Vincent was convinced that the poor exist because society is badly organized and the wealth badly distributed.
Formation
Called to Evangelize and To Be Evangelized
Attention to the realities of present-day society, especially to the factors that cause an unequal distribution of the world’s goods, so that we can better carry out our prophetic task of evangelization.
Advent Letter 2021 of Bro. René Stockman, Superior General of the Brothers of Charity
Bro. René Stockman has written an Advent Letter to his Brothers, Associate Members and Collaborators in the Apostolate:
Who is the Patron Saint of Social Workers?
March 11: Anniversary of the Canonization of St. Louise de Marillac In different times we hold up different models as examples of holiness. In our present time, we find holiness in people such as [Saint] JPII, Mother Teresa and Sr. Dorothy Stang. They were people so...
Journey to Discovery: #IamVincent @AdamsonUniversity
In "A Journey to Discovery: Volunteering, the Vincentian Way," Jan Roelrey Tecson of Adamson University writes about "...life-changing experience was so striking that I continued to join the summer missions even after I graduated from Adamson." Many thanks to Pamela...
Step it Up for Gender Equality — U.N. Initiative
AIC's Natalie Monteza was Facebooking up a storm on International Women's Day (March 8). Guillermo Campuzano, C.M. -- the C.M. representative at the United Nations -- wrote me about this, too. Here's a good summary of what the U.N. is up to. Senior United Nations...
Down the Tubes. #IamVincent #WeAretheChurch
Down the tubes. Down the drain. Commentaries by many say that is the future of the Church. But Vincentians know better. Vincentians are the Church. And the Church is growing and healthy. In an article on HuffPost filled with both hope and desperation, Kevin Wright and...
A Vincentian View: The Loving Father
In this “Year of Mercy,” a consideration of the lessons which the Father teaches in the parable of “the Prodigal Son” cannot be denied. Sometimes, when I speak to groups of parents about this story, they place blame on the Father. They say: “He was too lenient and...
Collective Impact: Three Basic Questions
by Mike Clark In providing services and programs to assist those in poverty, there are several basic questions we need to ask ourselves to determine whether or not what we are doing is making a difference. Namely: How much did we do? How well did we do it? Is anyone...
Condemn, and you foster retrogression and death
Jesus does not condemn us sinners; he invites us to renewal. Although without sin, despite his being like us, Jesus refuses to condemn the woman caught “in the very act of committing adultery.” No doubt, those who brought her want to affirm their strict adherence to...
Inter-Mission: Springtime of body and soul
In her latest reflection for the NCR series Global Sisters Report "Inter-Mission: Springtime of body and soul" Janet Gildea SC connects the dots between her remission from cancer and the parable of the power of the Pope's visit to heal the suffering and violence...
Collaboration is… to let myself be accompanied
A few months ago, I went to visit a friend, an elderly Daughter of Charity. She has retired from all service activity, not because she is already in her eighties, but...because of her illnesses. If it were up to her, she would continue to do something, however small,...
