Formation

A Canadian View: Safe, Secure and Affordable Housing is a Human Right!

As Vincentians, we witness the effect that the lack of safe, secure and affordable housing has on the people we serve.

Lenten Video Series: Day 26, Lifting Your Heart Up

This Lent, we offer to you the 2021 Lenten Video Series created by the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. Day 26: Lifting Your Heart Up.

Where Do You Fit In?

There seems to be a range of attitudes toward the homeless. How do you further conversations with people who have different starting points and live in other categories than your own?

Oxen and Cell Phones

Cell phones, once a luxury, are now almost a necessity.  For the impoverished, especially in rural areas, they can make all the difference for one’s life and health. 

God Who is Rich in Mercy

God Who is Rich in Mercy

The second encyclical of Pope John Paul II was Dives in Misericordia (The Mercy of God, November 30, 1980). In this encyclical he speaks elaborately on God’s mercy, as revealed in the Bible. This is a reflection in the light of this encyclical. The core of divine...

Formation in The Life And Writings of St. Vincent

Formation in The Life And Writings of St. Vincent

Fr. Robert Maloney writes: “…the letters, documents, and conferences in the fourteen volumes of [St. Vincent de Paul’s] extant works are, for the most part, aimed at the formation of those whom Vincent had gathered together in the service of the poor…” See a timeline of St. Vincent’s principal formational undertakings.

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