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. 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 afternoon, many of…
For a few hours, they can safely relax, get a hot meal, and be welcomed exactly as they are.
Every weekday morning, Irma and her ten-year-old granddaughter Erma walk out the door together. Erma is headed to Hope School, just down the road. Irma is headed to the YMCA for strength training three mornings a week, restorative yoga on the other two. It is…
A Simple Act, A Powerful Impact At the Father Virgil Cordano Center, something as simple as a haircut is changing lives. In a recent feature by KEYT News Channel 3-12, Sister Oanh Tran of St. Vincent’s Santa Barbara shares how her unique background in healthcare…
This Daughter of Charity is marking 25 years of service this year—a journey that’s taken her from Vietnam to hospitals in San Jose, up to Alaska (where yes, she really did catch that massive fish in the photo), and now to Santa Barbara’s Fr. Virgil…
From Homelessness to Hopeful: How One Mom is Rebuilding Her Life Through St. Vincent’s Support Program In this KEYT News segment from Santa Barbara, viewers meet Sophia, a mother who found stability and hope through St. Vincent’s Family Strengthening Program. After months of housing insecurity…