Sunday, on May 23rd, the Council General International (CGI) of the Society of Saint Vicent de Paul is hosting a two-hour webinar “Pandemic, Poverty and Future.”
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Education: a Door to Hope
The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul’s (SSVP) Education Support Project in Gambia changes the lives of many children and teenagers who need someone to believe in them and invest in them.
Building Houses, Rebuilding Lives: “Ozanam Village”
This was the fourth village that was built for the victims of the super typhoon Yolanda (internationally known as Haiyan) under the “Building houses, rebuilding lives” project financed by the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, via the Commission for International Aid and Development (CIAD).
SSVP in Expansion: Cyprus is the 154th Territory that is Joined into our Great Charity Network
The Council General International (CGI) of the SSVP has the immense joy to announce to the worldwide Vincentian community that two Conferences have just been founded in Cyprus. Now, with the entry of Cyprus, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is located in 154...
Youth in the SSVP: a Future that is Already Present
Among the main clichés, popular sayings or phrases of common sense heard or read in Brazil are: "The friend is for those things," "The union is strength," "It is better to prevent than cure" and the classic "Brazil is the country of soccer." What stands out, in the...
St. Vincent de Paul Society Sharing Their Stories
See the stories shared by Vincentians over the course of the St. Vincent de Paul Society’s U.S. National Assemblies.
Discovered Portrait of One of the Founders of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul
With immense joy, the SSVP Council General International reports that we have just obtained a portrait of the founders Félix Clavé. The illustration is inside a book from 1851, written by the chronicler Maurice-Oscar Honoré de Bourzeis, from France....
SSVP in Brazil Condemns $12 Billion Cut for Social Assistance
The organizations that provide service in the area of Social Assistance will have to operate in 2019 with $12 billion less, if the Budget Proposal for the sector is approved. The measure involves the interruption of 17 thousand social assistance services, according...
The Needy Community Learns Languages and Refugees Have a Source of Income
A French course in Rio de Janeiro (RJ, Brazil) can cost up to R $ 900 [approximately 220 euros, 250 dollars]. The price keeps populations in regions that are most in need away of the dream of learning a new language. They do not live in Duque de Caxias, Belford Roxo...
Promoting a Sense of God-Given Self-Worth
A video about Ozanam House, offering individuals the opportunity to build the confidence and self-belief to develop and grow, so that they and their families can have a better future.
Interview with Fr. Vinicius Augusto Teixeira CM, on the Canonization of Frederic Ozanam
The September/October issue of the Boletim Brasileiro magazine of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SSVP) in Brazil has published interviews with two members of the Commission for the Canonization of blessed Frederic Ozanam, the main founder of the Society of St....
SSVP General Council Organizes in Madrid Workshops on Special Projects and Formation & Training
On November 2 and 3, the Council General International of the SSVP is organizing workshops for the territorial delegates responsible for two strategic areas: Special Projects and Formation & Training. The event will take place at the La Salle Arlep Center, in...
