Sometimes when I read the Scriptures, a word pops out for me in a way that it has not done before.
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Lenten Letter 2022 from Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, to the Vincentian Family
Rome, Lent 2022 To all the members of the Vincentian Family MYSTICS OF CHARITY FOR THE XXI CENTURY AND BEYOND My dear...
Lent – Call to Change Our Way of Thinking
On Ash Wednesday we were basically told two things
Sisters of Charity: Rebuilding Lives with Love
We are always on mission. We are always trying to live, be and do what being a Sister of Charity is all about. Because this is who we are. In our good days and our bad days, we are sisters of Charity. - Sr. Jane Iannucelli, SC President Enjoy the video and description...
A Vincentian View: A Vincentian Pentecost
A Vincentian View: “A Vincentian Pentecost” Like many of you, I have been thinking about the 400th anniversary year for a while. Partly, that is because of my desire to celebrate it worthily as an individual and within my ministry, but more so because I want to...
Vincent Never Dreamt of the Systemic Changes He Set in Motion….
Vincent never dreamt of the systemic change he set in motion
Free from All Sin, All Anxiety and Worries
Jesus is the most eminent among those who, free from sin and anxiety, commit themselves to God and the neighbor. Having Moses as mediator, God announced the commandments on Mount Sinai. But in these last days, God, speaking to us through his Son, also on a mountain,...
Vincentians Know His Will – Motherly Prayers
Vincentians Know His Will – Motherly Prayers - The Vincentian Charism - Vincentians See a Need for Change Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast Vincentians Know His Will The heart of our prayer of petition must be what Jesus told us to pray the Our Father: and \Your will...
The Sandals of Charity • A Video from Fr. Tomaz Mavrič
In a series of three videos, Fr Tomaz Mavrič, CM invites us to focus our reflection on three objects that belonged to St. Vincent de Paul: his cape, his hat and his shoes. Today we present the third: his sandals. These relics are an example of Saint Vincent de Paul's...
Congregation of the Mission Celebrating 400, and 200, Years
Continuing our celebration of the anniversary of the origin of the Congregation of the Mission, January 25, 1617, here we're highlighting the 200th Anniversary of Vincentian service to the poor and marginalized in the United States. Earlier in 2016, we celebrated the...
Prayer for the Jubilee Year of the 400th Anniversary of the Vincentian Charism
The Interprovincial Commission of the Congregation of the Mission in Spain, appointed by the Provincials to prepare the 400th anniversary of the Vincentian charism, offers us a prayer so that we can use it both personally and in groups, on the occasion of the...
Be a Witness, for Christ’s Sake
From America Magazine comes this insightful piece on why and how to be a witness. In a recently aired episode of the radio show "This American Life," writer Jack Hitt tells a story about explaining Christmas to his 4-year-old daughter. One day, when she asked him what...
