From Yaoundé, Sister Bernadette, of the Sisters of Charity of St. Jean Antide Thouret, shares her experience of animating the faith in the parish.
With a Vincentian Heart
“Volunteering Changed Me as a Person”: Meet Depaul’s Volunteers Working to end Homelessness
Ivo and Magdalena share how volunteering at Depaul Croatia has deeply impacted their lives, from organizing outreach events and photography exhibitions to creating a choir for those experiencing homelessness. Their experiences demonstrate the transformative power of compassion, art, and teamwork in supporting vulnerable communities and fostering personal growth.
A Roof for Tomorrow
In Pacoti, in the north-east of Brazil (the state of Ceará), the Daughters of Charity run the Maria Imaculada Institute where 380 children from very low-income families are taken in.
Charity Shower Project for Homeless in Brazil
Basic necessities such as access to a shower, hygiene products, clean clothes and health care were a luxury out of reach for the street population, before this project.
The Daughters of Charity respond to homelessness affecting children in the streets of Kitale (Kenya)
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.
Project “Routes to the Future”
This project arose from listening to the reality of impoverished children and families of our institution and its surroundings, that we serve in the city of Assis/São Paulo
Vincentians of Wherever: Jean Semler – Change a Life Uganda
Jean and Dave Semler launched a 501(c) 3 non-profit charity Change A Life Uganda (CALU) with a vision of educated, healthy, and empowered Ugandan children as agents of positive social and economic change.
A Place of Love and Care in Botswana
Mr. O was frightened. If he agreed to the surgery, he would lose his right foot and leg and possibly his livelihood, growing tomatoes in his beloved garden.
Radical Giving of Self
My name is Brother João Soares, CM and I am Portuguese. It is with great joy that I write these lines and share with you something about my life as a young man, as a seminarian and as a Vincentian. Those three adjectives best describe me. I am a young man who is 23...
Jeanne’s Story • Daughters of Charity International Project Services
The Sisters in Madagascar shared Jeanne’s Story – a story about a girl among the children who are mentally disabled and are accommodated at the St. Vincent DePaul Special Education Center in Manakara, Madagascar. Jeanne is a girl removed from her family....
