![July 26: Felix de Andreis, C.M., Joseph Rosati, C.M., and Companions Arrive in Baltimore](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/07/de-andreis-et-al-featured-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
July 26: Felix de Andreis, C.M., Joseph Rosati, C.M., and Companions Arrive in Baltimore
Watch a video about the first Vincentian Missionaries in the U.S., based on letters of Felix De Andreis, C.M.
![Can You Look People In the Eye?](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/07/homeless-featured-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Can You Look People In the Eye?
Pope Francis often uses the word, “encounter,” 32 times in “The Joy of the Gospel” and as an antidote to our “throwaway culture,” in which people who are seen as useless are cast aside.
![A Canadian View: Let Our Youth Speak!](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: Let Our Youth Speak!
We always seem to want to talk about needing more youth in the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul.
![The Family Participated in the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/02/vincentian-family-UN-facebook-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The Family Participated in the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
The Vincentian Family at the UN attended and participated at the seventh session of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2019)
![A Vincentian View: No Place Like A Home](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2015/11/fr.-griffin-reflections.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Vincentian View: No Place Like A Home
Most of us know the blessing of a home; we must strive to make it a reality for others. This path leads to our eternal home.
![Catholics, Advocacy And Systemic Change](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/05/systemic-change-generic-facebook-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Catholics, Advocacy And Systemic Change
The Vincentian Family, devoted to the poor, should be one of the loudest voices advocating for real and permanent change of the systems and structures and decisions that make and keep people poor.
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Pray, Ask, Seek and Knock as Jesus
Jesus embodies what to pray, ask, seek, knock is. We Christians, then, strive to pray, ask, seek and knock as he teaches us. Mary Magdalene recognizes Jesus and calls him, “Teacher” because he first calls her, “Mary.” And because God loves us first, we love also. ...![The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Celebrates the 180th Anniversary of the International General Council](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/07/201907180-aniversario-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Celebrates the 180th Anniversary of the International General Council
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SSVP) celebrates with great joy the 180th anniversary since the inception of the Council General International (CGI).
![Ozanam: Who Was This Holy Man?](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/01/reflexiones-vicentinas-EN-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Ozanam: Who Was This Holy Man?
It is always a great joy for me to speak about the dear brother Antoine Frederic Ozanam, one of the founders of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul.
![The Berceau School Formation for the Vincentian Family In Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/06/201906escuela-berceau-cono-sur-america-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The Berceau School Formation for the Vincentian Family In Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay
Overview of a gathering to participate in a formation session that revolved around the theme of Vincentian spirituality, a program that is called the Berceau School.