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.
Vincentian Family
Health: Leaving No One Behind
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
Is homelessness increasing or decreasing? Are certain subgroups overrepresented in the population of people experiencing homelessness in a particular community?
Daring To Pray For Structural Change
Everyone wants structural change. Do we pray for it?
Vincentian Prayer Images: What Would Vincent Think Today
What would Vincent think about what this family could do today?
“Vincentians without borders” – Meeting of the Confraternity of Translators
Last July 9 at 3PM, Peru's local time, the first meeting of the Confraternity of Translator's was held. This gathering included the participation of men and women from every age group and from many different countries such as Lebanon, Poland, Peru, Brazil, Mexico,...
Are we Finished with Systemic Change?
Apparently some in the Vincentian Family think our systemic change (SC) work has run its course.
Vincentian Prayer Images: Two-tiered Society
St. Vincent and Saint Louise were keenly aware of a two-tiered society in their day
The Road Ahead: COVID-19 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
We have a window of opportunity to re-imagine our world to find transformative pathways; for we cannot go back to business as usual.
Vincentian Prayer Images: Home visits à la Frederic
(We learn about those we serve)… “not from books nor from the public platform, but in climbing the stairs to the poor man’s garret, sitting by his bedside, feeling the same cold that pierces him.” Frederic Ozanam
Prayer Meeting of the Worldwide Vincentian Family: July 12
On July 12, hundreds of members of the Vincentian Family from all over the world joined together in prayer, through Facebook Live, to ask the Lord for healing, a present need in light of so much suffering that has had even more serious consequences on our sisters and...
An Unrecognized Challenge For the Vincentian Family
COVID 19 is by no means the only pandemic we face. We need to work together… That requires a culture of collaboration.
