The FHA organised its first online training event to encourage more Vincentians to join our efforts to end homelessness.
Vincentian Family Homeless Alliance
The context to Laudato Si’ – The Famvin Homeless Alliance and Laudato Si’ (I)
by Vincentian Homeless Alliance | October 18, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
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 | October 11, 2020 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections | 0 Comments
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 | October 4, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
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
Tackling slum dwelling in Malawi, one house at a time!
by Vincentian Homeless Alliance | May 16, 2021 | News
Annie’s story is one of many in Malawi, an African country where 65% of the population live in slums, according to data from UN-Habitat.
A home in Namibia, beds in the Netherlands
by Vincentian Homeless Alliance | May 9, 2021 | News
As part of the jubilee, the Brothers of Our Lady Mother of Mercy (CMM) started the ‘Sheltering the Homeless’ project inspired by the 13 Houses Campaign of the Famvin Homeless Alliance.
Bulletin: FamVin Homeless Alliance
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jun 17, 2017 | Announcements, News, Vincentian Family
In a recent letter to the heads of the Vincentian Family, Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, C.M., writes: "As announced in previous communications, the Vincentian Family Executive Committee is inviting all branches and members of the Vincentian Family to celebrate the 400th...
Homelessness declines with new thinking
by John Freund, CM | Jun 29, 2014 | Vincentian Family
“Instead of trying to fix all the problems that homeless people have while they are homeless, [housing first] gets them into housing right away, then they end up taking care of a lot of other problems from a stable home”.