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March 14: AIC Co-Sponsored Event for UN Commission on the Status of Women
The event titled “Ending Gender Based Violence: Community-led projects that unlock the potential of women and girls” will take place virtually on March 14 at 8:30 am New York time.
United in Hope and Mission: Testimony of Sr. María Donat on the Second Vincentian Convocation
The Second Convocation of the Vincentian Family, held in Rome in November 2024, reaffirmed the commitment to responding to the cry of the poor and the earth through synodality and structural transformation. Sister María Donat, a Daughter of Charity, highlighted the richness of the gathering and the need to live out service with simplicity, promoting structures that transform the reality of the poorest and foster human dignity and care for the planet.
National Vocation Congress 2025 in Spain: A Call to Mission and the Testimony of the Vincentian Family
From February 7 to 9, 2025, Madrid hosted the Vocations Congress “For Whom Am I? Assembly of Those Called to Mission,” bringing together more than 3,000 participants from various ecclesial backgrounds. The event, organized by the Spanish Episcopal Conference, aimed to reflect on Christian vocation and foster vocational discernment. The Vincentian Family played a prominent role, contributing its charism and experience in evangelization and service to those most in need.
Shining Out
What’s involved in encountering not just the outward appearance of somebody, but more importantly his or her inner life?
What Is the Real World?
How often have you heard … “But in the real world…?” “That’s fine in theory… but in the real world…?”
Know Love just as Jesus Shows It to Us
Jesus on the cross lets us know love as one can show it in the greatest way. Such love makes us live and lifts us up. Of course, Mary of Magdala does know love just as Jesus shows it to her. Or she would not love him back and go at the crack of dawn to visit his...
Contemplation: Lord, Let Our Eyes Be Opened
A series of brief portraits presents individuals facing homelessness, poverty, and crisis, each paired with a challenging Gospel question. The reflection ends with an invitation to contemplate what it means to act as Christ did.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 14 – No. 38 Rue Saint-Sulpice
iI was at No 38 of the current Rue Saint-Sulpice − previously Rue Petit-Bourbon Saint-Sulpice − that, on 23 April 1833, Emmanuel Bailly welcomed Frédéric Ozanam and his friends, François, Jules, Auguste, Félix and Paul. This meeting founded the first “Charity Conference.”
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Special: Conflict in Ukraine
Ukraine: Where’s the United Nations?
Why didn’t the United Nations prevent the war in Ukraine? Isn’t it supposed to keep the peace?
‘Behind the Aid is All of You’: Interview with Father Vitaliy
Last week I had the pleasure of meeting with Father Vitaliy Novak, the Chair of Depaul Ukraine. Father Vitaliy has been leading our humanitarian response in Ukraine
With a twofold mission, the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in Bilbao (Spain) coordinates a new humanitarian convoy to Ukraine
A little more than a month ago we informed you about an initiative to assist the people in Ukraine, an initiative led by the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in Bilbao (Spain): a that time a humanitarian convoy consisting of six vans transported food and other...
Ukraine’s Gig Economy Workers are now Delivering Food for Depaul International
Depaul International has enlisted the help of former takeaway cyclists to deliver food to villages outside Ukraine’s big cities to help people in need.
Collaboration to Respond to the Crisis in Ukraine
Here is a little example of how the Vincentian Family has worked together in a collaborative way to respond to the crisis in Ukraine.
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