Suffering often challenges our faith, yet as Vincentians, we are called to respond with compassion, doing all we can to relieve the neighbor’s pain while recognizing that our deeper mission is to grow in holiness by serving Christ in the poor. Even when material aid falls short, we bring true hope through acts of love, presence, and friendship that reveal God’s enduring light in the midst of darkness.
Jesus is Ruler and Savior. He wants the rulers among his own to be lowly, to love and feed others, just as he has been and done to them.
Having become a professor at the Sorbonne, Frederic Ozanam would live with Amélie (his wife) and later Marie (their daughter) on rue de Grenelle, rue Garancière, and rue de Fleurus, all located in the same general neighborhood of Paris.
It is a variation of an ancient story. Humans were making a mess. They forgot that they were all sisters and brothers. They each were looking out for themselves and their immediate “blood family.”
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.
When I offered to write this article for VinFam, I did not expect the results we witnessed on November fifth.
Pope Francis’ most recent encyclical (Dilexit nos, “He Loved us,” October 2024) finds a welcome place in our Vincentian reflections.
I knew I needed to explore the distinction between houselessness and homelessness.
Human formation is not a passive process but an active and ongoing journey that encompasses our human, spiritual, intellectual, and ministerial dimensions. Through prayer, service, and community, we seek to fulfill God’s purpose and strive for perfection in unity with Him.
Jesus witnesses to the truth that sets us free. Those who are of the truth are forgiven of every sin they can accuse themselves of. The Jews, who consider Jesus an enemy, bring him to the praetorium. But they do not go in, so that they may stay clean to eat the...
The Oblates of Saint Vincent de Paul are a clerical religious institute of diocesan right, rooted in Vincentian spirituality. Their primary vocation is to bring practical and spiritual help to the poor, especially young people in difficulty.
Fr. Rooney reflects on the small ways of remembering that we are Vincentians.
