Distraction to Insight
I was implicitly taught to regard that as a distraction from focusing on the Body of Christ I just received. Suddenly, with insight, I became grateful for this “distraction”! What changed?
Synodality and its Silences #famvin2024
Synodality must include ecological concerns, addressing the environmental crises impacting the poor and marginalized.
Bottom Land (Mt 5:21)
We all know the phrase, “getting to the bottom of it.” It means digging down beneath the outside appearances to the inner core of something
Heard any Shocking Statements?
Heard any really “shocking statements” in the last 24 hours?
Contemplation: True Presence
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Vincentians are doers, we are people of action. We love God, as St. Vincent said, “with the strength of our arms and the sweat of our brows.” [CCD XI:32] We believe, as Frédéric did, that “religion serves best not to think,...
Sent Ones, Men and Women, of Jesus
As the Father sends him, so Jesus sends his disciples. These sent ones carry out what their Teacher tells them to do. By the sheer grace and will of God through Christ, the apostles preach, cast out many demons, and heal the sick. For they do not do so on their own;...
Vincentian Places 17 – Cahors
Beginning in 1641, Vincent worked on the major seminaries of Annecy, Cahors, etc. The houses for rural missions became numerous, as did the houses of the Sisters.
International Association of Charities: Over 400 Years in the Service of our Neighbors #famvin2024
The origin of the International Association of Charities (AIC) dates back to a Sunday in August 1617 in Châtillon, France. During a mass, Saint Vincent de Paul called upon his congregation to assist a needy family.
Firewood for the Soul: Jesus is a Morning Person
A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.
Fr. Aidan R. Rooney, C.M.: The Word, Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fr. Rooney reflects on the steps for you and me to prepare to act as prophets, which comes from a connection with the Spirit of God.