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John Berry, National President of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA, is urging U.S. lawmakers to reject proposed cuts to Medicaid and SNAP that could harm millions of vulnerable Americans. He warns that the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” would deepen poverty and undermine the nation’s moral responsibility to care for the poor.
Sr. Françoise Petit, Superioress General of the Company of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, has just been appointed as a member of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life by His Holiness Pope Leo XIV.
St. Vincent teaches that serving the poor with love and humility, to the best of our ability, is more important than measurable outcomes, which are the typical standards of worldly success. Though our efforts may seem small or insufficient, they are meaningful when rooted in love, which never runs out and through which God acts.
The Vicariate of Nekemte became vacant when Pope Francis appointed Bishop Varghese Thottamkara, CM, the former Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, as the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Balasore in India on May 10, 2023.
On July 19, 1813, vows were pronounced for the first time by Elizabeth Ann Seton and 17 other Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s who adapted the vow formula of the French Daughters of Charity.
The work being done by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Rhode Island this summer is exemplary of the value of long-term assistance to our neighbors in need.
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Our little human minds and hearts can sometimes become so bound up in worry and anxiety that we find it difficult to act, difficult even to know what actions to take. We pray for the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and then...
In 2019, in Benin City, Nigeria, the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul created the “Lindalva Inclusive School” to offer children with and without disabilities a good education. With the help of the Rosalie Project, pupils are provided with a...
An online resource called the The Martha Storyboards presents highlights of “the Martha Story”.
The Daughters of Charity have been serving the people in the Masanga area of Tanzania since 2007, providing food and schooling to poor children whose parents are living with HIV/AIDs and to orphans who lost their parents due to HIV/AIDs.
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Vincentians are doers, we are people of action. We love God, as St. Vincent said, “with the strength of our arms and the sweat of our brows.” [CCD XI:32] We believe, as Frédéric did, that “religion serves best not to think,...
In Nigeria, people with disabilities are frequently victims of prejudice and exclusion. At Saint Louise’s House, the Daughters of Charity make every effort to provide them with agricultural training with a view to their inclusion. They took advantage of the...
