Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first U.S.-born saint, was a multifaceted and compassionate woman who navigated a life marked by personal loss, religious conversion, and tireless dedication to education and charity. From her reflective childhood to founding the Sisters of Charity and enduring the loss of loved ones, her faith, resilience, and commitment to serving others left an enduring legacy, culminating in her canonization in 1975.
In this video, created for children by St Vincent de Paul (SVP) Mini Vinnies England & Wales, we hear the story of the life of St. Vincent de Paul and a short reflection on what his life can tell us today.
Father Jean Marie Aladel, CM was the spiritual director of the seminary of the Daughters of Charity on Rue du Bac in Paris in 1830. It was he who heard the message transmitted to him by the young Sister Catherine Labouré about the Marian visions she had received with the assignment to mint and disseminate a medal.
One of the occupational hazards of people who study religion and theology is to equate ideas with the force behind them.
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.
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...
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....
Fr. Rooney continues a series called “Vincentian Theological Terms.” This week: God’s permissive will and suffering.
The following video about Blessed Frederic Ozanam was posted by the Catholic Faith Network in their series “Celebrating the Saints”.
In all those years, I never dreamed of connecting Catechetical Sunday with the lyrics of the Broadway musical song “Getting to know you.”
The Association of U.S. Catholic Priests had its annual gathering June 24-27 in Lexington, Kentucky.
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.
