by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 5, 2017 | News, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Six years after the uprising against the regime of Bachar El Assad in 2011 was answered with force, thus plunging the country into complete chaos, the ICRC states today that there are 6.3 million people displaced within the country, 5 million people live in besieged...
by Shaughnessy Miller | Feb 5, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Going corporate and volunteering: they are not mutually exclusive! Corporate America gets a pretty bad rap. Images of stifling your personality and will to live in a cubicle prevail and are especially repulsive to the full-time volunteer. And while I won’t deny that...
by St. John's University Office of Marketing and Communications | Feb 4, 2017 | News
For Lorin Kruzynski ’17TCB, serving those in need has played a valuable role in her St. John’s education. “My experience of the Vincentian charism has been eye-opening,” she said recently. “Service teaches you so much about others—and yourself.” That, Lorin...
by DePaul International | Feb 4, 2017 | News
The Prince went for a 15-minute run with eight young homeless people, who have been training with The Running Charity, the UK’s first running-orientated program for homeless and vulnerable young people. He also talked with The Running Charity’s Director, Alex...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 4, 2017 | Formation
Welcoming the stranger is not only a theme of this 400th anniversary of the Vincentian Family. It is a core value of virtually all faiths. The call to “welcome the stranger,” through protection and hospitality, and to honor the stranger or those of other faiths with...
by Elizabeth Astridge | Feb 4, 2017 | Church, News, Pope
Welcome the Needy, which is part of “The Pope Video” series promoted by the Vatican, was released Thursday, February 2. Every month we will see a new two-minute video from Pope Francis with his intentions and a motivating message. The project is an...
by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Feb 3, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
“How many heretics have been converted since the Daughters of Charity have been working in the hospitals! Recall that, in 1659, a sister who had been in the hospital of Saint-Denis said that, during the year, five or six heretics were converted, including the son of a...
by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 3, 2017 | Daughters of Charity, Formation
Sr. Guiseppina Nicoli, D.C. was beatified on this day, February 3, 2008. She is known for her work with poor and uneducated children. “Accompanied by the Sisters in her community, Sister Nicoli approached these young people with the gentleness of a loving...
by Javier F. Chento | Feb 3, 2017 | Daughters of Charity, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Ending Gender Discrimination and Violation of Rights In 2008, the Daughters of Charity, in partnership with concerned local individuals, began the delicate mission of education and protection against the traditional practice of female genital mutilation. The TFGM Camp...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 2, 2017 | News, Reflections
See. Judge. Act. We often think of this as analysis for project planning. But activism stems from this as well. A new generation of Vincentians in the United States have heard the call of the Gospel: “I was a stranger and you welcomed me!” In response to...