Let us celebrate the name change in the best possible way: by becoming real stewards of creation, and by consciously praying that name.
Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Happiness
by Jim Claffey, CM | April 18, 2024 | Formation, News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 1 Comment
The annual World Happiness Report is out. But a lot of people won’t be happy.
Reviving and Refreshing the WORLD SOCIAL SUMMIT
by MaryAnn Dantuono, AIC, NGO Representative to the UN | April 4, 2024 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments
The Vincentian Family has an opportunity for increased activity and engagement with the UN’s Working Group to End Homelessness. You are invited to join with your prayers and stories of your good works.
Commission for Social Development
by Michelle Loisel, DC | March 21, 2024 | 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.
March 18 at 10:30 EDT – UN NGO Event “Strengthening Institutions to Prevent the Trafficking of Children and Adolescents”
by MaryAnn Dantuono | March 14, 2024 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments
Please join the NGO Working Group to End Homelessness for the Commission on the Status of Women virtual parallel event on Monday, March 18, 2024, at 10:30 AM (EDT).
Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water
by Jim Claffey | Aug 5, 2021 | Formation, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Learning about the SDGs and understanding their significance is an important first step as together, creatively, we search for the most effective ways to advocate for these aspects of social justice.
Poverty Eradication an Elusive Goal, a Human Tragedy
by Mary Ann Dantuono | Jul 29, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Global extreme poverty (<$1.90 USD per day) rose in 2020 adding an additional 119 million. By 2021 that number is expected to rise to 143 million.
International Day of Charity: September 5
by Margaret O'Dwyer | Aug 23, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
For the Vincentian Family, charity is a constant focus. Charity also is key to the United Nations, whose humanitarian work takes place internationally on a daily basis. But did you further know that the United Nations designates a particular day to highlight...
Michelle Bachelet Appointed New UN Human Rights Chief
by Natalie Boone | Aug 16, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
For my submission this week, I am reporting very good recent news from the UN. After a vote on Friday by the United Nations General Assembly in New York, former two-time President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, hailed a “pioneer” by the UN Secretary-General, has...
International Day of Indigenous Peoples
by Guillermo Campuzano | Aug 9, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
The 5000 indigenous peoples scattered throughout the earth (90 countries), with their thousand-year-old cultures and languages (7000), are a permanent memory to humanity that nature is still waiting, it cries out, for our ecological conversion. This is the...
Artificial Intelligence And Weapons – Intense Ethical Questions
by Margaret O'Dwyer | Aug 2, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Video by the International Committee of the Red Cross I’m not a real fan of Sci-Fi. Yes, I loved all the convenient contraptions in the Jetsons’ home and marveled at the idea of Captain Kirk getting beamed up. But...
July 30: International Day Against Human Trafficking
by .famvin | Jul 28, 2018 | Congregation of the Mission, News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
It is not a celebration … it is a day to resist, to sensitize, to raise awareness, to call attention, to the scandal of human trafficking.
Cultural Emergence – SJU Ozanam Scholars in Accra, Ghana
by Catherine Prendergast | Jul 26, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Cultural Emergence Through Academic Scholarship, Vincentian Leadership and Global Citizenship SJU Ozanam Scholars: Accra, Ghana Seraiah Romero with Catherine Prendergast, DC (Video credits to the Ozanam Scholars Program, produced by Seraiah Romero and music by...
A Woman President of the UN General Assembly
by Teresa Kotturan, SCN | Jul 19, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces, a poet and politician from Ecuador is the 73rd President of UN General Assembly. She is the fourth women to hold this position in the history of the UN. She dedicated her election to all the women in the world who participated in...
Vincentian Family at the UN in NY
by Mary Ann Dantuono | Jul 17, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Vincentian Family collaborating at the UN has formed the Working Group to End Homelessness (WEGH). We are attending the High Level Political Forum on forming Sustainable and Resilient Communities. Pictured below is Leilani Fahar, Special Rapporteur on adequate...
High-Level Political Forum Focuses On Development Goal Progress
by Margaret O'Dwyer | Jul 12, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
UN Headquarters in New York is bustling as nations gather for the annual High Level Political Forum. The forum is a gathering at which countries focus on progress toward the 17 Sustainable Development Goals...