The images that are presented to us through the press and social networks from Ukraine are heartbreaking.
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The Vincentian Family Prays for Peace and Joins in the Consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Heart of Mary
On Friday, March 25, during the celebration of Reconciliation that he will preside over at 5:00 p.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Lenten Video Series, Day 19: Motherhood
Kate Rose explains the sacrifices of motherhood from conception to caring for another life.
Search for the Poor • A Weekly Reflection with Louise
"I had not yet learned of the situation at the house [hospital] of the poor. But my God, my dear Sister, who is going to live there and what will happen to the work of the Ladies of Charity, if their patients are obliged to go to the hospital? You will see that the...
.famvin Resources on Catholic Social Teaching
Blessed Frederic Ozanam, founder of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, was an important figure in the Catholic social movement that gave rise to what today we call the social teaching of the Church. In a talk given to representatives of the SSVP in Ontario, author...
Women On The Move: St. John’s Celebrates International Women’s Day with Spotlight on Women Refugees and Migrants
All around the world, women move not only themselves and their families to safer locations but they move their communities to overcome injustice. Commemorating International Women’s Day, the St. John’s CRS Global Campus Committee organized a panel of experts focusing...
God is Good #IamVincent
"There was one week in December when I felt like everything went wrong." Vincent would have known what you're talking about! He said, "Your soul will be blessed, Sister, if you bear patiently the troubles of mind and body His Providence sends you, or which come to you...
My Folleville • A Video From Fr. Tomaz Mavrič
The second video of this series takes us to the small church of Folleville. Father Tomaž Mavrič recalls to us Saint Vincent entering that place to encounter a reality of spiritual poverty. Today, after 400 years, we see that the charism inherited from Saint Vincent...
Vincentian Discernment: Following The Leader
Vincentian Discernment: Following The Leader (Genesis 11:1-9) One of the keys to the story of the tower of Babel is the contrast in it between two lines of thought, one in the incident itself and the other coming a few chapters later in Genesis. In the first the...
Be Attentive to the Security Needs of Those Who are Poor
Fidelity to our mission means that we are attentive to the needs of those who are poor … attentive to the needs related to their security (attentive to the dangers and privations that they encounter on a daily basis).
A Vincentian “Gutenberg” Moment
In a recent Stanford Social Innovation Review article, Marina Gorbis writes: I would argue that we are living through our own Gutenberg moment—a moment of transformation in our fundamental tools for creating, expressing, and sharing information, ideas, and knowledge....
Now is the Day of the Resurrection and the Life
Jesus is the resurrection and life here and now for those who truly believe in him. We now experience in this earthly life anxieties, adversities, miseries and tragedies. These things, however, should not worry us nor make us lose our peace. In this regard, the key...
