Formation

Saint Louise’s example shows us some common pitfalls to avoid

We can learn something by looking at the various stumbling blocks that St. Louise may have encountered.

A Polarized Church both Then and Now

Growing up, I was fascinated by fading pictures meticulously glued into some decades-old family albums. There I saw pictures of my mother and father before I was born.

A Vincentian View: The Good Shepherd

In the 23rd Psalm, the psalmist proclaims, “My shepherd is the Lord.”  I imagine that when Jesus prayed these words, he found a depiction of himself.

Mother Theresa and her “call within a call”

In 1946, during a train ride from Calcutta to Darjeeling, Mother Teresa received what she called, “the call within a call.” The Lord asked her to begin a new religious community that would live and work with the poorest of the poor.

Things Ordinary, Yet Eye-Opening

Things Ordinary, Yet Eye-Opening

In Jesus dwells bodily the fullness of God.  He is the fullest meaning of things, which he uncovers for us to see. Being on top of things and aware of what is going on, Jesus tells the parable of the sower.  He turns the sower of people’s experience into a “Gospel...

Simplicity: My Vincentian Story

Simplicity: My Vincentian Story

“I fell in love the way you fall asleep; slowly, and then all at once.” -John Green My Vincentian Story begins in a church. As I grew up and learned about Catholicism, I always felt as if there was something missing. When I came to DePaul and learned the story of St....

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