A Vincentian Minute: Vincentian Women 06

Fr. Rooney continues his series on “Vincentian Women.” This week: Catherine Harkins.

It Is Better to Do Little than to Do Nothing • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam

Representatives of the people, Do not say that you lack inspiration. [...] We do not ignore the obstacles or the rivalries, nor the imperfections that stop each project and that perpetuate the debates. But we have never seen that great powers were instituted by easy...

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s Notes On the Assumption of Mary

“In a sweeping reflection on the feast of the Assumption in 1813, she traced the special blessings Mary received through the stages of motherhood…”

Frogs, Canaries and Pope Francis

We have often heard the stories of the lessons we can learn from frogs and canaries.  Now they can help us understand why Pope Francis invited us to join a month-long celebration with the world’s 2.2 billion Christians.

Synodality: A Shared Path with the Poor at the Heart of the Church #famvin2024

The article entitled “The Poor in a Synodal Church” by Juan Pablo García Maestro, OSST, discusses the importance of synodality in the Church and how it should focus especially on the poor.

Trinitarian Nearness

Trinitarian Nearness

Trinitarian Nearness (Rom. 8; Mt. 28) A woman once told me a lesson she had learned during the last days of her husband’s life. He had all the medical attention possible with hospice workers around the clock. But in those last days, she said, all he really wanted was...

Fools on Account of Jesus Christ Crucified

Fools on Account of Jesus Christ Crucified

Jesus crucified is the divine foolishness that is wiser than human wisdom.  He expects his followers to be fools like him in order to be wise. Jesus comes home.   But his own folks do not accept him in the way that the crowd at the door do.  That is because he...

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