Synodality in the Catholic Church refers to a style of living and institutional functioning that reflects a form of communion and cooperation within the ecclesial community.
Formation
The God of Creation
Images for God — metaphors and visuals that catch something more fundamental and grounded than ideas for God.
Any Memories of Your Grandparents?
My personal relationship with my grandparents is complicated. I never knew either my father’s or mother’s parents.
Contemplation: The Bashful Poor
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Effective Conferences, our manual explains, are “reachable.” [Manual, 26] While most Conferences make every effort to ensure that their phone number, along with perhaps a website and email address, are well-publicized and...
Fill Up All Those Who Are Hungry
Jesus, like his Father, is attentive to our needs. He does not fail to fill up those of us who hunger for what we lack. Those who were dying of hunger in the desert did not have to return to Egypt to fill up themselves. For the one who had brought them out of...
Vincentian Places 19 – Marseille
As the chaplain to the galley slaves, Vincent ministered to prisoners in Marseille.
Vincentian Marian Youth: Inspired by Mary, Committed to the Service of the Needy #famvin2024
Vincentian Marian Youth (VMY) is an international association of young Catholics, born from the desire of the Virgin Mary, revealed on July 18, 1830, to Saint Catherine Labouré in Paris. Sister Catherine conveyed to Father Jean-Marie Aladel, CM, the mission entrusted...
Firewood for the Soul: A Change of Heart
A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.
A Vincentian Minute: Vincentian Women 02
Fr. Rooney continues his series on “Vincentian Women.” This week: Madame de Gondi.
To Grieve with the Evils of the Poor • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
[If so are now] the evils, not of a single district, but of several districts of Paris; not only in Paris but in Lyon, in Rouan, and in all the manufacturing cities of the North, [...] imagine what winter will bring, when the hardness of the station suspends the...
July 19, 1813: First Vows of the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s in Emmitsburg, Maryland, USA
On July 19, 1813, vows were pronounced for the first time by Elizabeth Ann Seton and 17 other Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s who adapted the vow formula of the French Daughters of Charity.
If Moccasins Could Speak!
Have you ever walked a mile in another’s moccasins? … in the moccasins of their sufferings?
