refugees
Green Area for Refugees to Start a new Life in Rome
by Javier F. Chento | July 29, 2018 | Congregation of the Mission, News | 0 Comments
Pope’s Video Won an International Prize for Best Strategy
by Elizabeth Astridge | June 30, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Social Innovation to Help Refugees
by Elizabeth Astridge | June 2, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Catholic social innovation tends to repurpose existing resources and draw on existing relationships to address issues such as the refugee crisis,
Pope Francis: Homily at Mass on World Day of Migrants and Refugees [full text]
by Tomasz Zieliński | January 20, 2018 | Formation, News, Pope, Reflections | 0 Comments
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Green Area for Refugees to Start a new Life in Rome
by Javier F. Chento | Jul 29, 2018 | Congregation of the Mission, News
These refugees have found a land of opportunity right in the backyard of the Congregation of the Mission in Rome....
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Pope’s Video Won an International Prize for Best Strategy
by Elizabeth Astridge | Jun 30, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
On Friday, June 15, a video with the collaboration of Pope Francis won an international prize for “best strategy in...
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Social Innovation to Help Refugees
by Elizabeth Astridge | Jun 2, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Catholic social innovation tends to repurpose existing resources and draw on existing relationships to address issues such as the refugee crisis,
Pope’s message for World Day of Migrants and Refugees is released
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Aug 22, 2017 | News, Pope
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis' message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees was released by the Vatican on Monday. In the message the Holy Father says that providing aid to migrants and refugees is a "great responsibility, which the Church intends to share with...
A Worthwhile Book to Read Spotlighting the Syrian Refugee Crisis
by Natalie Boone | Jun 1, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Recently author Melissa Fleming spoke to UN News about her book, “A Hope More Powerful than the Sea.” Ms. Fleming is a spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner on Refugees. She travels to war zones to illuminate the realities of people who have become refugees. In...
Women On The Move: St. John’s Celebrates International Women’s Day with Spotlight on Women Refugees and Migrants
by Meghan Clark | Mar 30, 2017 | Formation, News
All around the world, women move not only themselves and their families to safer locations but they move their communities to overcome injustice. Commemorating International Women’s Day, the St. John’s CRS Global Campus Committee organized a panel of experts focusing...
Mike Says, “Welcoming Refugees is the Lord’s Work”
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 16, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
"Have you ever had a moment when you just knew the Holy Spirit was at work right in front of you? When your spine tingles and your eyes grow wide?" So writes our friend, Mike Jordan Laskey. "I experienced one of those sacred encounters in a Catholic school basement in...
Syria: The SSVP At The Heart Of A War Without End
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...
Welcoming the Stranger: Common Ground
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...
The Pope Video: Welcome the Needy
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. [youtube...
“I Protest Because Walls Only Serve to Separate and Divide Us” Activists Saying #IamVincent
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 the recent...
A global initiative of the Vincentian Family #famvin400
by Vincentian Family Office | Jan 14, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family
Congratulations! As our Vincentian Family marks the 400th Anniversary of the birth of the Vincentian charism, we celebrate this historic moment in our lives. It is a moment of grace for all the daughters and sons of the Vincentian movement. From around the world, the...