by vf-editor | 2021/09/16 | 13 Houses Campaign, English, News, Stories
“A true ecological approach always becomes a social approach; it must integrate questions of justice in debates on the environment, so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor”, Laudato Si’, #49 Pope Francis’ words have been inspiring...
by vf-editor | 2021/07/01 | 13 Houses Campaign, English, News
The “Welcome Home” project will officially open on July 3rd in Chimaltenango, Guatemala, with the presence of our volunteer Ambassador Gina Paredes. After three years of work, more than 30 families who lost their homes during the Volcán de Fuego eruption in 2018 now...
by vf-editor | 2021/03/17 | 13 Houses Campaign, English, News
Cecilia is a widow and mother of four living in the Imo State, South East-Nigeria, in a poor rural area lacking government investment. She and her family used to shelter in an old mud hut. For that reason, she was selected to be the first beneficiary of the 13 Houses...
by vf-editor | 2021/01/26 | English, News
The Famvin Homeless Alliance (FHA) has reached three years working with the poorest of the poor and the homeless. This anniversary comes at a time when the Vincentian service for homeless people is more necessary than ever in the post Covid-19 world. Three years...
by vf-editor | 2020/09/01 | covid19, English, News
After 10 years of work in the field of education, in Chiclayo, I was assigned to Pisco, in Peru, as the pastor of a parish. I had not settled into my new missionary appointment when I was confronted with a series of restrictions, confinement, fear and uncertainty. I...
