The annual Youth Forum provides a global platform for a candid dialogue among Member States and young leaders from around the world on solutions to challenges affecting youth wellbeing.
Homelessness
Homes First: Strategies to Promote Youth Empowerment Post Covid-19
Vincentians keep bringing the voices of homeless people to the United Nations despite the pandemic.
Born In the Bleachers
We hear a lot about being born on third base. It is a metaphor for being way ahead in the game of life. But what if you were born in the bleachers? Or worse, born outside the ballpark?
New Social Entrepreneurship Program to Connect Students and Formerly Homeless Adults
Depaul USA, a national homeless services organization, and students at William Penn Charter School, an independent school in the East Falls neighborhood, announce an exciting new project to produce local, vegan soaps. The Rays of Hope project is staffed by residents...
Making a List and Checking it Twice … Mindful of the Homeless
I must admit I never thought much about checking my Christmas list for gifts for the homeless. Now I can’t get that question out of my head.
Three Days at #CSTHomeless* on Twitter
*Symposium on Street Homelessness and Catholic Social Teaching, convened by The Institute for Global Homelessness, Center for Catholic Studies of Durham University (England), DePaul University (USA), Niagara University (USA) and St. John's University (USA) in Rome,...
Symposium on Street Homelessness and Catholic Social Teaching in Rome, Italy
Practitioners and theologians have come together in Rome, Italy to discuss global street homelessness in an event hosted by DePaul University's IGH, Depaul International, Niagara University, St John's University, and the University Durham's Centre for Catholic...
A Vincentian View: Three Stories – One Direction
A Vincentian View: Three Stories—One Direction Have you noticed that in the Sunday Gospels of these weeks, the passages have all been taken from successive verses in the 25th chapter of Matthew? The “Parable of the Ten Virgins” is Mt 25:1-13 (November 12); the...
Rest in Peace Deacon Pat
Let me tell you about a Vincentian martyr for the cause of the homeless. Deacon Patrick Logsdon directed a program for the homeless, men from the street and men just released from prison, at Anthony House in Roosevelt, NY. This residence is a transitional housing...
Edmonton, Alberta: We’ll be one of 150 Cities Free of Homelessness
Edmonton is on the move. 150 cities. By 2030. That's the idea that the Institute for Global Homelessness has planted. It's part of the larger initiative that they are leading as an institution deeply rooted in the Vincentian Family (at DePaul University). From their...
A Vincentian View: The Lord Hears
A Vincentian View: The Lord Hears A number of phrases in the Scriptures of the past weeks have stayed in the front of my mind. I have felt the truth of these words and the considerable summons which they offer. From one hearing, they bring consolation and...
The Grace of the Stranger Welcoming Me
Let me tell you about an encounter I had last weekend. I drove to Plymouth, Massachusetts Friday for a meeting Saturday of the Sisters of Charity Federation Associates from the Boston area. I was co-facilitating the meeting. Plymouth is where the Pilgrims aboard the...
