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Beginning Next Week: Advent from a Vincentian Perspective (New Series)
This series of six articles will explore Advent through the lens of Vincentian spirituality, encouraging readers to prepare for the coming of Christ not just through prayer, but through action and service to the poor.
USA Presidential Election and Catholic Social Teaching
When I offered to write this article for VinFam, I did not expect the results we witnessed on November fifth.
On November 23 We Celebrate the Feast of Blessed Enrichetta Alfieri
Blessed Enrichetta Alfieri lived a life shaped by deep spirituality and total dedication to serving society’s most marginalized. Her mission reached its peak within the walls of the San Vittore prison in Milan, where her work with inmates earned her the title “The Angel of San Vittore.”
Do You Remember Many Sermons?
Most visitors to Vincentian Mindwalk have heard anywhere from hundreds to literally thousands of sermons. Opps, I mean homilies!
Letter from Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, on the Occasion of the Feast of St. Vincent de Paul 2024
As usual at this time, Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, President of the Executive Board of the Vincentian Family, has sent a reflection to the entire Vincentian Family on the occasion of the feast of Saint Vincent de Paul on September 27.
St. José María de Yermo y Parres
On September 20, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. José María de Yermo y Parres, a Mexican priest who for a time belonged to the Congregation of the Mission, a living example of charity and a faithful follower of the example of St. Vincent de Paul.
Strengthening Vincentian Collaboration: Reflections and Challenges in the Service to the Poor #famvin2024
Excerpt from an Address of John Darley, at the Vincentian Family gathering in Rome, Italy (January 22 – 24, 2016).
Modeling Virtue
One of the occupational hazards of people who study religion and theology is to equate ideas with the force behind them.
Are All Really Welcome?
We are many decades into the phenomenon of shopping for “gated communities” of like-minded people. So many do not experience that they are welcome.
Contemplation: One Society, One Rule
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org It is probably the case that while most members join the Society in response to a call from the Holy Spirit, they don’t yet fully understand the Society as a vocation. And although we do not take solemn vows like members of...
Ambitions that Are Selfish and Unfettered
Christ on the cross is the last of all and the servant of all. He puts to shame all those with ambitions to be the first and the greatest. Like most of us, the disciples of Jesus, for sure, have their ambitions. After all, they, too, have the right to be better....
La Union-Chrétienne de Saint Chaumond: a Story of Devotion and Faith #famvin2024
The Union-Chrétienne de Saint Chaumond is a women’s institute of consecrated life of pontifical right, founded in 1652 by St. Vincent de Paul and the Venerable Madame de Polallion.