La Sociedad de San Vicente de Paúl alimenta a los hambrientos, asiste con el alquiler y ayuda a inmigrantes

Society of St. Vincent de Paul feeds the hungry, pays the rent, aids immigrants

SEATTLE – Mirya Muñoz-Roach has been named executive director of St. Vincent de Paul Seattle-King County, the first woman to lead the nonprofit organization in its nearly 100 years of serving the poor.

As they celebrated their first Christmas in America 150 years ago, our Little Sisters of the Poor in Baltimore noted that the donations received included “twelve turkeys, four ducks, sixteen chickens and so many other good things that we didn’t know what to do with it all!” They concluded, “In this country Christmas is like the feast of the poor!”

Really, do count your blessings

A pastoral letter from the Catholic bishops of the State of Washington

Introducing the bishops’ pastoral letter on poverty

JOSE LEON SUAREZ, Argentina
By David Agren

The doors used to stay shuttered on the chapel of Our Lady of the Miracle chapel in a shantytown on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, opening only on Saturdays for catechism classes and Sundays for a single, sparsely attended service.