Articles in Vincentian Family

UN declares healthy environment a human right

by Loisel | August 18, 2022 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments

On July 28, 2022, the UN general assembly recognized the right to water and sanitation through its resolution. It stated that clean drinking water and sanitation “are essential to the realization of all human rights”. Every person on the planet has the right to live...

And the word of the day is….

by Jim Claffey | July 21, 2022 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments

Look again at the photo, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, the heart of the United Nation’s Agenda for People, Prosperity and the Planet. All 193 Member States committed to this 2030 agenda and to leave no one behind in the process.

IGH and UN-Habitat Partnership

by Reese Hagy, Institute of Global Homelessness | July 14, 2022 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 1 Comment

Experts suspect that more than 100 million people are experiencing homelessness worldwide and likely over one billion are inadequately housed.

Save our Ocean, Protect our Future

by Teresa Kotturan, SCN | June 23, 2022 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments

World leaders, scientists, and more will be gathering in Lisbon, Portugal to from June 27 – July 1, 2022 to deliberate on “scaling up ocean action based on science and innovation” to “conserve and sustainably us the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.”

Once Upon a Time

by Jim Claffey | Dec 31, 2020 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.

The four most powerful words in the English language. Because everyone loves a good story.

Recognizing the Child Jesus Today

by John Freund, CM | Dec 25, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family

Some stories need no comments. Here is the story of a new mother recognizing who she was caring for…

Family Historians

by John Freund, CM | Dec 18, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family

St. Matthew was trying to get his Jewish audience to think about the very unlikely people who played a part in salvation history.

Everybody Has Something to Say to the Bishops

by John Freund, CM | Jan 18, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family

What if when we get to the fire we have not brought enough water. It struck me that it is not just the Bishops who were being challenged to get back to basics.

UNODC Launches Human Trafficking Report

by Margaret O'Dwyer | Jan 17, 2019 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.

The fourth Global Report on Human Trafficking in Persons produced by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), shows a steady increase since 2010.

Vincentian Family Indonesia Assisting Recent Tsunami Victims

by Vincentian Family Office | Jan 14, 2019 | Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family

The Vincentian Family in Indonesia has been involved in assisting those affected by the recent tsunami that hit the central area of the island of Celebes at the end of September 2018

UNESCO / NGO Forum on Migration

by Natalie Boone | Jan 10, 2019 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.

Global Migration has become part of societies’ daily life and portray emerging faces of a world in constant motion.

Call to Holiness

by Vincentian Family Office | Jan 7, 2019 | Formation, Vincentian Family

We offer here the Daughters of Charity reflection of January 2019, dedicated to the call to holiness.

The Star of Our Journey in the New Year

by John Freund, CM | Jan 4, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family

The star of the wisemen can be a metaphor the times in our lives when we must seek in the darkness for the light of God’s Providence as did St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. Vincent dePaul.