarian levels. Pope Francis - March 2018 The Church today needs...
Catholic-Led DACA Protest
by Elizabeth Astridge | Mar 2, 2018 | News
Christine Rousselle from the Catholic News Agency reports on a Catholic-led DACA protest in which 40 people were arrested, including Sister of Charity of Cincinnati, Sr. Tracy Kemme: Washington D.C., Feb 27, 2018 / 04:20 pm (CNA).- A group of about 100...
“Ranquines”: An Ecclesial Project for People with Mental Illness Living in Situations of Social Exclusion
by Francisco Berbegal Vázquez, CM | Mar 2, 2018 | News
For the past two and a half years we have been working and dreaming about ways to respond to the felt needs of vulnerable persons living in Salamanca and afflicted with various forms of mental illness. How did this initiative arise? Three Provinces of the Congregation...
Words of Hope
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 1, 2018 | Justice and Peace, News
Inspiring...Eye-opening...Heartbreaking...Hopeful...Challenging...Joyful...Profound. These are just a few of the words that describe the time CVV23 spent on the El Paso/Juarez border last weekend. We were blessed to meet some incredible folks, witness their stories,...