Mark Horvath has been trying to bring home the reality of homelessness for real people who are homeless.
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International Migration Review Forum
The first International Migration Review Forum is taking place now, at the United Nations in New York.
A Vincentian View: All Are Welcome
In the middle of the Acts of the Apostles (c. 15), we find one of the first issues of exclusion in the young Christian community.
God in Spiritual Life
Every day when we wake up we usually think about many things - - working, learning, money, etc. - - and sometimes we forget God’s presence. We put together a plan for the day and are always busy with our lives. However, there is one important thing: we need to...
Bear Burdens of Others – Jesus Calls Us
Bear Burdens of Others - Jesus Calls Us - Happy St. Patrick’s Day Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast Bear Burdens of Others It is a willingness to bear other people's burdens, to help them carry their loads. And this applies to the moral life as well. If we lay the...
The Poor and the Humble Possess the Wisdom of God
Listen to this brief audio recording: Now ponder the following quotes: “...the poor and the humble can...
Kenya VLM: Blessed is the FRUIT of your Womb, Jesus
Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the FRUIT of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. While in a small village in Kenya, Africa called Chepnyal...
The Prophetic Dimension of the Vincentian Charism • Part 5 • Finding God in Administration #famvin400
This is the fifth of a series of formation packages meant for individual or group study based upon “The Prophetic Dimension of the Vincentian Charism in light of the Social Doctrine of the Church” by Sr. María Pilar López. How many times have your heard or commented...
Education: A Place of Integration • A Weekly Reflection with Louise
"Mademoiselle Le Gras questioned whether it’s advisable for our Sisters in the towns and countryside who teach school to take both boys and girls and, in the event that they do take boys, to what age they will keep them. There are many reasons in favor of that....
Heroism of Blessed Rosalie Rendu, D.C.
Tomorrow is the anniversary of the day that Sister Rosalie Rendu was presented with the Legion of Honor Medal by Napoleon III for her service to the poor (March 18, 1852). Read the story below. "[Sister Rosalie] responded to calamities....
Treating Those Who Do Good With Justice #IamVincent
Are you part of an agency or program that does good? Is it related or unrelated to the Vincentian Family? There's a justice issue that has implications for our our future. We want to do good. We want to do what we do well and we want to do it justly. Jeremy Kohomban...
Mike Says, “Welcoming Refugees is the Lord’s Work”
"Have you ever had a moment when you just knew the Holy Spirit was at work right in front of you? When your spine tingles and your eyes grow wide?" So writes our friend, Mike Jordan Laskey. "I experienced one of those sacred encounters in a Catholic school basement in...
