![Expo Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2021/05/EN-scaled-1-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Expo Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
On the occasion of the bicentenary of the death of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, a pioneer of the Vincentian Family in the United States, an exhibit was held at the Mother House.
![The Prayer Life of Louise de Marillac](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2021/05/louise-featured-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The Prayer Life of Louise de Marillac
“As we say about some of the people in the Bible, so too we can say that Louise walked with God (Cf., Genesis 5:22).”
![Homes First: Strategies to Promote Youth Empowerment Post Covid-19](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/06/vf-homeless-alliance-featured-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Homes First: Strategies to Promote Youth Empowerment Post Covid-19
Vincentians keep bringing the voices of homeless people to the United Nations despite the pandemic.
![Education: a Door to Hope](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2021/04/educacion-gambia-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Education: a Door to Hope
The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul’s (SSVP) Education Support Project in Gambia changes the lives of many children and teenagers who need someone to believe in them and invest in them.
![Vatican water and hygiene initiative for health care facilities is an investment in life](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2021/04/webRNS-water-cross-04072021-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Vatican water and hygiene initiative for health care facilities is an investment in life
The lack of water, sanitation and hygiene in health care facilities worldwide kills infants, women and front-line workers.
![St. Louise: In Her Own Words](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2021/04/louise-letters-featured-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
St. Louise: In Her Own Words
Reading the letters of St. Louise helps us see her humanness, as opposed to thinking of her as some faraway Saint.
![St. Joseph – Patron of “Saints Next Door”](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2021/04/row-homes-next-door-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
St. Joseph – Patron of “Saints Next Door”
Can we recognize Joseph, “the quiet one,” as the model for far more than just carpenters?
![Born In the Bleachers](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/02/homelessness-series-featured-2-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Born In the Bleachers
We hear a lot about being born on third base. It is a metaphor for being way ahead in the game of life. But what if you were born in the bleachers? Or worse, born outside the ballpark?
![Building Houses for Needy Families in Malawi](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2021/04/malawi-13-casas-foto-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Building Houses for Needy Families in Malawi
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SSVP), within the framework of “13 Houses Campaign” Famvin initiative, promotes the construction of 15 homes.
![A Vincentian View: Yearning for Home (Joseph and Psalm 137)](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2015/11/fr.-griffin-reflections.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Vincentian View: Yearning for Home (Joseph and Psalm 137)
The Babylonians destroyed the Temple of Jerusalem in 587 BC and took most of the people of Israel into captivity—moving them from their ancestral home to foreign lands. Psalm 137 engages the feelings of those displaced persons.