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A way called Charity: Thouret Foundation marks 10th anniversary
The Thouret Foundation of the Sisters of Charity celebrates ten years of service to the poorest in the peripheries of the world, giving hope to people.
The Vincentian Family is Promoting the Housing of Homeless Around the World
Homelessness. For the Institute of Global Homelessness (IGH), this term refers to homeless people; people living on...
“A rain of miraculous medals pours over Ukraine” – Aleteia.org
The website Aleteia reports that a woman from France has intervened in the war by sending “a shower of miraculous medals” throughout the war-torn country of Ukraine.
Negotiations Deepen for Global Compact
The last week at the UN, much energy was invested in the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration. NGOs and governments have been providing input into a zero draft of the Global Compact, which is expected to be approved later this year. One document...
We Cultivate Integration: Flowers and Fruits in the Land of Asylum
Launching of an innovative project, resulting from the synergy between the Vincentian Volunteer Groups, the Congregation of the Mission, the Tre Fontane Cooperative Society, the non-profit Linaria Association and some individuals. Because of the 400 years of the...
First Systemic Change National Congress in Panama, February 15-18, 2018
"The different forms of poverty increase day by day in the current situation in our country." This challenges us and makes us strongly feel the need to collaborate in an effective and affective way, looking that our projects in favor of the most need be an alternative...
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Mission Embedded @SpaldingU
Long after a historically dynamic and personal presence has waned at a Vincentian Family institution, The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth continue to form lives. Their mission is embedded in structures and lives. Consultant and entrepreneur Dana Jackson, alumna of...
In Our Own Words: New Book on Religious Life of the Present
Sr. Tracy Kemme of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati wrote a chapter in the new book, In Our Own Words, which was published on January 25 by Liturgical Press. Dan Stockman of the Global Sisters Report writes about the book below. Young women religious who have been...
Invitation to Young Vincentians to Participate in Two International Meetings
The General President of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul calls on young Vincentians of the Society to participate in the 2nd International Youth Meeting of the SSVP, which will take place in Salamanca (Spain) in June 2018, and young people of the Vincentian Family...
In the World of the Poor: The Vincentian Volunteer Corps
WCPO Digital Reporter Lucy May and Photojournalist Emily Maxwell are following this group of Volunteer Vincentians of Cincinnati throughout their experience in the world of poor people. They tell us, "This marks the sixth year for the program and the largest number of...
Human Rights and Human Rights Defenders
As the world celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, atrocities against human rights defenders around the globe are on the increase. More than 120 activists campaigning to protect their land, environment and labor rights from...
Formation of the Province of Vietnam
On Thursday, February 8, 2018, the great event of the Congregation of Mission in Vietnam was the Mass that established the New Province at the Sacred Heart Church in Dalat. Although the weather was quite cold in the morning, the guests still arrived in the provincial...