by vf-editor | 2023/05/30 | 13 Houses Campaign, 13 Houses Campaign Bulletin, English, News, Uncategorized
On the occasion of this month, we want to recall the experience of Pentecost of Saint Louise de Marillac, when on 4th June 1623, St Louise was moved by a deep spiritual insight. She tells us: “I was advised… that a time would come when I would be in a position...
by vf-editor | 2023/03/31 | 13 Houses Campaign, 13 Houses Campaign Bulletin, English, News, Uncategorized
Since the 2015 economic crisis in Venezuela, Colombia has hosted approximately 1.7 million Venezuelans, representing more than 37% of the approximately 4.6 million Venezuelan refugees in Latin America and the Caribbean.[1] Over half of the Venezuelan population living...
by vf-editor | 2023/03/31 | 13 Houses Campaign, 13 Houses Campaign Bulletin, English, News, Stories, Uncategorized
The 13 Houses Campaign keeps growing: with the launch of the call for proposals on 30 August 2022, we witnessed the Vincentian desire to strengthen a ‘network of charity’ for homeless people that goes beyond geographical borders. The objective of the call was to...
by vf-editor | 2023/02/24 | 13 Houses Campaign, 13 Houses Campaign Bulletin, English, News, Uncategorized
‘It only took two weeks to go from poverty to absolute homelessness in Honduras and Guatemala’. (BBC, 2020) Through these few words, we can already feel the catastrophic effects of hurricanes Eta and Iota that devastated Central America in 2020. The...
by vf-editor | 2023/02/24 | 13 Houses Campaign, 13 Houses Campaign Bulletin, English, News, Uncategorized
Billions of people experience homelessness in the world (1), and its causes and forms are diverse. Therefore, it requires answers that go beyond providing a home but which also include wider and more holistic aspects. For example, the provision of psychological...
