Fr. Rooney asks us to remember that Easter is a season of deepening our faith. This week: “The Vincentian Easter Way.”
Formation
Saints Vincent and Louise, Daughters of Charity Care For the Mentally Ill
A presentation about the early work of our founders in caring for the mentally ill in 17th century France.
Mother Teresa’s “call within a call”
People, myself included, assumed that “call within a call” means a vocation within her vocation to religious life.
St. Louise de Marillac As Healer
St. Louise and the Daughters of Charity as medical practitioners.
It’s About Love
William (Bill) Graham from Peel-North Toronto Ontario Regional Council, Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers his reflection, It's About Love: As Vincentians we can, and in most cases, do great things, help so many people and sometimes change lives. We are so...
Elizabeth Seton’s New York Audio Files
Take a New York walk in the footsteps of Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton. The saint (voice of Sr. Constance Brennan, SC) will be your guide to places in her native city where she lived, worshipped, or visited from 1774 to 1808. A narrator (voice of Sr. Anne Denise Brennan,...
What if it Was Your Neighborhood?
Watch LET ME IN starring Alicia Keys. https://youtu.be/v-1hpZzJpmg There are more refugees in the world today than at any point in history. And half of them are children. LET ME IN is a cinematic experience which reimagines the refugee crisis as if it was happening on...
Still a stranger? The Imprisoned
Why do we jail people for being poor? Why are they imprisoned? Today, half a million Americans are in jail only because they can't afford to post bail, and still more are locked up because they can't pay their debt to the court, sometimes for things as minor as unpaid...
A Vincentian View: Marked Men and Women
A Vincentian View: Marked Men and Women For the past few years, since I have been back at St. John’s, I have celebrated the 8:00 mass on Wednesdays. It is one of my ordinary responsibilities. Usually, I am joined by 25-30 regular members of the University...
Promise of Greatness, Blessing and Glory
Jesus is the perfect, awesome and amazing fulfillment of the promise God has made through the patriarchs and the prophets. From the perspective of human wisdom, the good news is that God makes a hopeful promise to Abraham. But the bad news is that the Father of all...
God, You are my Strength and my Song – Walk in Faith
God, You are my Strength and my Song - Walk in Faith - Wrestling with Temptation - First Sunday of Lent Day 5- Matthew 4:1-11 Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast God, You are my Strength and my Song You are the reason for my joy. Fill me with your Holy Spirit; you are...
SSVP Resource for 2017 – Year Dedicated to Bailly
In his first Circular Letter as President General of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, Renato Lima de Oliveira announced that 2017 is the “Year Dedicated to Bailly." Emmanuel Joseph Bailly was the first President of the SSVP. This memorable man created the...
