![Vincentian Family Office Visit to Oceania and the Asia Pacific (part 1)](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/01/201901vfo_asia_1_00-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Vincentian Family Office Visit to Oceania and the Asia Pacific (part 1)
A brief overview Fr. Joseph Agostino, CM and Pamela Mantuhac’s visit to 15 countries in which the Vincentian Family is serving the poor. (Part 1 of 4)
![Celebrating With the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Halifax](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/02/sc-halifax-featured-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Celebrating With the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Halifax
Feb. 17 marks the anniversary of the approval by Pope Pius IX in 1856 of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Halifax. Read their foundation story and watch a video with interviews highlighting the charism of the Sisters of today.
![Solidarity with the Victims of the Disaster in Brazil](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/02/201902henrique-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Solidarity with the Victims of the Disaster in Brazil
In late January, the dam of an iron mine collapsed in southeast Brazil causing the surrounding area to be buried under a stream of mud with mining waste.
![Winter is Here! | 13 Houses Campaign](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/02/201902homeless-406890_1920-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Winter is Here! | 13 Houses Campaign
What about the people that don’t have the luxury of little comforts that make the cold bearable? The scale of street homelessness is shattering.
![SSVP General Council Launches the International Competition for Writings on Paul Lamache](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/02/Logo-Lamache-Eng-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
SSVP General Council Launches the International Competition for Writings on Paul Lamache
To promote the “International Year on the Theme of Paul Lamache,” the General Council of the SSVP launched a literary competition.
![A Heart On Fire 400 Years Ago Shaped Our Church Today (Part 4)](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/02/vincent-heart-on-fire-video-series-4-featured-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Heart On Fire 400 Years Ago Shaped Our Church Today (Part 4)
Part 4 of the new video series written and narrated by Fr. John Freund, C.M.
![Being Taught To See What I Had Not Seen](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/02/norman-rockwell-the-connoiseur-1962-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Being Taught To See What I Had Not Seen
Seeing but not seeing – Jesus expects only one thing of his followers: to see who and what he sees. Those who do so become “other Christs.”
![A Canadian View: The Haves and the Have Nots](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: The Haves and the Have Nots
In one of Frederic’s famous speeches he warns us about the widening gap between those that have (the haves) so much and those that have very little. (the have nots).
![Commission for Social Development 2019](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/04/vincentian-family-UN-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Commission for Social Development 2019
On the morning of February 11, 2019 the 57th Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD) opened at the United Nations.
![84-year-old Man Giving Out Scarves to Those in Need, in Memory of Late Son](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/02/201902scarf-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
84-year-old Man Giving Out Scarves to Those in Need, in Memory of Late Son
An 84-year-old man who runs the St. Vincent De Paul store in Fall River goes out to a pole on the sidewalk twice a day and ties scarves to it. They’re free.