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Leaving No One Behind: A Promise and a Challenge for our Age
by Dr. Linda M. Sama | January 11, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments
How can we leave anyone behind? How can we turn our backs on those who need us most?
COP28 : An historic agreement for a “transition away from fossil fuels” by 2050
by Michelle Loisel, DC | December 21, 2023 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments
The climate crisis is intensifying and it’s touching every part of our lives. Global efforts to address climate change are more urgent than ever.
Now Available: Biographies and Liturgical Prayers for the Saints and Blesseds of the Vincentian Family
by Vincentian Family Office | December 12, 2023 | Featured, Formation, Vincentian Family | 1 Comment
A workgroup made up of members of the Vincentian Family has been working in recent years on preparing a document that includes all the saints and blesseds of the Vincentian Family, offering a brief biography of each of them, and another document that offers the specific prayers for the Eucharist of each one of them.
Advent Letter 2023 by Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM
by Tomaž Mavrič, CM | November 30, 2023 | Formation, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments
Advent gives us the opportunity to strengthen the foundations of our lives by revitalizing these two daily moments of grace, or to start making them, from this Advent on, a way toward seeing the face of Jesus clearly “here and now” and in its fullness for all eternity!
“Seeing” Homelessness Through Data
by Lydia Stazen | May 30, 2024 | Formation, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Street homelessness is in many ways a very visible social and infrastructure issue, while sheltered homelessness and inadequate housing are less obvious to the observer.
Justice’s Role to Prevent the Attack
by Jimmy Walters | May 23, 2024 | Formation, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Blessed Frederic Ozanam wrote, “Charity is the Samaritan who pours oil on the wounds of the traveler who has been attacked. It is justice’s role to prevent the attack.”[
Vincentian Family in Central America
by Edgardo Fuentes | Apr 25, 2024 | News, Vincentian Family
The Central America Region is one of the 6 regions that make up the Vincentian Family in Latin America and the Caribbean (FAVILA).
International Migration Review Forum
by Sr. Michelle Loisel, DC | May 26, 2022 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
The first International Migration Review Forum is taking place now, at the United Nations in New York.
Interview with Sister Miroslava Bradica, Superior General of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul (Zagreb)
by Vincentian Family Office | May 23, 2022 | News, Vincentian Family
The Sisters of Charity strive with great care to promote and cultivate the vocations of those Sisters who by divine inspiration wish to consecrate themselves to missionary activity ad gentes.
Migration and The First International Migration Review Forum
by Pattie Hughes, SSVP | May 5, 2022 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
There are approximately 281 million international migrants worldwide.
“Facing the Coronavirus” Presentation from the Vincentian Confraternity of Psychologists
by Famvin Media Resources | Apr 29, 2022 | Formation, Vincentian Family
This presentation was created by the Vincentian Confraternity of Psychologists to share some advice to help those who help others to feel better, less anxious, and less worried about the pandemic.
In New Orleans, Catholic Sisters Collaborate to Offer Hope, Invite People to Service
by Dan Stockman | Apr 24, 2022 | News, Vincentian Family
In this New Orleans, nearly 1 in 4 people live in poverty, there are an estimated 30,000 vacant, blighted properties, and 86% of the students in public schools are economically disadvantaged.
Health: Leaving No One Behind
by Grace D. Bagdon | Apr 21, 2022 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
As the COVID-19 pandemic and other world events continue to ensue, we as Vincentians must keep asking “What can be done.”
Measurement of Homelessness
by Reese Hagy, Institute of Global Homelessness | Apr 7, 2022 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Is homelessness increasing or decreasing? Are certain subgroups overrepresented in the population of people experiencing homelessness in a particular community?
Commission on the Status of Women – CSW66
by Teresa Kotturan, SCN | Mar 24, 2022 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Studies have shown that it is women and girls who are disproportionately affected by climate change.
The Vincentian Family Prays for Peace and Joins in the Consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Heart of Mary
by Vincentian Family Office | Mar 24, 2022 | Conflict in Ukraine, Featured, Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family
On Friday, March 25, during the celebration of Reconciliation that he will preside over at 5:00 p.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.