The Association of U.S. Catholic Priests had its annual gathering June 24-27 in Lexington, Kentucky.
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The Essence of Vincentian Collaboration: A Legacy of Unity and Service #famvin2024
Vincentian Collaboration is a fundamental dimension of the Vincentian Family, rooted deeply in the history and mission of its founders, St. Vincent de Paul and St. Louise de Marillac.
A Vincentian View: Who Do You Say That I Am
Jesus gathers his disciples and asks them an important question “Who do people say that I am?”
Protecting the Children • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
One is terrified, and rightly, by that multitude of children growing up for disorder and for crime, with no other education than the examples of the theatre and the temptations of the public square. It is not well known that in district 12, four thousand boys and...
July 16: First Sisters of St. Martha Arrived in Antigonish, Nova Scotia
An online resource called the The Martha Storyboards presents highlights of “the Martha Story”.
Distraction to Insight
I was implicitly taught to regard that as a distraction from focusing on the Body of Christ I just received. Suddenly, with insight, I became grateful for this “distraction”! What changed?
Synodality and its Silences #famvin2024
Synodality must include ecological concerns, addressing the environmental crises impacting the poor and marginalized.
Bottom Land (Mt 5:21)
We all know the phrase, “getting to the bottom of it.” It means digging down beneath the outside appearances to the inner core of something
Heard any Shocking Statements?
Heard any really “shocking statements” in the last 24 hours?
Contemplation: True Presence
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Vincentians are doers, we are people of action. We love God, as St. Vincent said, “with the strength of our arms and the sweat of our brows.” [CCD XI:32] We believe, as Frédéric did, that “religion serves best not to think,...
Sent Ones, Men and Women, of Jesus
As the Father sends him, so Jesus sends his disciples. These sent ones carry out what their Teacher tells them to do. By the sheer grace and will of God through Christ, the apostles preach, cast out many demons, and heal the sick. For they do not do so on their own;...
Vincentian Places 17 – Cahors
Beginning in 1641, Vincent worked on the major seminaries of Annecy, Cahors, etc. The houses for rural missions became numerous, as did the houses of the Sisters.
