Have you ever watched time-lapse photography of the amazing process of a flower blooming or a moth becoming a butterfly? Have you ever watched a slow-motion video of a golf swing or a gymnastic routine? In either case, you can see things that you don’t ordinarily...
From the voice of our Sisters of Charity of St. Jeanne-Antide Thouret forced to leave Sudan: “At twenty to seven, on the way to school, the street was, like every Saturday, no crowd of school buses and transports. Before we could even finish the morning routine, the...
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org The word “courage” often brings to mind images such as a firefighter rushing into a burning house to save a child, or a soldier making his way under fire to help a downed comrade. Among our Vincentian saints and blessed,...
Jesus calls all the little folks, weary and burdened, to give them rest. Their load comes from the wise who seek to hinder them. One not of the group of Jesus’ disciples was driving out demons in his name. And the disciples tried to hinder him. But it turned out...
The Congregation of the Sisters of Providence was founded in Montreal, Canada, in 1843 by Blessed Émilie Gamelin, a woman whose life was marked by compassion and devotion to the most vulnerable. Émilie Gamelin, born on February 19, 1800, was orphaned at a young age,...
