Formation

The Vincentian Virtues Today

The five Virtues passed down to us by St. Vincent both clash with and connect with characteristics of the present culture.

A Canadian View: A Diversity Alliance

Let us join in a diversity alliance that is inclusive of all racialized persons and fulfills what God has given us all.

Living in a Tent as a Retirement Plan

Can you imagine being in the situation of an elderly homeless man living in a tent as a Retirement Plan?

Lessons learned during the pandemic, #15: To lean on God and to support one another

We can affirm that “everything is grace.” Despite the fact that we have not left our house, we feel that we are in communion with the whole Church.

Not Just Interesting, But Moving

“Not Just Interesting, But Moving”           (Exodus 3; Psalm 103) There’s a difference between things that are interesting and things that are intriguing, between things which make us curious and things which actually move us. I can pick up a score of a symphony and...

Now on Social: The GrantSpace Blog

Now on Social: The GrantSpace Blog

Often these days, a blog gets overlooked. Why? Because it doesn’t talk about missionaries, or ministers. It talks about volunteers. For sure, there is a great difference in a person who comes to serve because they are called: a vocation to ministry; or because of...

Banquet for the holy and not so holy

Banquet for the holy and not so holy

Jesus invites even sinners to the banquet of the kingdom. The strict practitioners of religion complain once again that Jesus welcomes sinners and eats with them. They probably deride him, whispering to each other, “You cannot take him to any banquet.” But again, too,...

Vincentian Faith Brings Joy

Vincentian Faith Brings Joy

Vincentian Faith brings Joy - Vincentians Works of Mercy - Reaching our Full Potential – Listen to My Son Vincentian Day of Fast and Prayer – Tuesday March 1, 2016 Vincentian Faith brings Joy - To have faith in Jesus means that we, too, can experience joy even while...

Francis: God is Love

Francis: God is Love

Photo By Christoph Wagener - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26614990 Pope Francis addressed the participants of a conference to mark the 10th anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s first encyclical ‘Deus Caritas Est.’ The...

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