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Clouds by Day, and Fire by Night
Jesus, our Shepherd, leads us along the right path. He spreads clouds as cover and fire to light up the night. He wants us to hope, not to fear. Today’s gospel speaks about signs in the sun, the moon and the stars. They show that the Son of Man will come soon in...
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Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History VI
Vincent would try to lift the poor out of their corporal and spiritual poverty and to make the rich put themselves at the service of the poor.
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International Formation Center in Paris (CIF): Activities for the Year 2022
As every year, I send you the activities of the CIF for the next year 2022. Within the CIF we work to spread Vincentian ethics and spirituality.
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A Vincentian Minute: Vincentian Discernment, Part 4
Fr. Rooney’s teacher, Sr. Loretto Gettemeier, D.C., told him, “We must respond to needs. That is a question of conscience. To know that something must be done and to remain passive and unresponsive is to fail to respond to God’s Will making itself known to us through events.”
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The Pope Video • People Who Suffer From Depression
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: People Who Suffer From Depression.
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Congregation of the Holy Faith Sisters in Ireland
Learn about the Holy Faith Sisters in this video produced by Vincentian Family Ireland.
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Do You Ignore “Nudges”?
A big storm approaches. The weatherman urges everyone to get to higher ground. In his rectory, a priest says, “I won’t worry, God will save me.”
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A Canadian View: A Time for Change
As we see the changes nature provides to us, perhaps all Vincentians can take this time to examine how we might be open to some personal and organizational changes.
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Saints Like Us (Hebrews 12.1)
There’s an instinct to idealize the saints as entirely different from the rest of us, off in another league at some unattainable level of holiness and favor with God.
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Are You a Vincentian Cricket?
It is only in my later years that I have realized how he has influenced the Church of today!