by vf-editor | 2020/02/26 | 13 Houses Campaign, 13 Houses Campaign Bulletin, English, News
The “13 Houses” Campaign is changing the lives of homeless people all around the world thanks to the collaboration between Vincentian branches. A few months ago, we brought you Abundio and his family’s story from Hueyapan, Mexico, and the work carried out by all the...
by vf-editor | 2020/02/24 | English, News
The UN has adopted the first resolution defining homelessness and asking countries to measure it. For the first time in its 75 years, the UN is considering homelessness as a mainstream policy issue. The work of the Vincentians has been crucial in helping to achieve...
by vf-editor | 2020/02/06 | English, News
Members of the Famvin Homeless Alliance and broader Vincentian Family are helping to develop Catholic Social Teaching in the area of homelessness. They feature prominently as authors in Street Homelessness and Catholic Social Ethics, a collection of papers published...
by vf-editor | 2020/02/04 | English, News
In 1960, four Sisters of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy of St Vincent de Paul in Untermarchtal set out to serve Christ through their neighbours in the southwest of Tanzania, in line with their spiritual calling. The spark of Vincentian spirituality spread to...
by vf-editor | 2020/01/29 | 13 Houses Campaign, 13 Houses Campaign Bulletin, English, News
The chaplaincy of the Mahama Burundian refugee camp received a visit from the Lebanese Missionary group for Charity from the 15th to the 25th of August last year. The visit was part of a collaboration inside the Famvin Homeless Alliance but also among FHA ambassadors...
by vf-editor | 2020/01/22 | English, News, Stories
And suddenly I felt her little hand in mine. She had stood next to me for a while; staring up at me with her curious eyes; her bright smile framed by dusty, tangled hair. We were in the middle of a small square; surrounded by little houses; a buzzing community on the...
