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A Challenge is in the Air
Think about the hot button issues of the day: Police reform, Climate change, Poverty, Homelessness, Election reform, Systemic racism, #metoo… Tou name it. People are calling for more than just quick but temporary fixes. People are calling for systemic reform.
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Branches that Remain on the Vine
Jesus is the vine, and we are the branches. That we remain in him, and he in us, is what makes us bear much fruit. In Ps 80, the Shepherd of Israel is asked to bring back his people. This people started out as a vine that God brought out of Egypt and transplanted. ...![Vincentian Prayer Images: Walking Through Each Day with St. Vincent VII](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/05/praying-our-heritage-featured-new-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Vincentian Prayer Images: Walking Through Each Day with St. Vincent VII
St. Vincent told the Daughters of Charity: “You see, Sisters, even though we don’t see God, faith teaches us that His holy presence is everywhere…”
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Building Houses, Rebuilding Lives: “Ozanam Village”
This was the fourth village that was built for the victims of the super typhoon Yolanda (internationally known as Haiyan) under the “Building houses, rebuilding lives” project financed by the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, via the Commission for International Aid and Development (CIAD).
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April 25: Feast of the Translation of the Relics of St. Vincent
A transfer of the relics of Saint Vincent took place on April 25, 1830, via a grandiose procession to the Chapel at the Vincentian Mother House, rue de Sèvres.
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Called to Ecological Conversion
One of the themes threaded throughout Laudato Si’ is the need for an ecological conversion.
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Three years working together to end homelessness
The Famvin Homeless Alliance (FHA) has reached three years working with the poorest of the poor and the homeless.
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Not working together has been biggest failure of pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed how unprepared the world is — even wealthy, technologically advanced nations — to work together to stop an urgent crisis.
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Ladies of Charity Advocacy: Climate Justice
Please urge the President and your Members of Congress to commit the United States to bold, courageous climate action to protect the Earth.
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Relive the Beatification Ceremony for Frederic Ozanam (Video)
A video produced by the SVdP USA lets you experience the sights and sounds of being in Paris for the beatification ceremony which took place during the World Youth Days, 1997.