The Pope Video • Social Friendship
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Social Friendship
The Charity of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati (Feast Day: July 4)
A video and some notes on charity written by Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who was a conference member of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul at the time of his death on July 4, 1925 at the age of 24.
What Is Pope Francis Asking His Prayer Group?
Pope Francis asks his monthly payer group – “Pray for an end to polarization”!
In The Boat (Mark 4:35-41)
When Mark speaks to this endangered flock, it’s no surprise that he includes a pair of Jesus’ hope-filled parables, lessons on how things grow.
What Can We Learn From Grasshoppers?
“When you first capture the grasshopper, it jumps and jumps and jumps, trying to get out, banging its head against the lid.”
“But the longer the grasshopper’s in there, the less high it jumps, the less it tries, until finally it just sits on the bottom.
Prophets After Jesus Christ’s Own Heart
Jesus is the prophet of prophets. And we who have, due to our baptism, the calling to be prophets will be so only we do as he. The people take Jesus as one of the prophets (Mt 14, 5; Mk 8, 28; Lk 7, 16; Jn 7, 40). The learned, in contrast, take pride in not being so...
Vincentian Prayer Images: Walking Through Each Day with St. Vincent XVI
St. Vincent told the Daughters of Charity: “Go to bed modestly and fall asleep with a good thought.”
June 30: First Miraculous Medals
The Miraculous Medal is a material object that points to the spiritual... a visible reminder of invisible realities. The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to a young Daughter of Charity novice, Catherine Labouré, and gave her the design of the medal, in 1830. "When...
Separating Justice from Jargon
A not-so-simple question about critical race theory plumbs the depths of our DEI work
Daughters of Charity, Blessed Martyrs of Arras
The French Revolution challenged each religious person's fidelity to Jesus Christ and to the Church. [button...