Poverty affects everyone including children, in fact, they are more than twice as likely to live in poverty than adults.
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Women’s History Month: Lay and religious efforts at home and abroad
The Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, situated in St. Louis, Mo., are actively engaging in environmental work as part of their mission to serve the poor.
The Pope Video • For the Role of Women
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: For the Role of Women.
The Superioress General Sister Françoise Petit, D.C. visited Ukraine
On August 26-28, 2022, Superioress General of the Daughters of Charity Sister Françoise Petit visited most of the communities of the Daughters of Charity in Ukraine. She was accompanied on the trip by, among others, Sister Hanna Cybyla, General Councilor for the...
Vincentians of Wherever: Jean Semler – Change a Life Uganda
Jean and Dave Semler launched a 501(c) 3 non-profit charity Change A Life Uganda (CALU) with a vision of educated, healthy, and empowered Ugandan children as agents of positive social and economic change.
Fr. Grol’s Welfare Project
Fr. Grol’s welfare Trust is a project that focuses on transforming the lives of inmates serving sentences in jail through social welfare support, advocacy and integration.
We are all against threats and attacks on religious freedom
It is unacceptable to live with restrictions on our religious freedom The entire international community is very concerned about the recent events in Nicaragua, especially the persecution of bishops and priests, and the closing down of Catholic parishes and Christian...
Isabel Cristina, member of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, will be beatified in December
Father Emanoel Bedê, CM, explains the importance of her example for the Vincentian Family. The Servant of God, Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos, will be beatified on December 10, 2022 In Barbacena, Minas Gerais (Brazil). This solemn celebration will be presided by the...
Vincentians celebrate the 25th anniversary of Ozanam’s beatification
Next Monday, August 22, 2022, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the beatification of Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam, the contemporary saint, forerunner of the Social Doctrine of the Church, a role model as son, father, husband,...
Pilgrimage of the Miraculous Medal through Italy
“Mary is always with us, she is close to us,” exhorts Father Di Trapani, making himself the interpreter of a message “still valid, today more than ever, in a time full of fear dictated also by circumstances”
In Brazil, after the Floods Vincentians Help to Rebuild Houses
The powerful rains that fell during December (2021) impacted the people living in the states of Minas Gerais and Behía (Brazil).
UN declares healthy environment a human right
On July 28, 2022, the UN general assembly recognized the right to water and sanitation through its resolution. It stated that clean drinking water and sanitation “are essential to the realization of all human rights”. Every person on the planet has the right to live...
