Despite the distance of two centuries between them, there are — in the biographies of Vincent de Paul and Frederic...
Formation
Video on St. Justin de Jacobis, C.M. (Feast Day: July 30)
St. Justin de Jacobis, C.M. promoted indigenous clergy in Eritrea and Ethiopia.
The Pope Video • For World Youth Day
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment:
“Be Merciful, As Your Father is Merciful,” the New Book of Brother René Stockman
Brother René Stockman, Superior General of the Brothers of Charity, has published a new book titled Be Merciful, As Your Father is Merciful.
The Pope Video • The World of Finance
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: The World of Finance.
Louise de Marillac and the Priests of the Mission
Louise reflected on what she came to know about the early Congregation of the Mission and, as she liked to do with the important events of her life, she put her reflections into writing. The relationship and collaboration between St. Louise, the Daughters of Charity,...
Mary and the Mommy School
Three words sum up Mary’s attitude: listening, decision, action. They are words that point out a way for us too as we face what the Lord asks of us in life. Listening, decision, action. (Pope Francis)
Public Transportation – Convenience, Hassle, or Lifeline
A 2015 Harvard study found that access to reliable transportation is the biggest factor in determining whether someone will escape poverty and avoid homelessness.
Setting Out (Acts 9:1-20)
As far as beginnings go, we’d have to look far and wide to find something more dramatic than the one portrayed in chapter 9 of the Acts of the Apostles: Paul knocked over and blinded on that Damascus road.
Wide-angle View of the Vincentian Family
We are people with a mission…to do what Jesus did. Pople who use the skills of their profession in frontline “field hospitals” or mobilize those who are committed to “seeking long-term solutions.”
Commandments that Make Love Known
Jesus embodies love. And he sees to it that we catch this love. Hence, he gives us commandments that will lead us to love as he loves. Jesus loves his own who are in the world not in theory but in practice. And he does so before he teaches them his commandments; he...
Vincentian Prayer Images: Walking Through Each Day with St. Vincent VIII
St. Vincent told the Daughters of Charity: “Another means of placing ourselves in the presence of God is to imagine ourselves before the Most Blessed Sacrament of the altar.”
