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First of all, I would like to thank you for the confidence the executive committee has placed in me by asking me to...
Articles in Formation
Diaries of a Vincentian: On top of the World
When leaving these hills, I knew that I must do more. That I must do better. Because I only held one little hand – but there are millions more reaching out.
“Little Women”, St. Vincent de Paul and Martin Luther King
Can you imagine any connection between the critically acclaimed movie “Little Women”, the Foundation of the Vincentian community, and the celebration of Martin Luther King’s life?
Friendship within the Church
Jesus says aloud what the disciples are sensing, “My children, I will be with you only a little while longer.” He speaks to them tenderly. He wants his last gestures and words etched on their hearts: “I give you a new commandment: love one another; as I have...
Behold, I make all things new (Rev 21:5)
Fifth Sunday of Easter (C), April 28, 2013 - Acts 14:21-27; Rev 21:1-5a; Jn. 13:31-33a, 34-35 God is beauty ever ancient and ever new, confesses St. Augustine. Following this Augustinian example and guided by “God is love,” we can profess that God is love that is...
Resources for Frederic Ozanam 200th Birthday
VinFormation offers two new presentations on Blessed Frederic. In the first, Frederic Ozanam: Social Justice Vision + Personal Action, we see how Ozanam defended the Truths of the Faith and assisted the poor in post-Revolutionary France, setting the stage for the Catholic Social Thought of today.
To shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death (Lk 1:79)
Fourth Sunday of Easter (C), April 21, 2013 - Acts 13:14, 43-52; Rev. 7:9, 14b-17; Jn. 10:27-30 Part and parcel of our experience are the gray afternoon and the dark night of discouragement and hopelessness, of fear and shame, of failure and humiliation, of hesitation...
Listening to Jesus and following him
It was winter. Jesus was walking through the portico of Solomon, one of the outdoor galleries surrounding the large esplanade of the Temple. This portico, in particular, was a place frequented by people since it was apparently protected from the wind by a wall. ...
Four aspects of Louise’s spitirtuality
The following presentation on Saint Louise as a spiritual woman has been taken form a freshly translated article of the same title. It focuses on the following four aspects of her spirituality: a woman inspired by the Spirit a woman of prayer and a woman who...
When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself (Jn 12:32)
Third Sunday of Easter (C), April 14, 2013 - Acts 5:27b-32, 40b-41; Rev 5:11-14; Jn 21:1-19 Many qualify as promising Pope Francis’ elevation. I myself have the fond hope that his gestures of simplicity, humility, poverty and love for the poor will stop dead in their...
At dawn
Recorded in the epilogue of John’s gospel is an account of the risen Jesus’ meeting with his disciples on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. It is written at the same time that Christians are living difficult moments of trial and persecution: some are renouncing their...
If, then, we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him (Rom 6:8)
Second Sunday of Easter (C), April 7, 2013 - Acts 5:12-16; Rev 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19; Jn. 20:19-31 Many people then wanted Peter’s shadow at least to fall on them. Now, however, the figure representing those in the U.S., for example, who claim not to have any...