See the following picture. Can you guess what is hidden in it? They say that only 10% of those who see this image are able to see what is hidden in it. So, if you can not see it, do not worry too much... Entitled "They can...
Javier F. Chento
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Javier es laico vicenciano, afiliado a la Congregación de la Misión y miembro de la Sociedad de San Vicente de Paúl en España.
Official Website and Social Networks of the upcoming C.M. General Assembly
Father Gregory Gay has just announced the web and social networks where you can follow the next General Assembly of the Congregation of the Mission. Rome, 14 June 2016 Dear Confreres, May the grace of Jesus Christ accompany us during this final stage of preparation...
Open reflections in the Year of Vincentian Collaboration (7)
7. Let us anticipate the future... It is not the time for sterile lamentations. There is distressing lack of vocations to the priesthood and to religious life in the Church today, at least in developed and traditionally Catholic countries. It is conceivable that...
Picnic with the poor 2016
Reading the Word of God, a sermon in the open air, dancing in the almost summer rain, drawing pictures in teams, talks and tasty food – all of this is called the "Picnic with the homeless." For the third year in a row the Marian Sisters of the Miraculous Medal, the...
Listen more, speak less
"Remember this, my dear brothers: everyone should be quick to listen but slow to speak." (James 1, 19) A group of students of the "San Vicente de Paúl" School of Barbastro, Huesca (Spain), wrote, during the activities organized on the feast day of St. Vincent de Paul,...
Open reflections in the Year of Vincentian Collaboration (6)
6. The pastoral relationship with the laity in the Vincentian family. It’s time for the laity to set their clocks to the correct time. The idea may seem new, but it is part of our Vincentian cultural heritage and also of the Church in general, at least since Vatican...
Pilgrimage to the tomb of Blessed Marta Wiecka
Marta Wiecka was a Sister from the Congregation of the Daughters of Charity, who sacrificed her life out of love for her neighbors. She is buried at a Sniatyn cemetery, not far from the chapel of St. John of Nepomuk, whom she venerated. The faithful used to come and...
At the Door of Mercy #IamVincent
Church of Saint Laurent (Paris), May 7, 2016. A poor man sleeps at the gates of St. Lawrence church, in Paris. It's 9 am, several hours have passed since the city has already begun its busy day. In the photo, a dirty and tatty temple with rehabilitation underway. At...
Open reflections in the Year of Vincentian Collaboration (5)
On our real life conditions. Our standard of living, in general, does not come close to that of the real poor in our society. Many who are near us have no fixed jobs and have to hold on to anything to survive... In many cases, our standard of living is also far away...
Open reflections in the Year of Vincentian Collaboration (4)
4. On retirement and “early retirement” of family members... The bourgeois society in which we are immersed sneaks through the cracks of our familiar habitat, whether of one kind or another, of one branch or another. Creeping all too frequently into our life, and our...
