The National Council of the United States, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, will host its annual National Assembly, September 6 – 9, 2023 at the Hyatt Regency at the Arch in St. Louis, MO.
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WYD Lisbon – “Every greeting opens up a new world”
“Let us learn with Mary to greet each and every person…” – Cardinal Manuel Clemente
Young Irish Vincentians off to World Youth Day
Last week, 26 young people from three Vincentian Schools, St. Paul’s Raheny, St. Mary’s Holy Faith Glasnevin and Holy Faith School Clontarf gathered in St. Peter’s church in Phibsborough, home of the Vincentian Family for a meeting to send them out to World Youth Day...
Dr. Linda Sama, New Representative for the AIC at the United Nations
On July 13, 2023, Dr. Linda Sama began officially as a NGO representative for the International Association of Charities (AIC), joining Mary Ann Dantuono and Pat Mule at the UN in New York. Dr. Sama is joining the team but will not be officially retired from St....
Mortification: a Forgotten Virtue?
Introduction “Convince yourself that you will not enter into savour and sweetness of spirit unless you give yourself to the mortification of everything you desire,” said the mystic St John of the Cross. The savour and sweetness of spirit, therefore, will never be...
Trials of Life
There is an interesting conversation between St. Vincent and St. Louise which I read many years back in a book about St. Vincent. The topic of conversation was,” why God allows sufferings in our life?”. Vincent tells to Louise, that “God can be compared to a sculptor...
“Rosalie Projects”: When will you be back?
While traveling through the communities around Eleme (Nigeria) to provide medical assistance to those in need, the Daughters of Charity came across a large number of people suffering from severe mental disorders, wandering the streets and/or exposed to inhumane treatment.
Four + One (Gospels) • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent
"As for myself, I don’t know, but God has given me such a high esteem of simplicity that I call it my Gospel. I have special devotion and consolation in saying things as they are." (CCD, IX, conference 52). "Everyone loves simple, candid people, who don’t use...
Anecdotes of the Vincentian Family: Comparison Between the Lives of Vincent de Paul and Frederic Ozanam
Despite the distance of two centuries between them, there are — in the biographies of Vincent de Paul and Frederic Ozanam— some curious points of coincidence [...]. Although both were born far from Paris (Ozanam in Italy), they were inhabitants of that city most of...
First Group Completes Masters Course in Vincentian Studies
On July 20, 2023, there was a celebration on the occasion of the first group completing the Másters Course in Vincentian Studies (2021-2923).
