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The Jesuit Refugee Service Receives “Charity in Hope” Medal
The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) has been awarded the “Charity in Hope” Medal.
UN Secretary General Calls for Intensified Efforts to Implement Global Compact for Migration
The placement of International Migrants Day a week before Christmas is fitting. There are many parallels between the Holy Family and families who are on the move today.
“Do we unintentionally ignore the good will inherent in other faiths.”
Dave Barringer, CEO of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, at the end of this reflection wonders whether "we unintentionally ignore the good will inherent in other faiths." He is currently in Rome at the invitation of the US Bishops for a three day event with Buddhist...
Corrected – Registration Denver Vincentian Family Meeting
Somehow the information for registration for the Denver Meeting of the Vincentian Family has gone missing. Here is correct information with functioning links! From the above website.... Conference Information Dates and Times(Mountain): October 23-25th, 2015 2:30 pm on...
Historic meeting of 22 Vincentian Bishops
For the first time ever all of the Vincentian Bishops were invited to meet in Rome. From June 23-25 twenty-two of the thirty-two bishops are participating in this gathering. They come from Lebanon, Italy, Poland, Colombia, Brazil, Mozambique, India, Madagascar,...
SVDP and US Bishops join in plea to transform immigration
SVDP and US Bishops join in plea to transform immigration, See the following letter from Sheila Gilbert, President of the National Council of the U.S. Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Dear Vincentians, Last year, the Border Patrol apprehended more than 68,000 immigrant...
1,243 CEOs sleepout, raise almost $6,000,000
1,243 CEOs sleepout, raise almost $6,000,000. These are the impressive stats from the annual SVDP CEO Sleepout in Australia! And the final count is not in. The city of Adelaide had to postpone their event. It could be well over 6 million! On the 18th June 1300 CEOs...
Dallas SVDP seeks to break payday-loan debt cycle
A Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP) pilot program aims to predatory, high-interest payday-loans with affordable bank loans to help otherwise creditworthy, debt-stressed borrowers get a fresh financial start. After telling the typical story of a woman named Nancy...
Daughters of Charity and Vincentian Volunteer program with visually impaired
Daughters of Charity and Vincentian Volunteer program work with visually impaired children in Great Britain. Dee Mansi, President of the AIC in Britain submitted this material. St Vincent’s School for visually impaired (VI) children was established in West Derby,...
College of St. Elizabeth goes coed
Statement that the College of St. Elizabeth goes coed... The College of Saint Elizabeth, which has provided undergraduate education for young women since 1899, will become fully coeducational for fall 2016. This decision to accept male students into the daytime...
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth on cutting edge
Dawn Cherie Araujo writing for Global Sisters Report describes the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth as on the cutting edge. For the last five years, the juniorate program for Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in Patna, India has included a computer class. Newly...
