Organizing our Service • A Weekly Reflection with Louise
My very dear Sister, I entreat Jesus, born into this world and the sole object of our love, to be your strength and consolation at the beginning of this new year. [...] I just now received your dear letter and I am going to repeat what I have already told you...
September 2: Five Vincentian Martyrs of the French Revolution
Blessed Louis-Joseph François, C.M., one of five blessed C.M. martyrs of the French Revolution, was a zealous defender of the Catholic Church.
Hope Amidst Violence
Working with men and women who have experienced intimate partner violence and sexual assault is never easy. Day in and day out our staff is entrusted with the responsibility of being present to people at a time in their lives when they are most vulnerable, emotionally...
Radical Vincentian Hospitality
My friend Kerry Alys Robinson writes in an America Magazine article entitled "Why Catholics are called to radical hospitality in these political times," Today, in the midst of acrimonious national disagreement, in the face of heightened anxiety especially for...
Frontiers Against the Poor, Frontiers Against Christ
This text that follows is a transcript of a lecture given by Mons. Santiago Agrelo, Franciscan missionary and archbishop of Tangier, at the opening ceremony of the 2015-2016 course in "Cristianisme i Justícia" (Barcelona). Monsignor speaks of frontiers, in particular...
What Kind of God?
What Kind of God? (Wisdom 12:13-16; Psalm 135) I ask you to think of a particular boss in one of the jobs you’ve had over the years and also to recall the different ways in which you felt that boss regarded you. Did you feel he or she was indifferent to you, was...
Vincentian leaders empower others
Vincent was adept at helping his followers realize their potential. He empowered them by sharing his knowledge and resources, inspiring them through mission, and giving them opportunities to lead organizations he helped to create.
Strongly Following the Ways of God
Christ himself is the fulfillment of God’s strongly expressed intent to do something new. Those who are one with Christ are the new creation. Jesus shows that he must suffer greatly, die and then rise. Peter strongly disagrees and rebukes him. But who could blame...
Meditation on A Theme: Welcome the Stranger
The theme of the Jubilee Year of the Vincentian Charism accompanies us through this year. On this subject I am immediately confronted with this presentation of Saint Vincent, which is found in Paris in the church Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs. Vincent receives and leads a...
Listen in Silence – Feel the Joy
Do we really listen? Today’s Inspirational Snippet: God’s voice is waiting in the scriptures, in Christian music, in that spiritual book you’ve got on your table?