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St. Agostina Pietrantoni: seeing God in the suffering faces of the sick

Learn about the life of St. Agostina Pietrantoni, Sister of Charity of St. Jeanne Antida Thouret and patron saint of nurses, whose feast day is November 13.

Street-level Encounters – a Parable

Do we look people in the eye? We certainly look some people in the eye… especially when we are in a loving relationship with them.

A Vincentian View: Saints and Souls

Each of the days that introduce the month of November—All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day—brings a different word to my mind. 

Changing Our Clocks, Fast-forwards and Do-overs

Changing Clocks! It is a semi-annual ritual in many parts of the world. I suspect most of us sleep through it.

Justify Those Who Are Not Wholly Just

Justify Those Who Are Not Wholly Just

Jesus is “God-with-us.”  This name makes known that the one who alone is holy is with us who are not holy; he wants to justify us. The angel of Joseph’s dream seems to justify Mary, to show her not guilty, to say that she has been true to him.  But there are those who...