![Discerning Through the Lives of Our Saints: Facebook Live Reflections in August](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/07/SCF-Talks-FI-1080x630.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Discerning Through the Lives of Our Saints: Facebook Live Reflections in August
Join us on the federation Facebook page for four Sunday evenings in August for reflections on the lives of Saints Louise de Marillac and Elizabeth Ann Seton.
![First Meeting of the Confraternity of Spanish-Speaking Vincentian Musicians](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/07/videoconferencia-musicos-jul-06-scaled-1080x675.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
First Meeting of the Confraternity of Spanish-Speaking Vincentian Musicians
Is it possible that the world of poverty can be overcome through music? Is it possible to create a world in which all the members of the Vincentian Family sing praise to God?
![Vows of St. Elizabeth Seton’s Founding Community (July 19, 1813)](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/07/seton-founding-community-july-19-1813-featured-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Vows of St. Elizabeth Seton’s Founding Community (July 19, 1813)
Under an adapted Rule of the French Daughters of Charity approved by Archbishop Carroll, a novitiate was completed, and seventeen women became the first vowed American Sisters of Charity July 19, 1813.
![Ghana’s Street Persons Targeted by Daughters of Charity for Pandemic Education](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/07/Ghana-001-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Ghana’s Street Persons Targeted by Daughters of Charity for Pandemic Education
The Daughters of Charity in Ghana believe it is paramount to protect the population of persons living on the street, mainly women and children, who struggle in congested conditions.
![Through Service and Research, Class of 2020’s Ozanam Scholars Explore Issues of Social Justice](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/07/sju-ozanam-scholars-featured-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Through Service and Research, Class of 2020’s Ozanam Scholars Explore Issues of Social Justice
For J’mi Worthen, the aspiration to become an Ozanam Scholar came from a deep desire to explore social justice at a higher level.
![“I, Frederic” – New Book on Frederic Ozanam](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/07/I-FREDERIC-Ramson-book-featured-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
“I, Frederic” – New Book on Frederic Ozanam
I chose to write an “autobiography” of a man who never wrote an autobiography. 187 years after his death, I did this because I have such admiration for him.
![Confraternity of Vincentian Indigenous](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/07/confraternidad-indigena-EN-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Confraternity of Vincentian Indigenous
We announce the formation of the Vincentian Indigenous Confraternity as a space to share and support each other in the experience of the charism among indigenous peoples.
![July 18: First Apparition of Mary to St. Catherine Labouré](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/07/saint-alive-laboure-featured-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
July 18: First Apparition of Mary to St. Catherine Labouré
The Miraculous Medal Shrine in Philadelphia is proud to announce its Saint ALIVE program, in which St. Catherine Labouré comes to life, sharing the story of Mary and the Miraculous Medal.
![I Know What the Poor Need and Want!](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/09/missionary-spirit-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
I Know What the Poor Need and Want!
To be a missionary is to leave one’s proper world and one’s secure place in the world in order to enter the world of the other; it is to leave one’s place in order to enter the place of the poor and to accompany the poor with the gospel.
![Options in Abuse: Homelessness or Domestic Violence](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/02/homelessness-series-featured-2-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Options in Abuse: Homelessness or Domestic Violence
Abuse victims. “Why does she stay?” It’s a simple question. The answer is not.