Adamson Students “Leave a Mark”: In the Eyes of St. Vincent de Paul
It is still vividly written in my mind. I saw a man holding a cup in his hand one afternoon as I was traversing my path home after a long, tiring day. His eyes were sullen. His skin was marked with bruises. His clothes were tattered. He extended his empty cup at...
A Vincentian View: “Our” Kids
Vincentian View: “Our Kids” Founder’s Week (September 20-27) at St. John’s University celebrates St. Vincent de Paul whose spirit rests at the heart of our University. This year, the theme for our remembrance was “Vincentian Education: Illuminating minds, creating...
Seeing As The Beginning Of Systemic Change
Seeing is the necessary beginning of systemic change. Systemic change requires looking anew at something we see...but do not see. This kind of seeing is really more like reading, reading the "signs of the times." St. Vincent was a man of the concrete whose starting...
Coming Soon: An Online Formation Journey
A Formation Journey: A study of Vincentian Father Corpus Delgado's "The Contributions of the Vincentian Charism to the Mission of the Church." Keep an eye out for this image! Beginning this coming Saturday, October 8, .famvin presents a ten-part series for individual...
Samaritans, Jews and Other Peoples Glorifying the Lord
Jesus is our peace. He breaks down, then, the wall of enmity among Jews, Samaritans and other peoples. Jews and Samaritans hate each other. Consequently, one group takes the other to be incapable of doing anything good. When such enmity prevails, a scorned person’s...
Helping Others as Jesus Would – God Does Not Make Mistakes
Helping Others as Jesus Would - God Does Not Make Mistakes - Vincentian Mission - Thirsting for God Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast Helping Others as Jesus Would We are called not only to see Jesus in others, but also to be Jesus to others. Helping others and...
Short Reflection
As part of your restful (hopefully) Sunday, or any time, spend a nice minute and a half listening to Sister Suzanne share a reflection about her work serving seniors in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Mercy – The Messianic Mission of Jesus
Jesus begun his messianic mission by saying, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are...
By 2007, Green was unemployed, homeless and addicted to crack cocaine. #IamVincent
By 2007, Green was unemployed, homeless and addicted to crack cocaine. His wife moved back north. His children stopped talking to him. He wanted to die. In this startling narrative by Tony Abraham, we can really understand what it means to say #IamVincent. It also...
Pope Francis Celebrates the Feast of St. Vincent de Paul with the Vincentian Family
Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, C.M., Superior General, participated in the Eucharist Pope Francis celebrated in the chapel at the House of Santa Marta, Vatican, on the Feast of Saint Vincent de Paul, September 27, 2016. On the homily of Pope Francis for that day, L'Osservatore...
