![Is Being Single the Same as Being a Consecrated Single Person? • A Weekly Reflection with Louise](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/10/reflexion-luisa-fb-eng.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Is Being Single the Same as Being a Consecrated Single Person? • A Weekly Reflection with Louise
"At present the priests of Saint-Sulpice are sending for four girls from the refugee center to help our sisters. Should they be allowed to do so, or would it be more fitting for the convalescent patients to come for their own meals? There are six of our sisters,...
![St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and Collaboration](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/02/seton-collaboration-featured-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and Collaboration
Sr. Judith Metz, S.C. writes: We sometimes think of our lives as small, mundane, tucked away in an insignificant part of the world and having little impact. So we wonder, “Have I accomplished anything worthwhile?” Yet, deep within ourselves, we know that if we have...
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Shedding Light on the Relationship of Charity and Justice
I'm writing this on Candlemas, a feast of Light. St. Vincent once said, "There is no act of charity that is not accompanied by justice or that permits us to do more than we reasonably can."[To François du Coudray, In Toul, 17 June 1640] What did he mean? Let's shed a...
![The Globalization of Charity • A Video from Fr. Tomaz Mavrič](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/02/globalizacion-caridad.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The Globalization of Charity • A Video from Fr. Tomaz Mavrič
In a new series of three videos, Fr. Tomaz Mavrič CM invites us to continue to deepen the meaning of the Vincentian charism, of which we celebrate its 400th anniversary during this year 2017. Let us recall that, in the first series of videos published in the month of...
![Discovering Opportunities for Systemic Change](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2018/07/famvin-default-social-cell.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Discovering Opportunities for Systemic Change
How did Vincent discover opportunities that turned to systemic change?
![Singing on Social: A Discernment Reflection](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/02/singing-social-discernment.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Singing on Social: A Discernment Reflection
In a new video to aid in religious discernment, Daughters of Charity Liz Sjoberg and Brenda Fritz make music together. It's a beautiful piece. https://youtu.be/MSzJDiBTz1Q
![Zeal that Is Unflagging, Consuming and Consummating](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2015/11/ross-reyes-dizon-sunday-readings-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Zeal that Is Unflagging, Consuming and Consummating
Jesus, like his Father, is the source and summit of all righteousness. He fulfills the law and the prophets. And his zeal proves him in this regard. First, his zeal for God and for the law and the prophets consumes Jesus. This zeal shows, of course, in his cleansing...
![Jesus is Knocking – Open the Door](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/01/lynn-lheureux-featured-facebook-rev1.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Jesus is Knocking – Open the Door
Jesus is Knocking - Open the Door - Beautifully Ordinary - Walking in Mystery Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast Jesus is Knocking Jesus knocks at the door of our hearts and eagerly desires to dine with us at the sacrificial meal we call the Eucharist. He wishes to...
![Consecration to Charity: The Novelty of the Vincentian Charism](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/02/good-samaritan-1037334_1920.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Consecration to Charity: The Novelty of the Vincentian Charism
1. Moment of Understanding: Four centuries separate us from the events that gave life to the Vincentian Charism. A room with a dying old man who confesses, a pulpit in which a sermon is preached, an abandoned parish in which his new priest cares for a needy family, a...
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Feast of Blessed Rosalie Rendu, D.C.
February 7 is the feast day of Blessed Rosalie Rendu, D.C., whose humble example and message continue to reverberate in the minds and hearts of the Vincentian Family today.