Formation
Learning from Our Children and Our Parents • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
What an incredible moment when I heard the last cries of my beloved wife and the first cries of my daughter! What an...
The Pope Video • For the Role of Women
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: For the Role of Women.
To Spiritual Moderators of Vincentian Groups
“The moderator of a Vincentian group must help its members live an experience of Church, to labor, inspired by the love of Jesus Christ for the poor, in favor of the most needy.” – Fr. Lauro Palú, C.M.
Unfinished Family Business?
Have you had someone close to you die? One with whom you had unfinished business?
Slaves in the Same Way as Jesus
Jesus takes the form a slave and becomes like us. We who seek to follow him are to become lowly slaves in the same way that he is. For us who try to be and live as Jesus, to be first means to be slaves (Mk 10, 43-45). And today’s gospel teaches the same lesson. ...
Vincentian Prayer Images – Art By Vincentians 28
Share your thoughts on a weekly image of artwork made by members of the Vincentian Family.
Empathy or Sympathy
During a recent meeting of our Confraternity, (the Confraternity of Vincentians on the Frontier/Diaspora), we shared some information about the latest social events in Guatemala and our involvement in them as Vincentians.
A Vincentian Minute: Praying with Vincent About Obedience, Part 2
Fr. Rooney reveals the way Vincent prayed, through Vincent’s own words. This week: more on obedience.
The Link Between Global Homelessness and Poor Mental Health
Mental health conditions can lead to homelessness and can also prevent those experiencing homelessness from getting back on their feet.
Lastly… Simplicity! • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent
"I’m well aware that people think of simplicity in general as truth or purity of intention: truth, because it sees that our thoughts conform to the words and other signs by which we express them; purity of intention, because it makes all our acts of virtue tend...
Anecdotes of the Vincentian Family: Almsgiving that Humiliates or Honors
Frédéric thought that aid, almsgiving, is humiliating when only material needs are met, "causing shame, and doing what anyone does even with animals." He says it's humiliating because it can not be reciprocated, they are favors that the other has not the slightest...
Establishment of the Federation of the Sisters of Charity (October 27, 1947)
October 27 is the anniversary of the Establishment of the Federation of the Sisters of Charity in 1947. We would like to highlight an online collaborative exhibit, created by the Federation congregations.