Formation
Revisiting – Are You an Original or a Photocopy?
Before we tackle that question … who framed that question?
St. Vincent de Paul: One of the great saints of history (Part 3)
Father José María Román, C.M. explains why Saint Vincent de Paul is to be considered a key figure in the history of the holiness of the Church. (Part 3 of 3)
A Vincentian View: Be Vincentian, Be a Listener
Each year at St. John’s University we celebrate Founder’s Week from September 20-27.
Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History XIII
The servant of the poor must be poor himself, must suffer the hunger and the pain of the poor.
Christmas Reflection from Daughters of Charity Services (Video)
The following is a Christmas reflection that was part of the Daughters of Charity Services Vincentian Christmas Gathering 2021. Daughters of Charity Services are a family of Vincentian charities dedicated to improving the lives of all they serve across Great Britain....
Keep Jesus Christ in Our Hearts
Jesus is the Son of God and the Brother of all men and women. To belong to his family means to keep in the heart his teaching. Twelve-year old Jesus sits in the midst of the teachers. He listens and asks them questions; all who hear him are amazed. No doubt, it is...
Christmas With Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
An examination of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s Collected Writings reveals many stories of Christmas, often marked by sorrow, illness, and death… but with ever-present threads of joy and hope.
Have We Outgrown Nativity Scenes?
A good number of readers have either witnessed or were participants as children in appropriate costumes and props re-enacted the Nativity scene.
Can Dickens Teach Us Homeless Advocacy?
Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol?” Who hasn’t read it, or heard it or seen it on stage or screen?
A Vincentian View: Journeying Together – Joseph and Mary
Pope Francis has decided that an emphasis in our Catholic community for the next few years will focus our attention on the concept of “synodality.”
Who Wants To Change Your Way of Thinking?
Sometimes it seems that everybody wants to change our way of thinking.
Find Jesus Christ on the Outskirts
Jesus is born on the outskirts of Bethlehem, in a shelter for animals in bad weather. There, yes, is where to find and touch him, and be touched by him. “Poignant and powerful, this is a real song, maybe just too real for some tastes.” It is one of the many comments...