![A Polarized Church both Then and Now](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/05/Acts-of-the-Apostles-FI-1080x626.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Polarized Church both Then and Now
Growing up, I was fascinated by fading pictures meticulously glued into some decades-old family albums. There I saw pictures of my mother and father before I was born.
![House of Miracles](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2024/04/Christmas-meal--1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
House of Miracles
Casa Milagrosa offers homeless guests radical hospitality.
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Vincentian Family in Central America
The Central America Region is one of the 6 regions that make up the Vincentian Family in Latin America and the Caribbean (FAVILA).
![A Vincentian View: The Good Shepherd](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/10/fr-griffin-reflections-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Vincentian View: The Good Shepherd
In the 23rd Psalm, the psalmist proclaims, “My shepherd is the Lord.” I imagine that when Jesus prayed these words, he found a depiction of himself.
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Mother Theresa and her “call within a call”
In 1946, during a train ride from Calcutta to Darjeeling, Mother Teresa received what she called, “the call within a call.” The Lord asked her to begin a new religious community that would live and work with the poorest of the poor.