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The Vincentian Family is a movement made up of more than 160 institutions and some 4,000,000 people who follow Jesus Christ, serving the poor, as did St. Vincent de Paul, St. Louise de Marillac and many other believers who, over the last four centuries, have enriched the Vincentian charism.
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I Predict the Synod will…
The Church has begun a three-year process focused on not only truly listening to each other.
A Canadian View: Inter-Generational Trauma, Poverty & Racism, Part Two
I would like to examine the relationship between trauma, poverty and (systemic) racism over my next three articles. Part Two discusses poverty.
Our Charism and The Common Good
I recently participated in a panel discussion, part of a Business Ethics Conference sponsored by DePaul University, on religious charisms and the Common Good, with Dominican & Jesuit colleagues.
Intertwining Worlds (John 18: 33-37)
More than most any other, the feast of Christ the King immerses us in this swirling dilemma of negotiating worlds.
Pope Francis – The Poor Are True Evangelizers
Sometimes we wish we were among those who walked with Jesus 2000 years ago. Pope Francis boldly says… even today we do walk with them.
Advent Letter 2021 by Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM
Rome, Advent 2021 THE SICK AND THE ELDERLY STRONG BUILDERS OF A BRIGHT AND HOPE-FILLED FUTURE Dear members of the Vincentian Family, May the grace and peace of Jesus be always with us! Every year, the Church offers us the gift of the grace-filled period called...
Outskirts of Large Cities and Towns
Jesus has become poor so that we may be rich by his poverty. He chooses but the poor on the outskirts to witness to him. The word of God comes to John in the desert, on the outskirts. That is to say, the son of Elizabeth and Zechariah is the prophet of the Most...
Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History IX
St. Vincent wrote: “what a beautiful sight are the poor if we consider them in God…”
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Advent Letter 2021 by Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM
Rome, Advent 2021 THE SICK AND THE ELDERLY STRONG BUILDERS OF A BRIGHT AND HOPE-FILLED FUTURE Dear members of the Vincentian Family, May the grace and peace of Jesus be always with us! Every year, the Church offers us the gift of the grace-filled period called...
Vincentian Family Resolution about the Lack of Vaccines to Eradicate COVID-19
We, members of the International Vincentian Family Executive Committee express our deep concern about the lack of vaccine to eradicate COVID-19, especially in poor countries.
Vinflix: A new communication tool in the Vincentian Family
vinflix.net is born today as a new website of the Vincentian Family that is intended to facilitate sharing videos (both short and feature-length) that creatively explore the Vincentian call to globalize charity. In continuity with what was experienced during the...
