The 400th Anniversary of Our Charism
A paraphrase of the opening line today from Isaiah reads: “How beautiful are the feet of the one who brings glad tidings, announces peace, carries good news, tells us that our salvation is here and now, and does all this by a life-changing proclamation. And that is,...
Pope Francis and Vincentians • See – Judge – Act
Many may be surprised to learn the “See – Judge – Act” methodology of Pope Francis’ vision has roots in the work of Ozanam .
Designing for Better Analytics: 5 Decisions Web Designers Fail to Make
Good website design should improve the reach of your news. Marcia Riefer Johnston of the Content Marketing Institute writes, When I say, “website design,” what comes to mind? Graphic design? Interface design? User experience design? How about analytics design? That’s...
Forgive as our heavenly Father Forgives
Jesus calls us to repentance and forgiveness. And we heed his call in so far as we are ready to forgive our brothers and sisters. The Gospel teaches that we are to avoid those who refuse to listen even to the community. But the teaching is no reason not to forgive...
Mercy, the Key to God’s Heart
Feel God’s Touch – Mercy, the Key to God’s Heart -- Silence is Golden Feel God’s Touch – God’s hand is always on us. Sometimes we don’t see or feel His presence, sometimes we do not see the light at the end of the tunnel or we have tunnel vision. But never despair. ...
Resources for Feast Day of St. John Gabriel Perboyre, C.M.
September 11 is the feast day of St. John Gabriel Perboyre, C.M. Learn more about his life, his vocation and his martyrdom in this presentation and music video.
The Poor Are Our Masters
Pope Francis in his encyclical, The Joy of Gospel, when he wrote about the social dimension of Evangelization he mentions the special place of the poor in God’s people, by refereeing to some of the Gospel passages. Salvation came to us from the “yes” uttered by a...
Telling the story within the new story
“Tell the new story on top of the old story.” If you want to understand this situation or person today, think of that person or situation a long time ago. If you want to understand Pedro today think of Frederica in our history.
Depaul Young People’s Slovak Adventure
For almost 18 months a group of fantastic Depaul young men and women worked together, alongside Depaul UK’s ‘Your Chance’ staff in the North West, to plan, fundraise and finally travel to Slovakia to volunteer at Depaul Slovakia’s St Vincent's Night Shelter. Eight...
A Vincentian View: Creation
A Vincentian View: Creation In the past week, several events have been in the news which come together in my thinking around the theme of creation. The first is the announcement by scientists that they have discovered potentially habitable earth-like planets within a...
