The Vincentian Solidarity Office (VSO) is a program of service of the General Curia of the Congregation of the Mission in Rome, Italy. The goal of the VSO is to assist the Congregation of the Mission with obtaining funds for its evangelization and service of the poor.
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“It is not sufficient for me to love God if I do not love my neighbor. I belong to God and to the poor”
-St. Vincent de Paul
There’s a new VSO Bulletin out!
In our latest bulletin, you can learn about our Province in Slovakia, which is a beneficiary of the Vincentian Endowment Challenge (Patrimony Fund Project), and its mission to the Garifuna people in Honduras. There’s also a story about our chapel in Lebanon which...
Walking for peace in Belém, Brazil
The people of the Parish of São Raimundo Nonato, a work of our Province of Fortaleza located in the capital city of Belém in Pará State in Brazil, have been facing high levels of violence in their neighborhoods for some time. The parishioners organized, and decided...
Hot off the press: the June 2014 VSO Bulletin
Are you interested in learning about young confreres who are rebuilding a province that was suppressed for decades by a Soviet-backed regime? Or a school constructed by confreres in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that serves over 1,000 impoverished students?...
Learning by doing and helping the community in Mozambique
A mission parish of our Vice-Province of Mozambique, St. Jerome in Magude, has for some time provided professional training for rural people. The training has included carpentry, agriculture, and pottery making. One of the newest and most promising programs is called...
Slovakia Fires Up Lay Missionaries
The local organization of Vincentian Lay Missionaries (MISEVI) in Slovakia is still in its infancy, but has already played a major role. In early November 2013, MISEVI Slovakia hosted a European–wide meeting of MISEVI in Nitra. This younger branch of the Vincentian...
News from two schools serving deaf children in Nigeria
The Province of Nigeria -- a beneficiary of the Vincentian Endowment Challenge (Patrimony Fund Project)--founded and operates St. Joseph’s Primary and De Paul Secondary Schools in Oraifite in southeastern Nigeria. The schools integrate the instruction of deaf and...