Homelessness

Persons Experiencing Homelessness Have Their Say at UN

by Margaret O'Dwyer | February 20, 2020 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments

A tangible energy pervaded the United Nations in New York during the recent 58th Commission for Social Development.

Vincentians Helping to Develop Catholic Social Teaching on Homelessness

by Javier F. Chento | February 16, 2020 | News | 0 Comments

Members of the Famvin Homeless Alliance and the wider Vincentian Family are helping to develop Catholic Social Teaching in the area of homelessness.

Why the Church Shelters the Homeless

by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | February 13, 2020 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections | 0 Comments

Former Eastern Province Provincial, Fr. Michael Carroll, CM, reflects on Homelessness in a series of reflections. "Churches answer the call to shelter the homeless "| U.S. Catholic magazine Let me share some of the good that I have heard folks are doing to serve the...

Commission for Social Development Underway in New York; Addressing Homelessness

by Margaret O'Dwyer | February 13, 2020 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments

Over two years of advocacy at the United Nations are coming to fruition this week and next during the UN’s 58th Commission for Social Development.

The Paths To Homelessness

by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | Aug 20, 2020 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections

Do homeless people choose to be homeless? There are many valid reasons for choosing shelters and even the streets over home— if there is a home at all.