Is there really poverty in Paradise?

Poverty there is [in the Cook Islands], and it is best described as “voicelessness”, says a Daughters of Charity news item. Read about “being carved and transformed by God through the people of the Cook Islands.

New National President for SVP in Ireland

For the first time in the 160 year history of the Society of St Vincent de Paul in Ireland, a woman has been elected president National President. Mairead Bushnell is a teacher, long-time community activist, and mother of four who joined the Society in 1986. Read...

“Don’t be afraid of dreaming”

The international site of Vincentian Marian Youth has published translations of the Pope’s recent address in Loreto to young people: At this moment, we feel as though we are surrounded by the expectations and hopes of millions of young people across the...

About youthful volunteers in the United States

The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) has on its Web site three new fact sheets about volunteers in the United States aged 16 to 25, both in and out of school. Look at links to the fact sheets or check volunteer rates sorted...
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