SVDP

Excerpts from an article by Fr. Thomas McKenna, C.M. in which he examines Frédéric Ozanam’s conception of how a religious tradition should engage its surrounding society.

You can find great texts in the early Bulletins of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, which are still fully relevant today.

Let’s remember what we learned during COVID-19, especially how we managed to maintain our personal relationship with those who, in addition to the daily challenges of living in poverty, must now weather the effects of the pandemic.

Imagine that! Asking people who had personal experience of what the problem was and what might be the solution.