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Images of Hope: A Prolonged Farewell
Only those who are parents can understand the pain of a husband/father having to say goodbye to a wife and/or a child who board a train as refugees in order to travel to a safer place
The Vincentian Family in Italy Acts to Support the Work of Their Members Serving the People of Ukraine
United with Pope Francis and with men and women of good will throughout the world, we, members of the Vincentian Family, lift up our minds and hearts in prayer for peace in Ukraine.
Vincent Helps: Quick Response to Typhoon Odette Victims
Based on a zoom interview with Fr. Geowen Porcincula CM, former team leader of Vincent Helps at its institution and present Vincentian Foundation Assistant Executive Director.
The Pope Video: Parishes
How are Vincentian Parishes doing? https://youtu.be/4fllasWmJEE
The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul exhibits at the UN – Geneva
The Company of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, and the International Confederation of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul are organizing an exhibition of photos from 18 to 23 September, at the 36th session of the Human Rights Council, on the...
Another Volume of “Vincentian Heritage” is Available for Download
The most recent issue of Vincentian Heritage is available for downloading both Mobi and PDF formats. Follow this link to their main page or click the image below where the download can be found by scrolling down. Vincentian Heritage is a peer-reviewed journal...
The Commodification of Housing
“Housing has lost its social function and is seen instead as a vehicle for wealth and asset growth.” [Leilani Farha, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing] We’re becoming all too familiar with these scenarios: families forced out of cities by upward spiraling...
Salt Lake City, Utah: Celebrating 400 Years of the Vincentian Charism
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH: USA — Feeding the hungry, teaching marketable skills to those who need employment, offering utility payments for someone who has lost a job – all of these are undertaken by local lay men and women and religious women who have the Vincentian...
Meeting of the National Council of the Vincentian Family in Egypt
On Friday, August 4, 2017, the National Council of the Vincentian Family in Egypt held its fourth meeting at the convent of the sisters of St. Jean Antide in Sakakini Square, Cairo. The attendees were: Father Milad Sedqi Zakhari CM [Coordinator of the National...
Daughters Aim to Fill Gap Left by Martyrs of Charity in Mississippi, USA
The sun was rising on an early March morning in 2016, and Rosemarie Merrill was in the driveway, getting ready to leave for the long trek from Durant, Mississippi, to her home near Boston. She had been visiting her sister, Sr. Paula Merrill, a member of the Sisters of...
Looking at the United States from the Outside • A Call to Action
The world watches the response of the United States to the worldwide crisis of refugees. What's going on on your country? Here's a piece from SSVP Canada. As one of my duties as chair of our national social justice committee, I take part in monthly conference calls...
@NiagaraUniv to Host Symposium on Resettlement
On Sept. 8-9, 2017, the New York Folklore Society, a statewide nonprofit arts organization supporting folklife and traditional arts, and the Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University, will host a roundtable discussion and symposium to explore challenges in the...