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“Take off your Shoes, this is Holy Ground”
These words mark our mission in Marrakech. Take off your shoes, go carefully towards the other.
March 18 at 10:30 EDT – UN NGO Event “Strengthening Institutions to Prevent the Trafficking of Children and Adolescents”
Please join the NGO Working Group to End Homelessness for the Commission on the Status of Women virtual parallel event on Monday, March 18, 2024, at 10:30 AM (EDT).
Let’s Establish Relationships: Youth in the City of Como (Italy) Encounter Marginality
“Legami” [Italian for “Ties”] is a group on the move in the city of Como (Italy) which was organized to create opportunities for encounter and dialogue between people living on the peripheries and young men and women.
SSVP congratulates the re-election of two great leaders of the Vincentian Family
Bertin Sanon and Tomaz Mavric start a new six-year term in the Congregation of the Religious of Saint Vincent de Paul (RSV) and the Congregation of the Mission (CM) respectively
Interview with Father Joel Bernardo CM, Executive Director of the Vincentian Solidarity Office
We interviewed Fr. Joel Bernardo CM, executive director of the VSO, during a break in the General Assembly of the Congregation of the Mission taking place in Rome
Chronicle of the 43rd General Assembly of the Congregation of the Mission, July 5
Today, Fr. Gregorio Bañaga, Visitor of the Province of the Philippines, was elected new Vicar-General, and he joyfully accepted this call.
Fr. Gregorio L. Bagaña Jr, CM, new Vicar-General of the Congregation of the Mission
Gregorio Bañaga, CM, of the Philippine Province, was appointed the new Vicar General of the Congregation of the Mission.
Chronicle of the 43rd General Assembly of the Congregation of the Mission, July 4
We began this week with much hope and enthusiasm. We gathered in the chapel for personal prayer and for the celebration of the Eucharist. After breakfast, we gathered in the Assembly Hall to begin our work.
Vincentian Lay Missionaries Volunteers in Tanzania
Two secondary school teachers are currently volunteering with Vincentian Lay Missionaries (VLM) in Songea in the south of Tanzania.
July 4: International Youth Day of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul
July 4, as well as the entire month of July, is already a historic date for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, because since 2017 we have celebrated and commemorated the International Vincentian Youth Day of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul.
First In-Person AIC Executive Board Meeting Since the Pandemic
The International Association of Charities (AIC) Board recently held its first in-person meeting since the rise of the COVID pandemic.
