Each year, on 10th October, World Homeless Day is marked to educate people across the world about homelessness issues, and to reflect on how homelessness can affect people of all countries, paths of life and ages, especially children.
Vincentian Family Homeless Alliance
“What Must Be Done?” An Answer That Transformed 10,000 Lives
by Anna Mosca | February 4, 2024 | News | 1 Comment
Imagine if Saint Vincent de Paul was with us today. What would he do in a world still torn by wars, where billions of people are looking for a home?
Famvin Homeless Alliance: International Conference 2024
10,000 People Housed through Vincentian Family Global Campaign to End Homelessness
by Vincentian Family Office | December 17, 2023 | News | 0 Comments
Thanks to the unity and commitment of the Vincentian Family, 102 varied projects around the world have emerged to serve different people experiencing homelessness and lacking a safe place to call home.
Five years, 64 countries and 10,000 people: how the 13 Houses Campaign is ending homelessness across the globe
by Mark McGreevy | November 26, 2023 | News | 0 Comments
In 1617, St Vincent de Paul was asked by one of his benefactors, “what must be done?”
At the Service of People Experiencing Homelessness: Depaul Ireland Hits the Target of 27 Properties
by .famvin | Sep 11, 2022 | News
We are very pleased to hear that Depaul Ireland, part of the 13 Houses Campaign, has managed to hit the target of 27 properties that they aimed to acquire, to help people experiencing homelessness secure a safe place to call home
Access to water: the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth work towards a right still denied to many
by Vincentian Family Office | Aug 7, 2022 | News
Water is one of the basic rights that is, unfortunately, still denied to many people across the globe.
Young Vincentians from Portugal mobilize for Lebanon
by Vincentian Homeless Alliance | Nov 15, 2020 | News
Several groups of the Vincentian Marian Youth of Portugal mobilized to send funds to the International Vincentian Family for Lebanon.
Diaries of a Vincentian: Kenya
by Dee Mansi | Nov 8, 2020 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections
The rains can be heavy in Kenya, and with climate change, there is more out of season rain. It erodes the traditional mud and stick built houses.
The FHA & Laudato Si’ – The Famvin Homeless Alliance and Laudato Si’ (and III)
by Vincentian Homeless Alliance | Nov 1, 2020 | News
The following is Part 3 of a reflection on our Pope’s words and a consideration of how Laudato Si’ both informs and affirms the work of the Famvin Homeless Alliance.
Vincentians & Laudato Si’ – The Famvin Homeless Alliance and Laudato Si’ (II)
by Vincentian Homeless Alliance | Oct 25, 2020 | News
The following is Part 2 of a reflection on our Pope’s words and a consideration of how Laudato Si’ both informs and affirms the work of the Famvin Homeless Alliance.
The context to Laudato Si’ – The Famvin Homeless Alliance and Laudato Si’ (I)
by Vincentian Homeless Alliance | Oct 18, 2020 | News
The following is a reflection on our Pope’s words and a consideration of how Laudato Si’ both informs and affirms the work of the Famvin Homeless Alliance. Part 1
Diaries of a Vincentian: Our return from Kenya to Germany
by Sister Magdalena | Oct 11, 2020 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections
At the end of March this year we were told, all of a sudden, that we – Sr. Lucia, Sr. Dorothea, Sr. Zeituni and I – had to leave Kenya as soon as possible.
Slum Dwelling: Annual Theme 2020
by Vincentian Homeless Alliance | Oct 4, 2020 | News
Over the past two years, the Vincentian Family’s annual theme has focused on forced displacement and street homelessness. For 2020, we are focusing on slum dwellers.
A Very Different Vincent’s Day
by .famvin | Sep 27, 2020 | News
This year, the feast of St Vincent de Paul is going to be very different from what we would have liked.
The FamVin Coming Together for Beirut!
by Danielle El Chemaly | Sep 20, 2020 | News
The Vincentian Family in Lebanon represented by all its organizations was on the ground since day one to assist families.