Vincentian Family Homeless Alliance

Akamasoa (Madagascar): a Place for Learning How to Bring St. Vincent’s Words to Life

by Anja Bohnsack | August 11, 2019 | News | 0 Comments

From May 1-7, 2018, Mark McGreevy and I, Anja Bohnsack, went to visit Madagascar to meet and learn from Fr. Pedro Opeka. Over the past three decades he has created Akamasoa-- a project aimed at supporting people living in slums by providing them with the tools,...

Who is My Neighbor?

by Ricardo Cruz Humán CM | August 10, 2019 | Formation, News | 0 Comments

Homily by Father Ricardo Cruz CM, Vincentian Family Homeless Alliance ambassador, read on Sunday 14th July in the St Vincent de Paul Chapel in Paris during the ambassadors’ gathering.

The Vincentian Family Homeless Alliance Volunteer Ambassadors Come Together for the First Time

by Javier F. Chento | August 4, 2019 | News, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments

The Famvin Homeless Alliance volunteer ambassadors gathered for the first time in July in Paris.

So you think you understand homelessness!

by John Freund, CM | August 2, 2019 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

What do I know about the common profile of people who sleep in each of these situations- on the street, in a car, in an abandoned building, on friends’ sofas, etc.?

Warde, a story of providence

by .famvin | May 24, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

With a big smile and shiny eyes, Warde welcomes you whenever you visit; a visit she prays for every day, every week, every month.

“I know that God does not forget us,” Véronique, from the Mahama Refugee Camp in Rwanda

by .famvin | May 17, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

Now that there is this coronavirus disease, the situation has gotten worse, especially for us who are old. We have even less food for all of us in the camp.