by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Jan 6, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
“We may also offer them at the Crib in place of the gifts of the Three Kings: almsgiving for gold, fasting for myrrh and prayer for incense. Likewise, we may present them to the Blessed Trinity: prayer to the Father, fasting to the Son and almsgiving to the Holy...
by Famvin Media Resources | Jan 6, 2017 | Formation
Blessed Lindalva Justo de Oliveira (20 October 1953 – 9 April 1993) was a Brazilian Daughter of Charity who worked at a shelter where she was killed in 1993 after a man who was obsessed with her stabbed her 44 times. She was a beautiful soul who edified her...
by Elizabeth Astridge | Jan 6, 2017 | News, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
“If anyone wants to be first, let him be the last of all and who serves all” (Mark 9:35). This was the motto chosen by Renato Lima de Oliveira, who serves as the 16th President General International of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. In his inaugural 100 days in...