“The poor will teach you many things. Honor them as you would honor Christ himself.” — St . Vincent de Paul
Santa Barbara County Supervisor Laura Capps joined us in our Community Legacy Garden to honor three longtime friends of St. Vincent’s Read the EdHat Article This September, Santa Barbara County Supervisor Laura Capps joined us in our Community Legacy Garden to honor three longtime friends…
Read the Independent Article On October 1, Santa Barbara City College held its first-ever resource fair on our Calle Real campus in Goleta, and we were proud to host it. Isis Castañeda, Founder and Director of Creating Connections, brought the two together. Instead of asking…
How a Santa Barbara volunteer stylist and the Ladies of Charity bring free haircuts to guests of the Fr. Virgil Cordano Center.
How Daughter of Charity Sr. Oanh Tran turned a cosmetology license into a ministry of dignity at the Fr. Virgil Cordano Center — as told by Global Sisters Report
The beloved Franciscan priest whose spirit of welcome lives on at the center that bears his name.
What Case Management Means Here At the Father Virgil Cordano Center, case management begins before any form is filled out. It begins the moment someone walks through our door, with a conversation: listening to someone’s story, understanding the weight they’re carrying, and building enough trust…
Weekends Used to Be a Gap. Now They’re Covered. Watch the KEYT Story At the Fr. Virgil Cordano Center, our members can drop in Monday through Friday for a meal, a shower, a haircut, a moment of rest. But when the doors closed on Friday…
For a few hours, they can safely relax, get a hot meal, and be welcomed exactly as they are.
This year, our Early Childhood Education Center passed re-accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) — a rigorous, five-year renewal process that fewer than 10 percent of child care centers, preschools, and kindergartens in the United States ever achieve. For…