![The LCUSA Advocacy Committee Asks That You Take Action!](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/09/lcusa-advocacy-generic-featured-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The LCUSA Advocacy Committee Asks That You Take Action!
The LCUSA Advocacy Committee is helping for help on four different advocacy items.
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June 20: Children of Mary Association (now the Vincentian Marian Youth Movement)
A brief history, a video, and a theme from their Book of Prayers: “Your life matters to me.”
![Father’s Day and the Fatherhood of God](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/06/father-son-e1592535234644-1080x630.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Father’s Day and the Fatherhood of God
It’s common for people to perceive God is like the fatherly figures in their lives. I experienced my father as loving.
![A Canadian View: Black Lives Do Matter](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2018/02/a-canadian-view-jim-paddon-featured-1080x675.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Canadian View: Black Lives Do Matter
The recent murder of George Floyd has resulted in a nationwide and even worldwide response to racial prejudice.
![Now, More Than Ever, Housing Is Health Care](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/02/homelessness-series-featured-2-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Now, More Than Ever, Housing Is Health Care
Homelessness is “a pre-existing condition” for the vulnerable homeless population. This insight … even if not surprising… raises a challenging question.
![The Ongoing Fight for Gender Equality, now with COVID-19 – Part I](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/04/vincentian-family-UN-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The Ongoing Fight for Gender Equality, now with COVID-19 – Part I
In a two-part series, we highlight reports in two different hemispheres that focus on women in the COVID-infected world. Part I.
![The One Body (Deuteronomy 8; 1 Cor 10:17; John 6:57)](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/02/mckenna-tom-reflections-featured-facebook-1.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The One Body (Deuteronomy 8; 1 Cor 10:17; John 6:57)
You, me, all of us together are the Body of Christ.
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What Are Elements Of Structural Racism?
What might be “Socially Acceptable” and “Not Socially Acceptable” elements of “structural” racism.
![Vincentian Family’s Fight Against Poverty Continues Despite COVID-19](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/06/VF-pandemia-Rome-Reports-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Vincentian Family’s Fight Against Poverty Continues Despite COVID-19
Even before the economic crisis was set off by the coronavirus pandemic, the International Vincentian Family has been carrying out a number of projects to help the poor.
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