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The Link Between Global Homelessness and Poor Mental Health
Mental health conditions can lead to homelessness and can also prevent those experiencing homelessness from getting back on their feet.
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Lastly… Simplicity! • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent
"I’m well aware that people think of simplicity in general as truth or purity of intention: truth, because it sees that our thoughts conform to the words and other signs by which we express them; purity of intention, because it makes all our acts of virtue tend...
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Anecdotes of the Vincentian Family: Almsgiving that Humiliates or Honors
Frédéric thought that aid, almsgiving, is humiliating when only material needs are met, "causing shame, and doing what anyone does even with animals." He says it's humiliating because it can not be reciprocated, they are favors that the other has not the slightest...
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Establishment of the Federation of the Sisters of Charity (October 27, 1947)
October 27 is the anniversary of the Establishment of the Federation of the Sisters of Charity in 1947. We would like to highlight an online collaborative exhibit, created by the Federation congregations.
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NATO As No Action – Talk Only
In this Mindwalk, I would like to explore this alternate definition of the acronym usually associated with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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Video – The Saint and the Duchess: Collaboration at the Heart of Vincentian Heritage
Bronwen McShea, scholar of 17th century religious and political history, presents “The Saint and the Duchess: Collaboration at the Heart of Vincentian Heritage.”
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A Vincentian View: Shalom
Have you been praying for peace in these days? I hope so. I certainly have. As I do so, I find myself reflecting on the meaning of the word “peace” and what it means for the Christian.
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Shocking document bishops signed in the Catacombs 60 years ago
I did not have any special expectations of Vatican II when I was ordained just months before the Council concluded. Pope St. John XXIII certainly had expectations of Vatican II!
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Sweat in Seeking the Other’s Good
Jesus shows us how to love in truth God and our neighbor. Out of love for them, he has to sweat blood and give himself wholly. To strive and to sweat. This is what love for God asks of us who are of the Vincentian Family (SV.EN XI:32). That is to say, it is not...
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Vincentian Prayer Images – Art By Vincentians 27
Share your thoughts on a weekly image of artwork made by members of the Vincentian Family.