Noted columnist David Brooks caught my attention! In a September 2023 reflection in the Atlantic Monthly (Subscription required), he wrote Over the past eight years or so, I’ve been obsessed with two questions. The first is: Why have Americans become so sad? … My second, related question is: Why have Americans become so mean?
The following video examines six elements that help spiritually form the members of the Society of St. Vincent de...
As we approach the end of summer here in Canada, for myself and many others, we have had a summer of relaxation and an opportunity to enjoy time with family and exploring new and exciting parts of our vast nation.
Sister Aisha Kavalakattu is featured in a short documentary by Father Roy Sebastian, SJ, about the Koshi Dekha water project in Nepal.
The idea of building a house attracts me when I think of Joseph.
The tribal wisdom of the American Indians says that when you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount.
The wisdom of God made flesh dwells with us. He is delighted to be with us. But he wants, first of all, to delight us. The scribes and the Pharisees time and again test Jesus. At best, they seek to connect with him. At worse, they set a snare for his steps. But...
Vincent is burning with a spark of the same fire as burns in God.
On September 27, feast of St. Vincent de Paul, the various branches of the Vincentian Family Worldwide prepare in many ways the celebration of this important date.
Fr. Hugh O’Donnell defines discernment as a process by which the Spirit calls us to use our freedom to act in a certain way. He defines it as “a choice, not between good and evil, but between two or more goods.”
If charity is our rule, as Saint Vincent de Paul taught us, what does it look like?
Jesus is constitutive of the Christian community. Do we say and live this as St. Vincent? Moises makes clear what truly matters. Jesus does so too. For the two of them, it is not about us. Or the group that we make up, chosen and gifted so as to serve others. ...
