![St. Justin de Jacobis and the Coptic Christians of Ethiopia](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/07/st-justin-coptic-ethiopia.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
St. Justin de Jacobis and the Coptic Christians of Ethiopia
New presentation considers St. Justin’s thinking and action toward the Ethiopian Christians.
![July 26: Felix de Andreis, C.M., Joseph Rosati, C.M., and Companions Arrive in Baltimore](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/07/de-andreis-et-al-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
July 26: Felix de Andreis, C.M., Joseph Rosati, C.M., and Companions Arrive in Baltimore
Watch a video about the first Vincentian Missionaries in the U.S., based on letters of Felix De Andreis, C.M.
![Can You Look People In the Eye?](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/07/homeless-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Can You Look People In the Eye?
Pope Francis often uses the word, “encounter,” 32 times in “The Joy of the Gospel” and as an antidote to our “throwaway culture,” in which people who are seen as useless are cast aside.
![A Canadian View: Let Our Youth Speak!](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2018/02/a-canadian-view-jim-paddon-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Canadian View: Let Our Youth Speak!
We always seem to want to talk about needing more youth in the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul.
![A Vincentian View: No Place Like A Home](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2015/11/fr.-griffin-reflections.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Vincentian View: No Place Like A Home
Most of us know the blessing of a home; we must strive to make it a reality for others. This path leads to our eternal home.
![Pray, Ask, Seek and Knock as Jesus](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2015/11/ross-reyes-dizon-sunday-readings-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Pray, Ask, Seek and Knock as Jesus
Jesus embodies what to pray, ask, seek, knock is. We Christians, then, strive to pray, ask, seek and knock as he teaches us. Mary Magdalene recognizes Jesus and calls him, “Teacher” because he first calls her, “Mary.” And because God loves us first, we love also. ...
![Ozanam: Who Was This Holy Man?](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/01/reflexiones-vicentinas-EN.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Ozanam: Who Was This Holy Man?
It is always a great joy for me to speak about the dear brother Antoine Frederic Ozanam, one of the founders of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul.
![The Mission Continues: Who is My Neighbor?](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/07/scny-sponsored-ministries-featured-who-is-my-neighbor.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The Mission Continues: Who is My Neighbor?
In a video created by the Sisters of Charity of New York, ministry leaders respond to the question: “Who is our neighbor?”– those most in need of our love and support in our times.
![July 18-19, 1830: First Apparition of Blessed Virgin Mary to St. Catherine Labouré](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/07/july-18-first-apparition-catherine-laboure-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
July 18-19, 1830: First Apparition of Blessed Virgin Mary to St. Catherine Labouré
Beginning in this week of July in 1830, St. Catherine Labouré, then a young Seminary Sister (novice) of the Daughters of Charity, received the extraordinary favor of three apparitions with the Virgin Mary.
![Who Is a “Real” Christian?](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/07/subway-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Who Is a “Real” Christian?
I hear a lot of arguments about who is a “real” Christian or Catholic. Sometimes they sound suspiciously like the platforms of one or the other political party. They often remind me of Paul’s words. “Whenever someone says, “I belong to Paul,” and another, “I belong...